रणनीति/विकिमीडिया आंदोलन/२०१७/अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न
हम यह अब क्यों कर रहे हैं?
पिछले 15 वर्षों में, विकिमीडिया आंदोलन बड़ा हो गया है। इसी समय, हम परिपक्व हुए हैं, और हमारे चारों ओर दुनिया बदल गई है। हमारे पास करने के लिए बहुत कुछ है, लेकिन हम यह भी देख सकते हैं कि हमारी अगली चुनौतियां क्या हैं। हमें परिदृश्य को समझना है और यह भी समझना है कि हम सामूहिक रूप से यह कैसे करें। इसके बारे विचार करने के लिए नए अवसर हो सकते हैं।
कौन भाग ले सकता है?
विकिमीडिया में शामिल सभी को भाग लेने के लिए आमंत्रित किया जाता है। इसमें संपादक, डेवलपर, पाठक, सहयोगी, आंदोलन भागीदारी और दाता शामिल हैं। ऑनलाइन और व्यक्तिगत रूप से भाग लेने के लिए २०१७ की पहली छमाही में अवसर होंगे।
क्या हमने आंदोलन की रणनीति पहले नहीं बनाई हुई?
२००९ में विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन ने विकिमीडिया आंदोलन के साथ मिलकर आंदोलन और फाउंडेशन के लिए पांच साल की रणनीति बनाने की प्रक्रिया शुरू की थी। इस योजना में २०१०-२०१५ का समय लिया गया था और अंततः फाउंडेशन के काम पर ध्यान केंद्रित किया गया था ताकि आंदोलनभर में लक्ष्यों का समर्थन किया जा सके। हालांकि, अंतिम रणनीतिक योजना को स्वागत किया गया था और इस योजना ने फाउंडेशन के कामों को प्रभावित किया था, परिणाम व्यापक थे और विशिष्ट कार्यों ने संपूर्ण रूप से आंदोलन के बजाय फाउंडेशन पर अधिक ध्यान केंद्रित किया था।
यह आगामी प्रक्रिया कई तरीकों से अलग है। विस्तृत रणनीति या बेंचमार्क का एक सेट बनाने के बजाय, हमारा लक्ष्य विकिमीडिया आंदोलन के लिए एक दिशा बनाना है। इसमें आगे बढ़ने की बात होगी - यहां तक कि २०३० तक - यह जानने के लिए कि हम एक साथ कहाँ जाना चाहते हैं। परिणामस्वरूप विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन के काम के बजाय आंदोलन पर भी ध्यान दिया जाएगा।
आंदोलन क्या होता है?
आंदोलन एक प्रकार की समूहिक गतिविधियाँ होती हैं, जो सामाजिक परिवर्तन को आगे लेकर जाती हैं, विरोध करती हैं या पूर्ववत करती हैं। वह बड़े, कभी-कभी अनौपचारिक, व्यक्तियों या संगठनों के समूह होते हैं जो विशिष्ट राजनीतिक या सामाजिक मुद्दों पर ध्यान केंद्रित करते हैं।
विकिमीडिया स्वयंसेवकों ने इस शब्द का उपयोग कई समुदायों, समूहों और व्यक्तियों के वर्णन करने के लिए किया है जो विकीमीडिया परियोजनाओं में योगदान करते हैं। विकिमीडिया आंदोलन को लोगों, गतिविधियों और मूल्यों के रूप में परिभाषित किया गया है जिनमे विकिमीडिया साइटें और परियोजनाएं शामिल हैं।
मैं कैसे भाग ले सकता हूँ?
इस मेटा-विकी पोर्टल पर भाग लेने के बारे में जानकारी उपलब्ध कराई जाएगी। ऑन-विकी चर्चाएँ २०१७ के आरंभ में शुरू होने के लिए निर्धारित हैं, साथ ही अगले कुछ महीनों में वैयक्तिक रूप में चर्चाएँ भी होंगी।
कृपया योजना की सहायता करने या भविष्य में व्यक्तिगत चर्चा के बारे में अतिरिक्त जानकारी के लिए भाग लें पर जाएँ।
इसका मेरे ऊपर क्या असर पड़ेगा?
A shared direction for our movement will provide clarity for anyone who wants to participate on what we’re trying to achieve. Knowing where we're going will help us be more effective as groups and individuals, and leverage our unique strengths. It will also help us understand our role in the world. This will help us communicate the work we are doing together to the world, so we can invite more people to join.
How you use the outcomes of this discussion is up to you. Some individuals or organizations may use it to inform programmatic or organizational strategy. Others may see it as a way to connect with the broader movement and invite others to contribute to Wikimedia. Some may not use it at all -- and that’s okay!
Practically, this does not mean that volunteers will be more restricted in what activities they develop or engage in. Volunteers will, of course, remain free to engage in activities that interest them and they believe will most benefit Wikimedia.
इसकी शुरुआत कब होगी?
On-wiki discussions will begin in early 2017. The outcomes of this discussion will be shared online and in-person at Wikimania in August 2017.
How does this relate to organization strategies?
A movement-wide direction should represent the collective interests of the people which our organizations serve. This would influence, but not replace, organization strategies. For example, the Wikimedia Foundation will continue to develop, in consultation with the community, an organization strategy influenced by this direction, which then helps set our annual plans.
How does this relate to existing grants?
Existing grant agreements and requirements will not be changed by this process. However, grants doing work which could benefit this process are encouraged to do so if the grant recipients are interested.
Will future grants be required to follow this strategy?
No. While the movement strategy will influence which projects the Wikimedia Foundation funds in the future, there are many activities which may not be specifically addressed. Additionally, innovation and experimentation is encouraged, and that may sometimes mean trying ideas out that are not directly connected to the movement strategy.
Are affiliates required to follow this strategy?
No. How affiliates use the outcomes of this discussion are up to them. Some may use it to inform programmatic or organizational strategy. Others may see it as a way to connect with the broader movement and invite others to contribute to Wikimedia. Some may not use it at all -- and that’s ok!
Why hire experts from outside the Wikimedia movement?
We recognize that several individuals in the Wikimedia community already possess an amazing talent for strategic planning. However, we are aware that it is difficult to engage in this type of discussion as a participant when you are also a facilitator. The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia movement affiliates have increasingly and successfully utilized outside facilitators to enable Wikimedia community members to be able to actively participate in the process. In addition to enabling community members to focus on participating in the process itself, outside experts can better maintain neutrality in facilitation and provide additional perspectives.
To help increase their familiarity with the Wikimedia movement, external contractors will be paired with existing Wikimedia Foundation staff or contractors.
Who will be responsible for evaluating the strategy once implemented?
A plan for ongoing evaluation of the movement strategy will be developed during this process.
Why will it require up to US$2.5 million to develop a movement strategy?
We want to make sure we’re setting our movement up for success and end 2017 having held meaningful conversations, come to important conclusions, and reached a plan of action on moving forward. We want our donor resources to be well allocated and our efforts to be effective. And most of all, we want community members to know and feel that their time, efforts, and inputs have been meaningful as part of this process.
Developing a strategy with a community as large and diverse as the Wikimedia community is a significant undertaking which will require investment in resources which can not be replaced by volunteers - such as travel, printing, outside consultation, etc. Additionally, volunteers often prefer to focus their time on developing the content on our projects, which means there are several tasks which require additional human resources.
For comparison, the last movement strategy, developed in 2009, had a budget of approximately US$1 million. The number of programs, movement affiliates, and strategic considerations has increased substantially since that time. Our understanding of how to reach a wider audience for movement-wide discussions has also improved, which we anticipate will increase the resources required to support substantive community engagement. We believe US$2.5 million is reasonable given the scope of the process and nature of our movement.
How was the US$2.5 million allocated?
Ahead of the November Board meeting, Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, Katherine Maher, consulted with individuals around the Wikimedia Foundation about what sort of resources we might need in order to support a consultative, open process.
We audited past processes (2010, 2014, and some smaller initiatives) for what worked and didn’t, looked at what was missing in past processes, from external expertise to audience research, and talked to people in Community Engagement and elsewhere about the type of support community members would require to truly engage, from airfare to translation.
Based on these conversations, we built a high-level budget that had resources for the following: inclusive, multilingual community consultation; additional market research into our users and new users; consultation with external experts and stakeholders, and process management and production. All in, we estimated that the full scope of work would cost somewhere around US$2.5 million.
We presented this high-level budget to the board at the November Board meeting, where they approved a spending resolution of up to this amount over Fiscal Year 2016-17 (July 2016 - June 2017) and Fiscal Year 2017-18 (July 2017 - June 2018).
How will the US2.5 million be spent?
The Wikimedia Foundation Finance team is working with internal leaders of the strategy process to build a more detailed version of this proposed budget to present to the Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee. Once the strategy architect is hired, this will be further refined. We anticipate that this more detailed version will be presented for community feedback.