Dear Friends,

During Indaba 2018 in Tunisia, there was an announcement of setting up a steering committee for the organisation of Indaba. The role of the steering committee is to create a well-defined process for the selection of future hosts of Indaba and supporting the Local Organising Committee (LOC) in the preparation towards the conference.

This thought was carried to the African Meet Up at the Wikimedia Conference, where the issue was deliberated and a proposed structure of the steering committee was worked on. We wish to share this document to invite your contribution (suggestions and comments) on improving the structure.[1]

The current structure proposes membership/representation from previous organisers of the conference, 3 volunteers slot (for anybody who is willing to support the cause of Indaba), 2 liaisons from the Wikimedia Foundation and a designated representative from the current Local Organising Committee (LOC). At the moment the steering committee consists of the representatives of previous organisers and we are looking to fill the 3 volunteers slot. The steering committee will open a call for interested volunteers soon.

We are also working on a Meta page for Indaba and related activities, we encourage you to visit it when you have the opportunity.[2]

On behalf of the steering committee,