Forwarding. *“If You’re Not at the Table, You’re on the Menu”*

*How should the Wikimedia Movement distribute its funds? *The call for the Global Resource Distribution Committee nominations closes on March 31st. This decision-making body is looking to improve gender diversity among its candidates.

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I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the WMF is currently looking for candidates to form a new global committee – the Global Resource Distribution Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Proposal – which will focus on designing the future resource distribution policy for the Wikimedia Movement, regarding the Community Fund https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund.

We hope this committee will help us answer questions such as how can the Wikimedia Movement's grantmaking strategy best support our communities?, define standards and principles for resource allocation in the Wikimedia Movement etc. (among other roles that you can find here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Creation_of_the_interim_GRDC#Expected_skills_and_experience )

We absolutely need gender diversity to help solve these challenges. For years, women and non-binary people in this movement have been paving the way for greater representation in decision-making and leadership spaces, and I think this committee can be a great opportunity in this direction as well.

I’d like to invite you to consider nominating yourself, or encouraging a colleague to apply. We’ve already received over 20 nominations, but we miss the gender diversity we need to build into this committee.

The call for nominations closes on March 31st. You can find more information about the requirements here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Creation_of_the_interim_GRDC#Expected_skills_and_experience (you don’t need to meet all of them!). Feel free to reach out to me (Anna Torres) on Telegram or via email at atorres-ctr@wikimedia.org if you have any questions. ---------------------------- Tila Cappelletto