Movement Strategy/Recommendations/Gratitude to all

These recommendations were created in a collaborative process, bringing together people from different corners of the world and our Movement with their specific backgrounds and perspectives, and with a shared care for the future of our movement.

Working Groups meeting at the Movement Strategy Space, Wikimania 2018.
Members of the Roles & Responsibilities, Revenue Streams and Resource Allocation Working Groups. (Martin Kraft CC BY-SA 4.0)

Finalizing the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations

A team of former working group members and a strategy salon community organizer refined the content, integrated Movement feedback, and created the final version of the recommendations:

Name Organization / project Previous Role Geography
John Andersson Wikimedia Sverige Resource Allocation WG member / Reviewer Northern Europe
Geoffrey Kateregga Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda Community Organizer, Local and Regional Strategy Salons Eastern Africa
Jeffrey Keefer Wiki LGBT+ User Group; Wikimedia NYC Capacity Building WG member / Writer Northern America, Western Europe
Marc Miquel-Ribé Amical Wikimedia Diversity WG member / Writer Western Europe
Guillaume Paumier Wikimedia Foundation Revenue Streams WG member Northern America, Western Europe
Anna Torres Wikimedia Argentina Roles and Responsibilities WG member / Writer Latin America
Nicola Zeuner Wikimedia Deutschland Capacity Building WG member / Writer Central Europe

The following people volunteered to help turn the 89 recommendations produced by the nine thematic area working groups into one coherent set comprising 13 recommendations:

Writers

Name Organization / project Previous Working Group Geography
Anna Mazgal Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU Advocacy Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Mohsen Salek Iranian Wikimedians User Group Advocacy West Asia
Jeffrey Keefer Wiki LGBT+ User Group; Wikimedia NYC Capacity Building Northern America, Western Europe
Nicola Zeuner Wikimedia Deutschland Capacity Building Central Europe
Amir Aharoni Volunteer Diversity North America, Western Asia, Central and Eastern Europe
Marc Miquel-Ribé Amical Wikimedia Diversity Western Europe
SusunW Women in Red Diversity North America, Latin America & the Caribbean
Abhinav Srivastava Wikimedia India Partnerships South Asia
Alek Tarkowski Creative Commons, Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation Partnerships Central and Eastern Europe
Gergő Tisza MediaWiki developer community Product & Technology Central and Eastern Europe
Matanya Moses Meta-Wiki, Hebrew Wikipedia Product & Technology Western Asia
Daria Cybulska Wikimedia UK Resource Allocation Northern Europe
Anna Torres Wikimedia Argentina Roles & Responsibilities Latin America
Claudia Garád Wikimedia Österreich Roles & Responsibilities Central and Eastern Europe
Margeigh Novotny Wikimedia Foundation Roles & Responsibilities Northern America, Oceania

Connectors

Name Organization / project Previous Working Group Geography
Allison Davenport Wikimedia Foundation Advocacy North America
Anass Sedrati Wikimedia Morocco User Group Advocacy North Africa, Western Europe, Northern Europe
Hüseyin Hakan Özdemir Wikimedia Community User
Group Turkey
Capacity Building Central and Eastern Europe
Sailesh Patnaik Odia Wikipedia Capacity Building South Asia
Jackie Koerner Volunteer Community Health North America
Camelia Boban WikiDonne User Group,
Affiliations Committee
Diversity Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Stuart Prior Wikimedia UK Partnerships Western Europe
Butch Bustria ESEAP Roles & Responsibilities Southeast Asia

Reviewers

Name Organization / project Previous Working Group Geography
Alice Wiegand Volunteer Advocacy Central Europe
Oscar Costero Wikimedia Venezuela Capacity Building South America
Chinmayi Swarna Krishnaiah Simple APG Committee Community Health South Asia
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight Affiliations Committee TCommunity Health North America
Astrid Carlsen Wikimedia Norge Diversity Northern Europe
Jorge Vargas Wikimedia Foundation Diversity North America, South America
Sam Oyeyele Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Diversity West Africa
Jack Rabah Wikimedia Foundation Partnerships West Asia, Northern America
Josh Minor Wikimedia Foundation Product & Technology Northern America
Kate Chapman Wikimedia Foundation Product & Technology Northern America
Ryu Cheol Wikimedians of Korea Product & Technology East Asia
Delphine Ménard Wikimedia Foundation Resource Allocation Western Europe
John Andersson Wikimedia Sverige Resource Allocation Northern Europe
Anne Clin Funds Dissemination Committee Roles & Responsibilities Northern America, Europe
Chris Keating English Wikipedia Roles & Responsibilities Western Europe
Erina Mukuta Wikimedians of Uganda Roles & Responsibilities Eastern Africa
Lukas Mezger Wikimedia Deutschland Roles & Responsibilities Central Europe

Developing and Drafting the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations

Close to 100 Wikimedians from around the world formed into the nine thematic area working groups. They held rich discussions on key change areas for the future of our Movement, and drafted a total of 89 recommendations to help us advance in our strategic direction and its objectives of knowledge equity and knowledge as a service. The nine working groups were:

Advocacy

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Allison Davenport Wikimedia Foundation Staff member North America
Alice Wiegand Volunteer Central Europe
Anass Sedrati Wikimedia Morocco User Group Board member North Africa, Western Europe, Northern Europe
Anna Mazgal Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU Staff member Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Isla Haddow-Flood Wiki In Africa / WikiAfrica Board member South Africa
Jimmy Wales Wikimedia Foundation Board member North America
Mohsen Salek Iranian Wikimedians User Group Volunteer South Asia

Capacity Building

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Dariusz Jemelniak Wikimedia Foundation Board member Central and Eastern Europe, Northern America
Edgar José Rosero Villacís Wikimedians of Ecuador Volunteer Latin America
Hüseyin Hakan Özdemir Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey Volunteer Central and Eastern Europe
Jeffrey Keefer Wiki LGBT+ User Group; Wikimedia NYC Volunteer Northern America, Western Europe
Michal Lester Wikimedia Israel Staff member Western Asia
Simona Ramkisson Wikimedia Foundation Staff member North America
Nicola Zeuner Wikimedia Deutschland Staff member Central Europe
Oscar Costero Wikimedia Venezuela Board member South America
Papischou Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire Board member West Africa
Rebecca O'Neill Wikimedia Community Ireland Staff member Western Europe
Sailesh Patnaik Odia Wikipedia Volunteer South Asia
ShangKuan Liang-chih Wikimedia Taiwan Board member East Asia
Winifred Olliff Wikimedia Foundation Staff member North America

Community Health

Name Organization / poject Role Geography
Chinmayi S K Simple APG Committee Volunteer South Asia
Jackie Koerner Volunteer North America
James Heilman Wikimedia Foundation (board) Board member North America
Jamie Lin Wikimedia Taiwan Board member East Asia
Jan Eissfeldt Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Western Europe
Kartika Sari Henry Wikimedia Indonesia Board member South East Asia
Maor Malul Affiliations Committee Volunteer South America, Western Asia
Mervat Wikimedians of the Levant Volunteer Western Asia
Pavan santhosh.s Center for Internet and Society & Telugu Wikipedia Staff member South Asia
Philip Kopetzky Wikimedia Österreich Board member Central Europe, Western Europe
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight Affiliations Committee Volunteer North America
Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland Staff member Western Europe
Virginia Díez Wikimedia España Staff member Western Europe

Diversity

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Afifa Afrin Wikimedia Bangladesh Volunteer South Asia
Amir Aharoni Volunteer North America, Western Asia, Central and Eastern Europe
Astrid Carlsen Wikimedia Norge Staff member Northern Europe
Camelia Boban WikiDonne User Group, Affiliations Committee Board member Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Esra'a Al Shafei Wikimedia Foundation Board member Western Asia
Galder Gonzalez Basque Wikimedians User Group Staff member Western Europe
imacat Wikimedia Taiwan Board member East Asia
Jorge Vargas Wikimedia Foundation Staff member North America, South America
Iván Martínez Wikimedia México, Wikimania Committee Volunteer North America, South America
Marc Miquel-Ribé Amical Wikimedia Volunteer Western Europe
Sam Oyeyele Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Board member West Africa
SusunW Women in Red Volunteer North America, Latin America & the Caribbean
Walaa Abdel Manaem Egypt Wikimedians User Group Volunteer North Africa, Western Europe

Partnerships

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Abhinav Srivastava Wikimedia India Volunteer South Asia
Alek Tarkowski Creative Commons, Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation Volunteer Central and Eastern Europe
Andrea Patricia Kleiman Wikimedia Argentina. Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia. Wikimedia Uruguay. Wikimedia España. Volunteer Latin America
Ben Vershbow Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Northern America, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe
Jack Rabah Wikimedia Foundation Staff member West Asia, Northern America
John Cummings UNESCO Volunteer Western Europe
Olaniyan Olushola Affiliations Committee Volunteer West Africa
Lisa Lewin Wikimedia Foundation Board member North America
Shani Evenstein Wikipedia & Education User Group; WikiProject Medicine User Group; WMIL; GLAMWiki; WikiWomen Volunteer Western Asia
Stuart Prior Wikimedia UK Staff member Western Europe

Product and Technology

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Asen Stefanov Wikimedians of Bulgaria Volunteer Central and Eastern Europe
Christophe Henner Wikimedia Foundation Board member Western Europe
Corey Floyd Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Northern America, Europe
Derick Ndimnain Alangi Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group Founding member Central Africa
Franziska Heine Wikimedia Deutschland Staff member Central Europe
Gergő Tisza MediaWiki developer community Volunteer Central and Eastern Europe
Josh Minor Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Northern America
Kristina Millona Albanian WP Volunteer Eastern Europe
Kate Chapman Wikimedia Foundation Staff Member Northern America
matanya Meta-Wiki, Hebrew Wikipedia Volunteer Western Asia
Perside Rosalie Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group Volunteer Central Africa
RYU Cheol Wikimedians of Korea Board member East Asia
Srishti Sethi Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Northern America
Stephane Coillet-Matillon Kiwix Staff member Western Europe

Resource Allocation

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Christian Humborg Wikimedia Deutschland Staff member Central Europe
Daria Cybulska Wikimedia UK Staff member Western Europe
Delphine Ménard Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Western Europe
Felix Nartey Open Foundation West Africa Board member West Africa
Raphael Berchie Open Foundation West Africa Board member West Africa
James Baldwin Wikimedia Foundation Staff member North America, Australia
John Andersson Wikimedia Sverige Staff member Northern Europe
Liam Wyatt FDC Volunteer Australia, Western Europe
María Sefidari Wikimedia Foundation Board member Western Europe
Michał Buczyński Wikimedia Polska, FDC Board member Central and Eastern Europe
Satdeep Gill Punjabi Wikimedians Volunteer South Asia
Violeta Frimu Volunteer External expert Eastern Europe

Revenue Streams

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Amélie Cabon Wikimédia France Staff member Western Europe
Biyanto Rebin Wikimedia Indonesia Board member Southeast Asia
Gayane Vardanyan Wikimedia Armenia Staff member Central and Eastern Europe
Guillaume Paumier Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Northern America, Western Europe
Ido Ivry Simple APG Committee, Wikimedia Israel Volunteer Western Asia
Megan Hernandez Wikimedia Foundation Staff member North America, Western Europe
Sebastian Kersner Wikimedia Argentina Staff member South America
Tanya Capuano Wikimedia Foundation Board member North America

Roles and Responsibilities

Name Organization / project Role Geography
Anna Torres Adell Wikimedia Argentina Staff member Latin America and Western Europe
Anne Clin Funds Dissemination Committee Volunteer Northern America, Europe
Bodhisattwa Mandal West Bengal Wikimedians User Group Volunteer South Asia
Butch Bustria ESEAP Volunteer Southeast Asia
Chris Keating English Wikipedia Volunteer Western Europe
Claudia Garád Wikimedia Österreich Staff member Central and Eastern Europe
Kirill Lokshin Affiliations Committee Volunteer Northern America, Central and Eastern Europe
Lukas Mezger Wikimedia Deutschland Board Member Central Europe
Margeigh Novotny Wikimedia Foundation Staff member Northern America, Oceania
Natalia Tymkiv Wikimedia Foundation Board member Central and Eastern Europe
Erina Mukuta Wikimedians of Uganda Volunteer Eastern Africa
Zeinab Takouti Wikimedians of Tunisia Volunteer Northern Africa

Shaping the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations

Strategy Liaisons, local organizers, and supporting staff across our Movement made this a global conversation and a true movement strategy: Abbad Diraneyya, Abdoulaye Fofana, Aboubacar Keita, Adri Baard, Alice Kibombo, Anass Sedrati, Anna Lena Schiller, Anna Rees, Antoni Mtavangu, Asrija Konduri, Athikhun Suwannakhan, Ayokanmi Oyeyemi, Bhavesh Patel, Biplab Anand, Bobby Shabangu, Bukulu Steven, Butch Bustria, Cornelius Kibelka, Daria Cybulska, David Saroyan, Delphine Ménard, Diana Vrabie, Diane Ranville, Dody Ismoyo, Douglas Ssebaggala, Eliza Myrie, Ellie McMillan, Fawaz Tairou, Francesc Fort, Gayane Vardanyan, Geoffrey Katerrega, Georges Fodouop, Gereon Kalkuhl, Gonçalo Themudo, Ismahene Lekhlifi, Ivo Kruusamägi, Ivonne Kristiani, Jack Nunn, Jamie Lin, Jina Valentine, Jodi McMurray, Joy Agyepong, Justice Okai-Allotey, Kaarel Vaidla, Kayode Youssouf, Kelsi Stine-Rowe, Liang-chih ShangKuan, Lucas Teles, Lucy Crompton-Reid, Mehman Ibragimov, Mehrdad Pourzakikhani, Mohammed Bachounda, Mohsen Salek, Mokdad Younes, Moritz Rahm, Nerus Kolade, Nicole Ebber, Oscar Costero, Owula Kpakpo, Prangmilin Montriwat, Reda Benkhadra, Robert Myers, Rupika Sharma, Shabab Mustafa, S Naga Sai Sravanth, Snezhana Strkovska, Suswetha Kolluru, Szymon Grabarczuk, Zoya Lukyanova, Tanveer Hasan, Taweetham Limpanuparb, Uzoma Ozurumba, Walaa Abdel Manaem, WhisperToMe, Yves Madika.

This process remains indebted to countless individuals from across our Movement who contributed in on- and offline conversations and helped shape the content of this product and the thinking around it.

Support and Guidance for the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Process

The Core Team is responsible for guiding, facilitating and supporting the Wikimedia 2030 process, its operations, logistics, and focus. The people who have been part of the Core Team during the two-year process are: Abbad Diraneyya, Anna Lena Schiller, Anna Rees, Bhavesh Patel, Douglas Ssebaggala, Ellie McMillan, Jodi McMurray, Kaarel Vaidla, Kelsi Stine-Rowe, Mehrdad Pourzakikhani, Nicole Ebber, Szymon Grabarczuk, and Tanveer Hasan.

Community strategy liaisons act as a bridge between language communities and the Movement Strategy Process: Anass Sedrati (Arabic), Christoph Jackel (German), Diane Ranville (French), Francesc Fort (Spanish), Gereon Kalkuhl (German), Lucas Teles (Portuguese), Liang-chih ShangKuan (Chinese), Rupika Sharma (Hindi).

Last, but not least, we appreciate the leadership and guidance of Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Nicole Ebber of Wikimedia Deutschland for the process overall, the design work of Kaarel Vaidla and Bhavesh Patel, process governance of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, and their chair María Sefidari, and thoughtful insights and reflections from Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland, and Ryan Merkley, Chief of Staff at the Wikimedia Foundation, to improve the process.