Idea Workshop 2018 (Wikimedia CH)

Idea Workshop 2018 - Wikimedia CH

Wikimedia CH is organizing a community workshop on Saturday, May 20th in Olten at the University of Applied Sciences & Art Northwestern Switzerland from 10:30 am to 4 pm.

The purpose of this event is for the Wikimedia community to get together and collaboratively shape the projects and strategies of the WMCH association for the upcoming years whilst staying within the framework set by the Wikimedia Foundation and the vision of the WMCH Board and staff.

If you have ideas and projects you wish to share with us, this is a great opportunity to do so and help build your local chapter.

To participate please REGISTER or contact your community liaison or send an email to infowikimedia.ch.

Topics

Opening: presentation and agenda
Safe space policy: introduction and acceptance
Strategy of Wikimedia CH: overview
2017 projects: overview
Call for projects: How does it work?
Work groups: discussion about the main topics of the strategy.

The work groups will discuss the three main areas of our strategy:

Community
Education
GLAM (Galleries Libraries Archives Museums)

and the three enablers:

Technology
Communication
Diversity

Documents

Wikimedia CH strategy
Wikimedia CH Annual Plan 2017
Wikimedia CH vision
Financial report 2016

Call for projects 2017

Details

Date: 20th of May 2017
Location: Olten, University of Applied Sciences & Art Northwestern Switzerland. Building and Room number will be announced asap.
Time: 10:30am – 4pm
Food & beverage: Lunch will be offered
Travel: Participants have the possibility to ask for reimbursement of their travel costs up to the value of a travel by train in the second class via the WMCH Expense Report (receipts and/or justification required).
Accommodation: Wikimedia CH offers the possibility to stay in a hotel near Olten overnight (Friday to Saturday) for participants whose journey takes more than 2 hours. If you need accommodation, we need to know by May 18th. Please note that availability may be limited.
Language: The workshop will be moderated mainly in English. However, we would like to set the frame of the workshops according to your preferences, so that you can speak in your mother tongue.
Register: Registration is open through this link until May 19th.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact your community liaisons directly or you may write an email to info wikimedia.ch.

Safe space policy

To assure a friendly and safe space for discussions, Wikimedia CH will use a safe space policy during the event.

Participate

To participate to the workshop, please register using this link or contact your community liaison.