Volunteer Supporters Network
- Volunteer Supporters
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The Volunteer Supporters Network is a working group of individuals from Wikimedia organizations dealing with volunteer/community support.
What we want to achieve
Many Wikimedia organizations have their own programs or initiatives dedicated to volunteer/community support as well as their respective people in charge of this key activity. Whereas other fields of action such as Education and GLAM have a longer tradition of systematic international exchange, the project of a global volunteer supporters network got going at the Volunteer Support Pre-conference at Wikimania 2014 in London.
- We want to exchange our expertise and experiences as well as to collaborate on common issues and tasks by
- Establishing and maintaining communication channels for volunteer supporters from Wikimedia organisations (mailing list, this hub page) – that's where we're now
- Holding meetings/workshops in the context of international Wikimedia events – by the middle of 2015
- Creating and sharing resources for volunteer support – by the end of 2015.
- We want to exchange our expertise and experiences as well as to collaborate on common issues and tasks by
The long-term impact we want to achieve is to improve the working conditions for volunteers in Wikimedia projects (online and offline), to increase diversity and to enhance the spirit of global cooperation and innovation.
Who we are
If you are involved in volunteer support programs/initiatives of a Wikimedia organization and want to join us, please subscribe to our private mailing list (see below) and add your name and affiliation in the list of participants (to the right)!
The participants of the Volunteer Supporters Network are:
- Andycyca / Wikimedia México
- Dirk Franke (WMDE) / Wikimedia Deutschland
- Muriel Staub (WMCH) / Wikimedia CH
- Raimund Liebert (WMAT) / Wikimedia Österreich
- Quiddity (WMF) / Wikimedia Foundation
- Elitre (WMF) / Wikimedia Foundation
- Pierre Antoine WMFr / Wikimedia France
- Fabian Tompsett (WMUK) / Wikimedia UK
- Nahid Sultan (WMBD) / Wikimedia Bangladesh
- Gregory Varnum (AffCom) / Wikimedia Affiliations Committee
Activities
Mailing list
- In order to subscribe to the mailng list, please visit the following homepage: Volunteer-supporters
- Admins: Muriel Staub (WMCH), Andycyca
April 12, 2015
Online meeting - new pages on Meta, Wikimedia Conference
Interesting Resources
- Volunteer Supporters Network/Resources
- Wikimedia UK's first Volunteer Strategy Gathering in 2014
- Experience with Open Badges as acknowledgement for volunteer commitment
- Idea to measure and evaluate the impact of community-events with the Education Program Extension
- Volunteer Supporters Network/Conferences