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What is happening in Let’s Connect this month

Some activities that took place this month:

• We had our phase 2 kick off meeting! Did you miss it? Here is the recording and presentation. See our calendar space for translated recordings.
• The working group presented Let’s Connect pilot phase learning and phase 2 to the Volunteer Supporters Network. We have had a great partnership this year sharing learning spaces and we hope to continue this in the next phase! Here is the presentation we gave.

Upcoming activities:

Learning Clinics

1. Wikimedia Belgium: Managing Wikimedia projects with Wikidata

When? Thursday 8th of December: 4-6 PM UTC

For whom? There are some skills prerequisite for this Clinic, please review these and make sure you fulfill them before registering.

Register here You will receive the zoom link after you have registered.

2. Wikimedia UK: Thinking about diversity, equity and inclusion in affiliate leadership

When? Thursday 15th of December: 5-6.30 PM UTC

For whom? For whom? This Clinic is mainly for affiliate groups that already have governance structures in place. However if you believe it is relevant for your user group you can register to join. You can also view via youtube in this link.

Register here for live interaction and translation into Spanish, French and Portuguese.

3. Wikimedia Israel: reflections about board, team and volunteer management

Before Revital Poleg steps down as executive director, she will be sharing some reflections about board, team and volunteer management.

When? Tuesday 20th of December: 4-5.30 PM UTC

For whom? This Clinic is mainly for affiliate groups that already have team and governance structures in place. However if you believe it is relevant for your user group you can register to join.

Register here for live interaction and translation into Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Others

• On December 15th we will be sending out information about how we are going to expand our working group and how you can apply to be part of it.

Other learning opportunities in the Movement

Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team Office Hour

Who? The Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team invites you to join any of their upcoming office hours. The event will be multilingual, with live interpretations in Arabic, English, French, and Swahili.

For what? During these office hours, we will introduce V1 of the Event Registration Tool, so you can begin using it for real events on Meta-wiki.

When? Session 2: Sunday, December 10, 2022, @12:00 UTC Zoom Link.

More information can be found here. No registration is necessary.

This is a really important new tool for organisers, we hope to see you there!

RightCon Office Hours

The RightsCon call for proposals is open!

An open community call will be held on December 7 from 9:00 -10:00 am ET.

RightsCon is a summit that brings together people from around the world to discuss human rights in the digital age. It is hosted by AccessNow. The conference will take place from 5–9 June 2023. It is a hybrid event, open to online participation as well as in-person in San José, Costa Rica.

If you’re interested, you can find more information available here. The Global Advocacy team is also happy to help brainstorm ideas or answer questions. Register Link Here

News from Movement Strategy

1. We are in the middle of the community consultation period on the three draft sections of the Movement Charter: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent). The community consultation period will last until December 18, 2022. The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) encourages everyone interested in the governance of the Wikimedia movement to share their thoughts and opinions on the draft content of the Charter.

How to share your feedback?

Interested people can share their feedback via the different channels provided below:

• Fill out a survey (optional and anonymous, accessible in different languages)
• Share your thoughts and feedback on the Meta Talk pages:
  • Preamble
  • Values & Principles
  • Roles & Responsibilities
• Share your thoughts and feedback on the MS Forum:
  • Preamble
  • Values & Principles
  • Roles & Responsibilities
• Send an email to: movementcharter@wikimedia.org if you have other feedback for the MCDC.

If you want to help include your community in the consultation period, you are encouraged to become a Movement Charter Ambassador. Please find out more about it here.

Story from Let’s Connect

Lets Connect Peer Learning Program Tanzania

The Planning Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania with support from the Let’s Connect Working Group put together an in-person learning clinic for the Wikimedians in Tanzania. According to one participant Qute Iddy Ninga who says "We should have more clinics which join all organizers so as to plan well how we run communities." We are excited about the work of Justice Msechu and the team at Planning Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania for leading this Learning Clinic.

Resource to check out:

This month we are talking about Wikidata and team/volunteer management.

New to Wikidata? Check out this series of resources Volunteer retention is a big thing right: Check out this blog from Wikimedia Indonesia

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