Let's Connect Newsletter/Archive/2023/Issue 10

Let’s Connect Newsletter Issue 10

What is happening in Let’s Connect this month

Welcome to September’s issue of the Let’s Connect monthly newsletter. This month we continued with our learning clinics focusing mainly on the Movement Charter conversations with the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.

We also will be preparing for Wiki Indaba, which will happen in Agadir, Morocco, later in November.

Did you miss Learning Clinics - no worries!

Let's Connect Learning Clinic: Wikidata for Wiki Loves Monuments with Content Partnerships Hub - Wikimedia Sweden and Wikimedia Uganda. Find this session's resources here: video recording and audio recording (In interpreted languages).

Let's Connect Learning Clinic: Explaining and discussing the Movement Charter (time zone 1) in partnership with the Movement Drafting Charter Committee (MCDC). Find this session's resources here: video recording and audio recording (In interpreted languages).

What Learning Clinics can you start getting excited about?

👉 Let's Connect Learning Clinic on Understanding the Movement Charter with the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. Register using this link here.

👉 What is this session for? Are you curious about the Movement Charter and how it affects the Wikimedia community? This Learning Clinic is crafted to give you a comprehensive understanding of the charter's significance.

👉 What do I need to prepare for session 2? 🧠 If you missed session 1, kindly access the session resources here and do well to watch the session recording and complete the practical exercise.

👉 Let's Connect Learning Clinic with Wikimedia Netherlands: Friendly Space Policies: Fitting the UCoC to Your Local Context. Register here.

👉 What do I need to prepare? To make our session great, please prepare the following: Suggested readings:

Wikimedia Nederland/Introducing a new Friendly Space Policy
Friendly space policies (multi-lingual)
Wikimedia Foundation Universal Code of Conduct (multi-lingual)

Other learning opportunities in the Movement

From now until December 2023, Movement Charter conversations will continue at various regional events as listed here. Individuals or groups from different communities will also organize conversations within the frame of the Movement Charter community conversations support grants available for under-resourced communities.

News from Movement Strategy

Wiki Indaba Update In 2023, the Wikimedia Morocco User Group is going to organise the 7th edition of WikiIndaba conference 2023 from the 3rd to the 5th of November 2023 in the city of Agadir, Morocco.

Wikimania Update There is also an update for locations of Wikimania 2025, and 2026 are now announced! Find the link to the story here.

Disinformation on Wikipedia. Have you ever wondered how the Wikimedia Foundation handles disinformation on the Wikimedia projects? Jackie Koerner of the Foundation's Trust and Safety Disinformation Team shares the latest in a series of blog posts on how the movement works together to keep Wikipedia reliable.

Story from Let’s Connect

In addition to the words from the wonderful wikimedians on the ground, here is a recent blog from the Leadership Development Working Group where Let’s Connect activities were featured. Looking back on a year of building a movement leadership development plan.

User:Nitesh Gill: I worked with the Let's Connect team as a part of the Leadership Development Working group to lead a session titled "Networking for Introverts." I was impressed by their professionalism in gathering ideas from team members, designing documents, conducting dry runs, and executing the session. The support they provided during the session was exceptional, making it easy for anyone to learn how to collaborate effectively and achieve success as a team.

Resource to check out:

The storytelling initiative started with a series of three virtual meet-ups. It seeks to help community members better use reporting to bring their stories forward across the movement. The link to the resource portal is here.

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