Hmmmm
Dear friends
Sj and I have received this information from Mervat, related to the
voting of selectors for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
affiliate selectors group. This is an important step in the selection of
Drafting Charter Committee Members. As a result of the elections, 15
committee members will be elected and tasked with writing the Mouvement
Charter, which will in particular establish the roles and
responsibilites of the future Global Council for mouvement governance.
At this stage, I must say that despite the title of this email, it looks
generally as a rather complicated process to me
We were also offered that visual to better understand what's going on
here...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Wikimedia_Movement_Char…
Step 1 is "ok". We were listed in the "Thematic Group" of voters. Which
seems perfectly suitable. There are 8 geographical regions and 1
thematic group. The next step is currently being discussed amongst
Affiliates representants. The formely approved process is that all
Affiliates should meet according to their "region/thematic" and agree to
vote on a Selector. The Selector will in turn cast the vote. The current
proposition is to "shunt" the Selector here, and have Affiliates vote
within their group, and let the vote decide of the people selected by
the group. I will follow up on that ... ermmm... very administrative
issue... and will have a talk with Sj to make sure we cast the Affiliate
vote (be it directly, or through a Selector).
This being said, I wanted to share with you the complete list of
candidates and invite you to have a look. If you have private comments
about the candidates (big opposition or big support), please write to Sj
and I privately about it
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…
Florence
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Sujet : Clear steps for setting up Movement Charter Drafting Committee
selection group
Date : Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:52:11 +0300
De : Mervat Salman <msalman-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Pour : meta.sj(a)gmail.com, Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org>
Dear Wikimedians for Offline Wikis representatives,
I am following up on the long email we sent to you last week regarding
the setup process of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee affiliate
selectors group. We are following up with a quick step-by-step summary
to make the request more clear:
*
Step 1 - We are using a regional approach. Verify that your
affiliate appears in the right region in the list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>.
If yes, no action needed. If not, please correct it.
*
Step 2 - All affiliates in the region will nominate 1 selector for
the whole region. Arrange an online meeting, social media
conversation or wiki page to decide the process for your region.
*
Step 3 - Run the process of selecting the selector.
*
Step 4 - Notify the Movement Strategy and Governance team of the
outcome, so we can set up and convene the group of selectors.
*
These steps should be completed by October 10, 2021.
*
Movement Strategy and Governance team is readily available to
support or facilitate any regional discussions at any of the
described steps.
The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be available to answer
any questions or specifications you may have regarding this.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
*
*
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Still about the Mouvement Charter.
1. Vote by individual member
The team is really working on innovative solutions to help us cast our
vote....
This is not the vote itself, but a vote for a selection of questions
that will be asked to all candidates, to help us identify which
candidates best represent our individual positions.
This is now the time for you as individual to select 15-20 statement.
Upvote statements you woul like to see included in the voting advice system.
See guidelines below in Cornelius message.
All of you are welcome to participate.
2. Affiliate vote.
The decision making process has still not be finalized. But a telegram
channel has been created for Affiliates contacts to get together and
discuss...
Flo
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Sujet : [Wikimedia-l] Quick upvoting of statements for the Movement
Charter Election Compass until Sunday, Oct 3
Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:38:36 -0300
De : Cornelius Kibelka <ckibelka-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Répondre à : Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Pour : Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
TL;DR: Upvote your favorite Movement Charter Election Compass statements
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…>
until October 3rd.
///////////////////////////////////////
Hello everyone,
in roughly 10 days, on October 11, we will start the voting on the
community candidates for the drafting committee that will draft the
Movement Charter. We got 72 candidates running for the committee!
To be able to guide all of you through so many candidacies, we want to
provide a Voting Advice Application. You can find the prototype here on
Toolforge <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>.
Over the last week, we got 110 statements proposed by community members:
On values and principles, on resource allocation, on the charter
drafting process. Thank you very much!
*The next step is now to select 15 to 20 of these statements for the
final advice application -- your turn! *Upvote the statements you would
like to see included in the voting advice application:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…>
You can vote on as many statements as you like, but only one vote per
statement. *Think about which statements you would like to see the
candidates positioning themselves to, which might help you in your
decision-making.* The ~20 statements with the most votes will be
selected and send to the candidates on Monday, October 4th.
All of this is an experiment, we're happy to get feedback!
Best regards
Cornelius
--
Cornelius Kibelka (he/him)
Event Coordinator
Movement Strategy + Governance
2030.wikimedia.org <http://2030.wikimedia.org>
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Dear Wikimedia affiliate representatives,
We are contacting you today because you are an important part of forming
the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>.
The Movement
Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
process
recommended the creation of a “Movement Chater.” The Charter will be a
document defining roles and responsibilities for all parts of the Wikimedia
Movement. The Drafting Committee will create a draft of the Movement
Charter. The process will include researching and consulting with
communities, experts, and organizations.
Timeline
We have created together
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Events/Documentation/27_J…>
a process for setting up the committee:
Now - September 14Everyone can nominate themself for the common candidate
pool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
October 11-24
All (eligible) Wikimedians across all project communities vote on the
candidates to elect 7 members
October 11 - 24
Wikimedia affiliates will select 6 members of the committee (through a
group of selectors).
October 25 - 31
The WMF appoints 2 members of the committee.
By October 31
Drafting Committee announced
More detailed process overview can be accessed on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_…>
.
Affiliate engagement
Wikimedia affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia Movement and
thus in creating this Movement Charter. We kindly ask you to support us in
the following several tasks:
-
The nominations are still ongoing! Who in your networks would make an
excellent candidate for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee? Encourage
and support them to nominate themself. We are especially looking for
people with experience in organizational governance and international
collaboration. Demonstrated cultural, linguistic, and inclusivity awareness
is important. (The matrices for diversity and expertise can be seen here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Diversi…>
).
-
The affiliates will select their candidates via 9 selectors. All
affiliates are divided into eight geographic regions and one “thematic
region.” Each region chooses one person (selector). The division follows
existing regional collaborations with some adaptations to avoid overlap
(e.g. Africa). You, as an affiliate representative, please check the
list and correct it
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>,
if you feel that you "belong" to another region.
-
We then ask you to convene on the regional level and define your
representative in the selector group. It is up to each region on how to
select your selector, but doing it in a transparent way (e.g. on Meta) is
helpful. The selector needs to be selected by October 10, 2021 (before the
election for the online communities starts)
-
The 9 selectors will convene later and will choose candidates from
the common
pool of candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
.
For the full context of the Movement Charter, its role, as well the process
for its creation, please have a look at Meta. You can also contact us at
any time on Telegram or via email (wikimedia2030(a)wikimedia.org).
Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to
working on this with you.
Best regards,
*Mervat Salman (She/Her)*
Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator
wikimediafoundation.org
