---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ramzy Muliawan ramzym-ctr@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 5:49 PM Subject: Invitation to form an Analysis Committee for 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election To: affiliates@lists.wikimedia.org

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 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 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 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#Affiliate_organization_involvement*here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#Affiliate_organization_involvement* .

Before the shortlisting vote, we are inviting you to participate in forming an *Analysis Committee* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#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 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affiliates_regional_distribution_for_the_Analysis_Committee 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 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022.

Best regards,

Ramzy