Foto.wiki.br

foto.wiki.br, for now, is an informal group focused on the production of media (photo, video, audio).

Objectives

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.

Bring to the Wikimedia Movement, and consequently to the Free Culture, media with high quality and high educational value.
- Our main goal is to illustrate the natural, cultural, intangible, and historical heritage of Brazil and Brazilians, especially the ones not available under a free license
Create paths to increase the potential of dissemination and accessibility.
- We understand that including people with different views, cultures, ethnicities, genres, and levels of accessibility... in all steps of the material creation boosts the power of the content created.
- We understand that people learn in different forms and may have different ways to acquire knowledge; increasing the formats available could better spread the knowledge.
- We also understand the importance of structured data in describing media well raises for educational value and accessibility.
Create a healthy environment for Brazilian multimedia contributors at Wikimedia Movement.
- Volunteer work and photography are creative skills, and we see them as very important to creating a nest capable of sheltering these volunteers and making them grow. Create a place where creativity is abundant, and they feel safe and owner.
Improve the skills of volunteers.
- One of the central values of free culture is the possibility of disseminating knowledge and showing steps to achieve that material or process. Courses, workshops, books, and brochures on creating free educational content could increase the overall quality of contribution available in our communities in the medium to long term.
- This investment in the knowledge of the volunteer is also a way of retribution.

Scope

The group will manage activities across Brazil, and the goal is to be a Thematic Organization focused on media production.

Activities

Previous activities

Contact information

External website: foto.wiki.br
contato foto.wiki.br

Liaisons

Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton (c:Rodrigo.Argenton) rodrigo foto.wiki.br
Marcella Montenegro marcella foto.wiki,br

Interested in participating

Definitions

To be one of our volunteers, you must follow our Statement Letter^[1], our Conduct code, our Agenda for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, our goals and the community friendly space policies^[2], our focus are in people related to media production, in all levels.
You can also be a collaborator, you need to understand and accept our Statement Letter^[1], our Conduct code, our Agenda for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, our goals and the community-friendly space policies^[2], being a collaborator is a person that supports us, provide ideas, and may want to participate in specific activities.
Both must understand and follow the Letter and contribute to our Goals.
To be a volunteer, you must keep our Wikimedia account active. Six months of inactivity will be considered a give-up.
Our decisions happen via discussion and consensus; both can contribute and discuss, but the decisions will rely on volunteers.
Both can participate in our specific activities and suggest activities, but volunteers will be prioritized. Long-run activities will only be delivered to volunteers.
Some of our activities have an age restriction, but underage can be a contributor, knowing this restriction. We prioritize people living across Brazil due to logistic reasons, but people living abroad are also welcome, knowing that most of our discussion will be in Portuguese.

Becoming a volunteer and collaborator

To be a collaborator, you must read all the necessary documentation, such as the Letter of Principles, the Friendly space policies, and our Goals. After that, email contato foto.wiki.br to schedule a welcoming meeting^[3].
To be a volunteer, you must read all the necessary documentation, such as the Letter of Principles, the Friendly space policies, and our Goals. After that, email contato foto.wiki.br to schedule a welcoming meeting^[3]; we will also check if you have started to contribute online to the Wikimedia movement.

[3] Welcoming meeting

To have more human first contact and to clarify existing doubts, we will arrange, every time that we feel necessary (i.e., more than five people wanting to be a volunteer, more than 1 month without a new welcoming meeting, with interested people)
At this meeting, we will discuss Free Culture, the Wikimedia Movement, Wikimedia Commons, our group, how we work, what volunteer work is, and, more importantly, get to know the interested people and let them know us.
Ultimately, we will evaluate if it makes sense for both to be new members.

[1] Our Letter of Principles
[2] Políticas de espaço amigável