製品・技術評議委員会/提案
背景と提案
As part of the movement strategy recommendation for "Coordinate Across Stakeholders" the Product & Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) will bring technical contributors and Wikimedia Foundation together to co-define a more resilient, future-proof technological platform. The PTAC will meet over a one year pilot; upon its completion, members of the Council will make a joint decision to continue the program, its member base, and purpose.
PTAC Strategy (Council activities)
Advise on high-level strategy, planning, and progress in the Contributor Communities
- Review and comment on the 0 month (tactical, specific) to 18 month (strategic, directional) product roadmap of Wikimedia Foundation and MediaWiki, Annual Plan objectives, and key results
- Review and advise on strategic problems and questions faced by Wikimedia Foundation Product and Technology leadership, and WMF Board, for feedback and advice.
- Set goals and experiment with ways to organize technical contributor communities
Align the interests and processes of Technical volunteers, affiliates, and WMF
- Experiment with frameworks to improve collaboration between Wikimedia Foundation developers and technical contributors, as well as between Wikimedia Foundation product managers and users.
- Solicit and represent the voice of contributors and technical communities: Provide feedback from recent releases, review outcomes, and prioritize, and discuss areas of technical opportunity with the Foundation.
- Engage with contributor and developer communities regarding Wikimedia Foundation prioritization and strategic decisions.
2024-25: PTAC Pilot Objectives
- Make the PTAC Pilot a success
- Recruit council members to kick off by Sept 15, 2024
- Publish meeting notes for all activities
- Publish recommendations for the future structure and function of a longterm council
- Examine how to identify and organize technical contributors
- Identify and make recommendations for at least 1 strategic technical opportunity
- Determine and select a potential opportunity
- Put forth actionable recommendations for WMF P+T teams
Pilot success metrics
- PTAC continues past 2024-2025
- PTAC has defined a strategy to organize technical contributors
- Recommendations for a strategic technical opportunity have been successfully prepared and accepted into WMF P+T's planning process.
Strategic technical opportunities examples
- What is our strategy regarding Wikitext and Visual Editor?
- What should our policy be for on-project AI / ML interventions?
- How do we create a welcoming environment to support new technical contributors to the movement?
PTAC Members and Recruiting
The PTAC requires a diverse set of stakeholders from the Technical Volunteer community, the Wikimedia Foundation, and its Affiliates to productively discuss technical strategy and tradeoffs.
Members
- 1 Wikimedia Foundation Facilitator and Note Taker
- 3 Wikimedia Foundation stakeholders
- CPTO Selena Deckelmann
- To be announced
- To be announced
- 2 WMF Affiliate technical stakeholders
- 2 WMF Board technical stakeholders
- 8 technical volunteers:
- 3 Wikipedia volunteers (at least 1 enwiki representative)
- 5 At-large technical volunteers: various projects, including MediaWiki, Wikidata, Commons, etc.
PTAC Membership benefits
- Collaborate and influence Wikimedia Foundation Product and Tech leadership and lead volunteers on technical strategy and product direction.
- Craft standards alongside Wikimedia Foundation for ways of working with volunteers, designing and experimenting with frameworks.
- Advise and shape the direction of Wikimedia Foundation development work.
- Support from the Foundation to develop leadership and communication skills
Joining the PTAC as a technical volunteer
We invite anyone in the movement to apply to the PTAC, even if you've recently joined as a technical contributor. We anticipate this Council will discuss real challenges and opportunities regarding how software is built and deployed, and the challenges we face on wikis.
- Applications for the PTAC are open as of July 1, 2024, and close at the end of Wikimania on Aug 10.
- Candidates will be selected for an interview on a rolling basis. They may be interviewed by JWheeler-WMF, CPTO, Selena Deckelmann, and/or a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Product and Technology Committee
- Selected members will be informed by August 25, and we will kick off the Council on September 15
- Selected members should expect to spend roughly 5 hours per month for the Council.
評議会の特質を考慮し、ウィキバース（ウィキ界）に技術または設計面の貢献をした候補者を優先します。たとえばウィキ類で使われる一般的なツールを作成または維持したり、コードパッチを介して貢献したり、コードレビューに従事したなどの実績があること。 透明性を確保するため立候補者数と背景データを共有し、面接段階に進んだ候補者数の統計を公開します。
PTACの立候補者は、個人情報保護の声明（訳注：財団法務部規程）に同意したものとみなされます。