Critical issues presentations/Why we need a reformation of the structure of the Wikimedia Movement
Appearance
- Submission no. 18
- Title of the submission
Why we need a reformation of the structure of the Wikimedia Movement
- Author of the submission
- Sebastian Wallroth
- Jan Schwefel
- Country of origin
Germany; Germany
- Topics
Governance, Policy
- Keywords
- Wikimedia Movement
- Organization
- Community
- Volunteers
- Abstract
There are tensions between the Wikimedia organizations and the volunteers since the beginning. And even between Wikimedia organizations (Foundation, Chapters, Funds Dissemination Committee) there are misunderstandings, tensions, and questions of areas of responsibilities. This talk it about the self-perception of the parts of the Wikimedia Movement, the demand of respect by the volunteers, and the bad influence of big amounts of money.
- Result
Not accepted