Dear Affiliates,

My name is Ramzy from the Movement Strategy and Governance team (MSG) at Wikimedia Foundation. I am writing to inform you about the Affiliates involvement in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election and invite your participation.

This year, Wikimedia communities and affiliates will take part in selecting 2 candidates to fill the two community- and affiliate-elected seats available. To launch the process, Affiliates will vote in July 2022 to shortlist 6 candidates from the candidate pool, in which then will be voted by the community at-large. You can find more details about the process here.

Before the shortlisting vote, we are inviting you to participate in forming an Analysis Committee, which will rate the candidates based on specific criteria. This Committee will be composed of 9 representatives from Wikimedia chapters, user groups, and thematic organisations. Members of the Committee will each represent the 8 geographic regions of the Wikimedia movement and an additional group for thematic Affiliates. In this Meta page you can see which region/group your Affiliate will be collaborating with to select a member for the Analysis Committee.

The MSG facilitators, which have been assigned to every region and group, are prepared to offer facilitation and support to help your region/group in collaboration and decision making. You can reach out directly to us by leaving a comment at the Meta talk page.

Best regards,

Ramzy