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30 September

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Harmonisation Sprint feedback

The harmonisation sprint never produced the intended meta recommendations, but the Community Health Working Group identified and worked with three clusters of overlap (Roles and Responsibilities, Diversity and Inclusion, Capacity Building) and hubs, which took the entire day, making course corrections hard for the next few days of the meeting in Tunis.

  • The Working Group members found it very hard to select a few words for the post-its, which was not helpful in bringing out the best picture from the many recommendations which had been made.
  • There was a deep understanding about the design principles of fulfilling these recommendations, and a decision was made to look at principles and not structures moving forward.
    • Community Health Working Group only chose 3 principles to work on, and got applause for one of the chosen principles!
    • Other feedback received was that Community Health Working Group recommendations can be implemented right away!! as they can help for example the Community Engagement Team (WMF) in their work.

Activities post harmonisation

  • The Board meeting to discuss recommendations was postponed to February 2020, more information has been published to the community similar to what was shared with the Working Groups
    • Before moving forward in coming up with Harmonised drafts, Working Group members have been asked to recover their energies and commitment levels, having read all +300 pages of recommendations, in the last two weeks .
    • Initial ideas for next steps will be shared in the Steering group call on 1 October 2019
    • Some of the Working Group members felt bringing in expert advice to write the meta recommendations might not be a good decision as the recommendations need an in-depth knowledge of the movement, but advice regarding the process will be important for the next steps.
    • Some of the Working Group members reaffirmed commitment until the final product is delivered to the board.

Next Steps

  • Interested Working Group members will be connected to Movement Strategy community engagement regarding the next steps in the community conversation and use of Wikimedia Space.
  • A decision was made for the Community Health Working Group to put activities on hold for the time being, but keep the mailing list open, and the usual call time (ABBA) schedule, then reconvene after the Core Team provides next steps

16 September

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The main discussion was about the Harmonization Sprint in Tunis.

  • Ways to deal with contradictions, thinking about implementation and communication with the Working Group members to remotely involve them in the event.
  • Follow up will be made through Telegram and potentially some extra calls with the other Working Group members who will not be in Tunis.

02 September

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The 3 harmonization sprint participants will do the final edit for the recommendations. Everyone else to add references, and other materials they think would help the recommendations. External researcher will add references from the survey and report.

  • There was an agreement on all recommendations, apart from Recommendation 2 and 6 with the caveat that further work is needed.
  • Returning editors concept recommendation will also be reviewed.

Calls

  • No call on Monday Sept. 9
  • Monday Sept. 16 will be to discuss the recommendations of other Working Groups and support harmonization representatives
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