Dear Sandister and Isla,
Thank you for this ping and for a clarifying question!
- We are asking regional collaboratives to nominate one person to take part in a design group. The aim of the group is to design the virtual events that will concentrate on creating the implementation plan for the movement strategy recommendations [1] in a participatory and inclusive way. The voice of Indaba is needed to meet your expectations and enable participation of your region in the upcoming conversations. Please consult the previous email sent to this list or our landing page on meta [2].
- Some regional collaboratives already have their usual communication space as a Facebook group, Telegram channel, etc. where nominations and discussions can happen. As an option we have provided a central nomination space on meta, which could be used. I have just added a space for WikiIndaba there [3] - feel free to use it.
- The process is not strict, but overall we encourage nominating people who know your region and its challenges and opportunities well and can engage in a conversation to surface these perspectives. It can also be a self-nomination. We do not recommend a voting process, but rather an endorsement process where other members of the community can support the candidates. The person with most compelling endorsements will be the one that seems to be best fit to take the seat for the region. You can propose ideas to improve this process to be better adapted to how you work together.
I hope it makes things more clear. Looking forward to your nomination and seeing WikiIndaba well presented in the movement strategy discussions moving forward into implementation!
Best regards,
Kaarel