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Technology Council

Coordinating Across Stakeholders requires creating a Technology Council to oversee the process of developing new technical features. Many significant software changes are approached without consultation or communication, which often leads to negative reactions and suboptimal integration of the new tools. The Technology Council can be a central entity made up of Wikimedia Foundation staff and technical contributors from the communities. The Council would improve communication, discuss technical changes, and make decisions to approve or reject their implementation.

Create a Technology Council to establish processes for introducing new functionalities onto Wikimedia platforms and tools. The aim is to improve communication between staff developers and other technical contributors to better network, coordinate innovation, provide and obtain support, and foster input on decisions and resource allocations that impact communities.
— Movement Strategy recommendation #5: Coordinate Across Stakeholders

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Initiative	Project	Stakeholder type	Project lead	Geography of the project	Implementation Phase
31. Technology Council (for improved communication, coordination and support)	Overall Initiative Coordination
31. Technology Council (for improved communication, coordination and support)

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