Movement roles project

Movement Roles — Index Edit
Overview Introduction Basics Current players and their roles Roles matrix Draft charter topics Recommendations Draft recommendations New models Affiliation models (Board resolution) National or Sub-national Chapters Thematic Organizations User Groups Movement Partners Standards Accountability standards (Board resolution) Next steps List of open topics Proposal for the future of movement roles issues Further reading Strategy:Community roles and governance Strategy:Wikimedia movement Strategy:Movement roles

The movement roles project aims to clarify the roles and responsibilities of different groups working to support the international Wikimedia movement. These pages are developing recommendations to improve Wikimedia as a global network of organizations.

The idea was proposed at the chapters meeting 2010 and approved by the Board in the same year. See the movement roles history for more details.

Implementation

• Wikimedia affiliation models Board resolution March 2012
• Organizational best practices (former "Accountability standards") Board resolution April 2012

Loose ends

• List of open topics
• Proposal for the future of movement roles issues

Ideas

Other recommendations under consideration for the Foundation

• Create a Global Requests Committee to resolve difficult cross-project requests and issues
• Define good committee standards for committee chairs and workgroups.
• Prioritize better communication outside of English

Recommendations under consideration for the community

• Create a Chapter Council to reach consensus and resolve disputes among Chapters.
• Create a process to review new and old ideas for content projects
• Create the role of "Language Contact Person" for each language, improving on old Embassy and translator models.

Links

• Meeting notes
• Feedback from Sue (2011) (summary)
• Definitions: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/MR-definitions