User:Mike Cline/USCAN Working Group Drafts/Future Picture

This Draft Future Picture, was developed by the Working Group during its July 16-17 meeting in Washington, D.C. =Future Picture =
 * Future Horizon: July 2015 (coincides with the Wikimedia Foundation Strategic Plan horizon)


 * Strategic Context: This Future Picture describes a functioning US Canada Education Program independent of the Wikimedia Foundation as of July 2015

==== Financial Position ==== In June 2015, the US Canada Education Program has independent funding sufficient to sustain an annual operating budget of $____M. The program’s operating budget is robust and enables the program to deliver quality services to all its stakeholders/partners as well as grow its volunteer resources. Decentralized stakeholder funding is allowed for locally controlled Education program projects.
 * Measures
 * Organization has sufficient funding and funding commitments to sustain itself, meet financial obligations and meet all stakeholder commitments for at least two years of operations.

==== Enterprise Purpose ==== In June 2015, the US-Canada Education Program is providing human, curriculum, and other incentive resources to support on-going and innovative uses of Wikipedia and related projects in education that promotes free knowledge, information fluency, improves the breath, scope and quality of Wikimedia project content as well as growing editor participation. The US Canada Education Program is evangelizing the role of Wikimedia projects in the free knowledge movement and improving information fluency throughout the education community.
 * Measures
 * Education program projects are supporting instructors and courses in higher education with volunteers, tutorials, workshops, etc.
 * Education program projects are tangibly improving the scope and quality of Wikipedia content.
 * Education program projects are tangibly generating greater interest in the use of Wikipedia in higher education.

==== Innovation ==== In June 2015, the US-Canada Education Program openly develops, documents and shares innovations related to the use of Wikimedia projects in education from all sources (Wikimedia community, Academia, students and other educational entities) in a manner that promotes growth of quality free knowledge, diversity of participation and improvements in information literacy education.
 * Measures:
 * Libraries of Wikipedia/Higher Education best practices, Wikipedia related curriculum, tutorials and lessone plans, etc. are being shared through online resources and in-person workshops, conferences and symposiums.
 * Wikipedians (students, faculty, libraians and staff) participating in the Education program are outperforming non-education program Wikipedians who are at the same stage in the editor lifecycle. (see for possible methodology]

==== Operating System ==== In June 2015, the US Canada Education Program operates with open, collaboratively created governance that ensures rapid, effective decision making by program staff and volunteers, effective resourcing and execution of program projects, rapid and effective consensus building and collaboration between all stakeholder groups. The US-Canada Education Program, its stakeholders and benefactors are strategically aligned on goals, projects and innovations that support free knowledge and information fluency in education.
 * Measures:
 * Open, transparent collaborative systems are being used by all stakeholder groups and participants in the organization's projects.
 * All stakeholder groups participate in strategic initiative planning and strategic milestones are being met.

==== Outsider Perception ==== In June 2015, the US-Canada Education Program is perceived by the educational community as a valuable and integral partner in their institution in support of using Wikimedia projects to improve student learning and information fluency. Benefactors value the program as a professional, innovative way to improve education and are providing high-levels of financial and marketing support. Wikipedia and related project communities respect and actively support the projects and innovations of the Education Program with volunteer energy. ==== Workforce Characteristics ==== In June 2015, the US-Canada Education Program workforce is comprised of diverse, motivated professionals and volunteers dedicated to and with the skills to collaboratively manage and support on-going and innovative uses of Wikipedia and related projects in education that promotes free knowledge, information fluency, improves the breath, scope and quality of Wikimedia project content as well as growing editor participation.
 * Measures:
 * Stakeholder groups are actively, and positively supporting the goals and projects of the US Canada Education Program
 * The availability of a qualified volunteer workforce exceeds project requirements
 * Measures:
 * Workforce has skills and motivation necessary to achieve fund raising, marketing and operational goals.
 * Education program milestones and objectives are being achieved on schedule.

==== Incentive Philosophy ==== In June 2015, the US-Canada Education Program ensures that all its projects and innovations are designed to align with the various methods and motivations by which its diverse stakeholder groups are incentivized and is committed to ensuring that its volunteer workforce and participating educational partners and students are appropriately incentivized (explicitly or intrinsically) to participate in and support the program. ==Notes==
 * Measures:
 * Members of all stakeholder groups willing participate and support the program's projects because their incentives are aligned with the strategy.