Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Across audiences Editors Affiliates Program Leaders Developers
Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"
Goal 2 - "Improving community health"
Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"
Goal 4 - "Improving collaboration and communications around software development"
Goal 5 - "Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships"
Goal 6 - "Improving software for contributors"
Goal 7 - "Increasing software awareness and use"
Goal 8 - "Growing the Wikimedia technical community"
Goal 9 - "Improving information sharing for program leaders and affiliates"
Goal 10 - "Developing the capacity of affiliates"


Question 327 (LE14) edit

Which of the following types of affiliates, if any, are you a member, staff, or volunteer?

Participants could select more than one option

2% did not select an option [?]

1 – Wikimedia chapter or thematic organization (56%)
2 – Wikimedia user group (46%)
3 – I am not part of any affiliate (9%)
From the program leaders who participated in this question, 56% reported that they are part of a Wikimedia user group, 46% reported that they are part of a Wikimedia chapter, and 9% are not part of any Wikimedia Affiliate. We define being "part of" a Wikimedia affiliates as a member, volunteer or staff.


Question 328 (LE15) edit

Which of the following types of affiliates, are you most active in?


Median = 1

1 – Wikimedia chapter or thematic organization (52%)
2 – Wikimedia user group (48%)
From the program leaders who participated in this question and who selected that they are part of a user group and chapter, 52% or program leaders reported that their primary affiliate is a user group while 48% reported that their primary affiliate is a chapter.


Question 329 (LE17) edit

Which of the following best describes your current role in your primary affiliate?


Median = 1

1 – Organizational leadership/coordinators (55%)
2 – Staff (8%)
3 – Affiliate volunteer (15%)
4 – Affiliate member (14%)
5 – Other (9%)
55% of program leaders who participated in this survey reported that their role in their primary affiliate is that they are organizational leadership/coordinators, 8% as staff, 15% as volunteer, 14% as member, and 9% as something else.

Question list edit

Goal 11 - "Developing the capacity of program leaders"
Goal 12 - "Improving access to research materials by contributors"
Goal 13 - "Improving understanding of movement fundraising and fundraising needs"
Goal 14 - "Increasing awareness of GLAM and Libraries"
Goal 15 - "Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues"