CIS-A2K/Events/India Strategy Meet

As a planned follow-up activity of the Wikimedia India Summit 2024, One of the MCDC members and CIS-A2K are committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment for discussing the Movement Charter and beyond. By ensuring continuous dialogue and active participation, we aim to empower our representatives and community members to contribute effectively to the Wikimedia movement’s growth and development.

Background

The Wikimedia India Summit 2024, held in March 2024, served as a crucial pre-summit event for Wikimedia Summit representatives. This event provided a platform for representatives to discuss and refine the agenda of the upcoming Wikimedia Summit over two days. During this summit, MCDC member from South Asia and A2K (Access to Knowledge) facilitated a collaborative debrief session with South Asia representatives to delve into ongoing discussions and to strategize future activities.

Recognizing the need for continued dialogue and collaboration, CIS-A2K and one of the MCDC members have planned a series of follow-up activities post-summit. These activities aim to ensure that representatives can further discuss, share, and convey the key points and conversations from the summit with the South Asia communities.

Objective

The primary objective is to sustain and deepen the conversation on the Movement Charter, ensuring active participation and contribution from the South Asia communities in shaping the future of the Wikimedia movement.
Future collaborations and action items to be discussed as an Indian community.

Planned Activities

Initial Call with the MC Ambassadors

Date: June 21, 2024 Details:

A detailed template will be shared with all representatives. An initial call will be scheduled to explain the template, its significance, and how representatives can effectively use it to communicate with their communities.
Second, it will be a preparatory call with the ambassadors to have an open community call with South Asia Community to explain Movement charter, voting process and ratification.
Third, one of the MC Ambassadors will make an announcement regarding the call in South Asia open Community call.

Indic Community Engagement Call

Date: June 22, 2024
Details: A follow-up call will be conducted with South Asia Community to explain Movement charter, voting process and ratification. To engage communities on larger level, the ambassadors will also encourage their own community members to participate in discussions.

In-Person Event

Date: June 28 - 29, 2024
Location: Chandigarh (Mohali Club)
Details: An in-person event will be held to facilitate deep discussions, collaborative planning, and effective sharing of insights. This event will provide a platform for representatives to discuss the finalized Movement Charter and have strategic discussions for future of the affiliates.

Program

Time	Session	Agenda
Day 1
9:00 am - 11:00 am	SESSION: Movement Charter: Review & Feedback- I	Summit review - Rachit (WMF) Feedback- Review feedback from BoTs, WMDE, CEE, SWAN: Pavan (CIS-A2K) Deal breakers- Report from WMDE about the Summit asks from the Charter & deliveries - Tanveer Hasan (CIS)
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	SESSION: Movement Charter: Review & Feedback- II	Community engagement - Shreya Divwedi and Aafi MC Special Community Call preparation - Iflaq and Manavpreet Kaur
2:00 pm - 7:00 pm	SESSION: Impact plan for Indian affiliates/ communities	Hub Conversation - Suyash Divwedi & Manavpreet Kaur Tech Coucil - Nivas & Jay Prakash Forming a task force- Strategy: Nivas (CIS-A2K) & Nitesh (CIS-A2K) Special Open Community Call : MC Ambassdors (Iflaq, Sandeep Kaur, Chinmayee Mishra, Bharatesha, Aafi and others)
Day 2
09:00 am - 11:00 am	Movement Charter: Community Feedback - Tanveer Hasan (CIS)	To discuss & draft overall feedback from Indian MC Ambassadors to the Movement Charter
11:15 am - 12:30 pm	Community Engagement: Action Plan & Closing Remarks	Community Engagement: Action Plan : Nivas & Nitesh Closing Remarks : Tanveer (CIS)

Report

will be updated after the event