Let's Connect Newsletter/Archive/2023/Issue 17

Let’s Connect Newsletter Issue 17

What is happening in Let’s Connect this month

Welcome to Mayl’s issue of the Let’s Connect monthly newsletter. In April we returned to doing learning clinics after our outreach month in May. April saw us have the highest plan to host learning clinic’s to date. Our May is packed with learning clinics and you do not want to miss any of them.

Did you miss Learning Clinics - no worries!

Learning Clinic: Introduction to Wikipedia Library: Product and partnerships (Time zone One). Find this session's resources here: video recording and Understanding Wikipedia Library Deck.
Learning Clinic: Introduction to Wikipedia Library: Product and partnerships (Time zone two): Find this session's resources here: video recording and Partnership Wikipedia Library Deck.

What Learning Clinics can you start getting excited about?

Learning Clinic: Oral Knowledge Documentation. We invite you to participate in this learning clinic on oral knowledge documentation for Wikimedia projects. This clinic seeks to introduce participants to the various oral documentation projects that have occurred in the Wikimedia movement.

👉 What is this Learning Clinic for?

To provide participants with an overview of Oral Documentation in Wikimedia projects.
To provide participants with a focus on documenting oral knowledge on Wikimedia projects.
To help connect sharers and participants for continued support on oral documentation.

👉 What do participants need to prepare?

Check out examples of Oral Documentation projects within the Wikimedia movement.
To be eligible, you must have an active Wikimedia account, be a member of a Wikimedia affiliate, and not be blocked from writing on any Wikimedia project.

Registration link.

Learning Clinic: Wiktionary and Lexemes on Wikidata on Saturday May 25th from 2-4pm UTC.

👉 What is this Learning Clinic for?🤔 Anybody interested in learning more about the contribution on Wiktionary and integration of Lexemes on Wikidata. Know the importance of both projects, Wiktionary and Lexemes, and the link between the two. Learn how to integrate both projects and see what is best for the language communities.

👉 What do I need to prepare? 🧠 Please read the following: Have an advanced reading of this resource: Wikidata:Lexicographical data.

⚠️ The session depends on your active participation! Try, as much as possible, to connect from a device and place that will allow you to join the whole session and share your thoughts on interactive boards (jamboard, padlet, etc).

Registration link here.

Learning Clinics to Watch Out in May Tentatively

Learning Clinic MENA Series: Partnership Building Session 2 on May 27, 2024.
Learning Clinic: Event Registration Tool on May 29, 2024.

Other learning opportunities in the Movement

You are all welcome to participate in community conversation where we will discuss community initiatives to enhance the exchange of information within our movement. During this session, they will feature presentations on the Capacity Exchange Program, the Volunteer Support Network, and a discussion around the draft of the Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan 2024-2025. We will have time for questions after every presentation.

Date: The meeting will be held on May 15th at 15 PM UTC (check your local timezone).

May 8–June 3, The Call for new members of the Conference Fund Committee.

May 10 - May 12, The ESEAP Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

April 25–May 9, The UCoC Coordinating Committee election: Voting period (information for voters / list of all candidates / link to vote).

News from Movement Strategy

For those following the conversations around the Movement Charter work, please find below and on Meta the feedback that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees gave to the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) on April 30.

If you are interested in hearing more about the Foundation’s perspective, we shall also be making space at the upcoming cross-regional annual planning call on 15 May.

As a note, the letter addresses both high-level things, like values, and practical matters, like budget. Some of the text reiterates the feedback provided to the MCDC earlier.

Story from Let’s Connect

Greetings from the Let’s Connect team!!!

A few of our working group members and Let’s Connectors participated in the Wikimedia Summit 2024, Berlin, the 12th conference and the last one of its kind :), organised by the wonderful host Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE).

The final round of discussion among the affiliates, hubs, and language/thematic group representatives on the MCDC chapters was conducted and based on final recommendations. A voting process was also completed. For the team, this experience was truly transformative and inspiring. Engaging with like-minded individuals from around the world who share a passion for knowledge-sharing and collaboration was incredibly rewarding. The discussions, descriptions and clarity at the summit provided valuable insights and perspectives on the future of the Wikimedia movement and affiliate gatherings.

The opportunity to network, learn from others, and contribute to shaping the direction of the community left us feeling motivated and empowered. Witnessing the collective efforts and enthusiasm of Wikimedians coming together to promote free knowledge and cultural diversity was a truly unforgettable experience that reaffirmed our commitment to the movement. Also several mentions of Let’s Connect program, as an insightful & empowering platform in the movement during all 3 days of the summit, left us feeling proud of our work, impact and of the movement at large.

Looking forward to more such marvellous experiences with the team & the Wikimedia movement. Let’s stay connected.. :)

Happy reading!!!

Resource to check out:

Have you checked out the Let’s Connect resources page on Meta. It has all resources shared from our Learning clinic’s so far.

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