Strengthening Community Governance in the African Wikimedia Technical Community
Funding Area: Community governance / Gobernanza comunitaria
Problem Statement: The African Wikimedia Technical Community is a vibrant and growing community, but it faces a number of challenges in terms of community governance. These challenges include: Lack of clear and transparent decision-making processes. Lack of accountability and transparency among community leaders. Lack of diversity and inclusion in community leadership.
Proposed Activities: The proposed project would address these challenges by strengthening community governance in the African Wikimedia Technical Community. The project would focus on the following activities: Developing a charter for the African Wikimedia Technical Community that outlines clear and transparent decision-making processes. Creating a code of conduct for community leaders that emphasizes accountability and transparency. Developing a diversity and inclusion plan for the African Wikimedia Technical Community that aims to increase the participation of women and marginalized groups in community leadership.
Openness: The proposed project would be open in the following ways: The charter and code of conduct would be developed in an open and transparent process that engages all members of the African Wikimedia Technical Community. The diversity and inclusion plan would be developed in consultation with women and marginalized groups in the community. The charter, code of conduct, and diversity and inclusion plan would be made available to all members of the African Wikimedia Technical Community.
Challenges: The proposed project faces a number of challenges, including: The lack of consensus on how to strengthen community governance in the African Wikimedia Technical Community. The challenge of engaging all members of the community in the development of the charter, code of conduct, and diversity and inclusion plan. The challenge of implementing the charter, code of conduct, and diversity and inclusion plan.
Neglectedness: No, This technical community started off as a technical project in other to train software developers to build,improve and maintain technical projects within the wikimedia ecosytem, but we later realized it was not inclusive and diverse enough for other technical contributors with other technical skills such as UI and UX designers, product and project management, localization contributors and Quality Assurance Engineers. So we decided to rebrand the whole project into an African Technical Community which can be inclusive in other to involve all of these technical contributors across Africa. Which we currently do have community members from both tech and non-tech backgrounds especially from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Which we look forward to expand our community other African countries if we are able to receive this funding. We are open for a call with the funding organization.
Success: The project would be considered a success if it achieves the following outcomes: The African Wikimedia Technical Community has a clear and transparent decision-making process. Community leaders are accountable and transparent in their decision-making. Women and marginalized groups are more involved in community leadership.
Total Budget: USD 5,000
Budget File: pdf
Affiliations: African Wikimedia Technical Comunity & Open Foundation West Africa
LMIE Carveout: Yes, the project fits within the LMIE carveout. The project team is based in Ghana, which is a Low and Middle Income Economy (LMIE).
Team Skills: The project team has a range of skills and experience in the areas of community governance, project management, and diversity and inclusion. The team is also committed to working with the African Wikimedia Technical Community to develop a strong and sustainable community governance framework.
Submission Number: 90
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