Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/2011-02-04

?)Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee

2011-02-03

Members present:

• Annie Lin

• PJ Tabit

• Cheryl Moy

• Sage Ross

• Fletcher Commons (partially)

Agenda

• How will we select future Steering Committee members?

• How do we support professors who come on board in the middle of the spring semester?

• How do we train Campus Ambassadors who come on board in the next months?

• How do we want to proceed with the "Regional Ambassadors" idea, which I brought up during the most recent trainings?

• What will the Online Ambassador training look like?

• We also need to update each other about spring 2011 plans and Online Ambassador recruitment/selection.

Proceedings

Elections:

Objectives:

• Represent OAs

• Represent CAs

• Represent GLAM Ambassadors?

• Represent other stakeholders (professors and students)

• • What value would professors have as committee members?

• • • valuble for recruiting other professors

• The makeup of the Steering Committee:

• • X slots of CAs

• • Y slots for OAs

• • Z slot(s) for at-large

• • • Other CA/OA

• • • WMF staff

• • • Member of larger WP community

• • • other interested ppl

• • $ slots for GLAM Ambassadors? (Down the road but not this election.)

• • Advisory roles - not full members

• • • Could be professors, students, WMF staff, other interested parties

• • • Fewer responsibilities, fewer privileges

Minimum: 3 CA, 3 OA, 1 at-large

• Concern: Both OA/CA count as 0.5?

• Concern: systemic bias against CAs who were not already well-known Wikipedians

(PJ will send out minutes & remaining questions/concerns, and keep discussion going.)

(Cheryl will send minutes/outcomes to Google Group and also put onto Wikipedia.)

Selecting Full Members of the Committee

Voting Eligibility Requirements:

• Letting any ambassador votes

• Letting any ambassador who has served one term (or almost one term) vote

• Letting anyone in the WP community vote

• • Has some drawbacks, but does have the political advantage of drawing in the community and gaining their support

Ideal steering committee member?

(Entire committee should have good blend of skills/experiences/characteristics)

Every member

• Hard worker, willing to spend time/effort

• Proactive in improving the WAP

• Commitment to the project / Wikimedia movement

• Reliable Internet access

• Is comfortable working in a group!

Committee as a whole

• Greatness at the roles of CA and an OA

• Can contribute innovative ideas towards sustainability of program

• Able to see large picture

• Deep knowledge of Wikipedia and its community

• Strong teaching skills

• Represents multiple continents?

• Represents the various stakeholders in the WAP

• Commitment to engage WP community & larger Ambassador community in decision-making

Election timeline:

• Meeting to talk about proposal content, on February 13th

• Steering Committee finalizes proposal, by February

• • Who is eligible to run

• • Who is eligible to vote

• • Voting system

• • Voting mechanism/logistics

• Steering Committe presents proposal to entire Ambassador group & WP community

• Discussion phase: shoot for a deadline of February 20th?

• End of semester

• Mid semester

next meetings: Feb. 13, 27; Mar. 13, 27

Things to consider:

How much longer for Committee to be around?

• List of new policies that are not immediate for us to discuss but for future committee

Goals/more defined role of Committee in the future?

• have liason to Wikimedia Foundation (possibly in advisory role?)