Volunteer Supporters Network/VSN 2023
This year the Volunteer Supporters Network will be contributing to the Movement Strategy and supporting implementation of several Wikimedia 2030 goals. All activities will be a part of the VSN 2023 grant curated by Wikimedia UK and Wikimedia Argentina. Learn more about our 2023 initiatives below!
There is a lot of important knowledge around volunteer support already present in the movement. And we hope to keep on creating spaces and networks to make it more accessible!
In 2023 we plan to organize a series of workshops and skillshare meetups around everything VS related. The meetings will open to the whole community, not just the VSN, and will be organized by different network members.
Check our meeting page to see what are the upcoming events and sign up to the ones you are interested in!
If you're part of the VSN, and would like to contribute a skillshare meeting, please let us know either on the discussion page, or email sara.thomas@wikimedia.org.uk.
VSN as a test hub edit
VSN is a stable, yet flexible structure with a longtime history of regular cooperation around community support. We share knowledge, resources and we organize activities together - Which makes the VSN a hub-like or pre-hub entity.
In 2023 the Network will continue on experiment with this concept, acting as an existing hub until the end of the year, working on more activities, internal development and building even more cooperation between affiliates in the VSN.
At the end of this grant, July 2024, we will prepare a report in which we will share the results of our experiment which will be helpful to all emerging hubs. We expect this report to be delivered at the end of June / beginning of July 2024.