Dear NEW,
This year we have 13 candidates standing for election, and a new combined
affiliate/community process.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022
1) In early July, affiliates vote to choose a short list of 6 candidates.
(1 vote per affiliate)
2) in late August (15-29), the community will vote on that short list.
The candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida…>
have provided initial statements. Phoebe & I will set up a way for you all
to cast votes for the shortlist; based on that we will file a single
collective vote for NEW.
The candidates will have a chance to say more about themselves on Meta; we
will point to that and any other detail when returning to this thread in
July.
Warmly, SJ
This summer two Trustees are being elected to the WMF Board.
* Please encourage people you would like to see on the board to stand for
election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Apply_t…>
.
* See below if you know someone who might want to be in a
candidate-evaluation group.
A new process is being tested:
--> Affiliates appoint 9 people to an analysis committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affilia…>,
which broadly evaluates candidates
--> Affiliates vote in a primary (using STV, one vote per affiliate) to
choose 6 top candidates
--> Community members vote to choose two trustees from that pool .
If you would like to be on the analysis committee, or to nominate someone
else who would be willing and suited to it, list them at the top of the
section here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affilia…>
(or
let me or phoebe know).
Warmly, SJ
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@metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Dear wikiographers,
We are compiling our report about regional updates from the past year, and
would love to include any of the following that would be of interest to
others:
~ projects or editathons you have been part of,
~ sessions you have led at Wikimania / other events / other non-WM
conferences,
~ collaborations in progress (partnerships or content collabs)
~ writing or talks of yours
Our annual reporting year ends in November, so feel free ot include
anything more recent than November 2020. You can share updates either by
email or on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:New_England_Wikimedians#Notes_and_Goin…>
.
Warmly, SJ + Phoebe
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@metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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From: Andrew Lih <andrew(a)andrewlih.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 3:25 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] REMINDER: Voting for Movement Charter Drafting
Committee open until October 24, 2021
To: Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) <
wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
REMINDER
Community voting to fill 7 of the 15 seats of the Movement Charter Drafting
Committee (MCDC) is open and runs until the end of Sunday, October 24,
2021. This is a very important group that will help draft a charter for the
Wikimedia Movement that will undergo community feedback and eventual
ratification.
BASICS
Basic information about the MCDC is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee
An "election compass" was created as a Q&A system to help voters evaluate
how well the candidate's views matched their own. That official site is
here:
https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/
Voting happens with single transferable vote (SVT) using SecurePoll here
until October 24:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Electio…
ADDENDUM
That is the base information. However, I am including more practical
knowledge and wisdom from various sources. Why? There are 70 candidates for
7 seats. If that sounds daunting, you are correct. There has been
widespread concern that the average voter cannot meaningfully evaluate the
candidates.
Therefore, here are some of the best practices and resources so far. These
are all publicly available tools and content, but I am highlighting them
here for the benefit of the community.
-
A table of all the candidates, locales, languages, and basic
information. This was gleaned from the original candidate statements but is
more easily viewable (and sortable) in table form.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…
-
Browse the full election compass results with this tool (full
disclosure, it was created by one of the candidates, but it faithfully
reports the compass answers in a different format). I would recommend
browsing all the questions, but these specifically show the widest range of
responses: 1, 6, 11, 24, 34, 45, 92
https://krehel.sk/Candidates_Drafting_Committee_Movement_Charter_Statements/
-
A user perspective of how to navigate the election process from longtime
Wikimedian Lodewijk Gelauff, posted on Facebook and publicly readable even
without an account.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/posts/4382804991767298/
Regards,
- Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
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From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 7:50 PM
Subject: Your Lightning Talks wanted for WCNA this Friday-Sunday
To: Wikimedia U.S. Chapter <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
5 minutes on any wiki topic, sign up today!
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2021/Lightning_Talks
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Dear all,
Free registration closes tonight (!) for Wikiconference North America,
to be held virtually this weekend:
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2021/Schedule
register:
https://pretix.eu/wcna/2021/
lots of good stuff on deck, including a listening tour with the WMF's new
incoming CEO and a couple of great plenaries!
cheers,
Phoebe
Dear Wikimedians in New England,
The 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election is coming soon,
this is the time when four seats of the Board of Trustees are elected. In
September the Board is expected to appoint its new members.
The Board has asked us, the Board Election Facilitation Team, to take care
that all communities in the movement are aware of the elections. With the
help of more than 70 election volunteers from all over the world, we are
reaching out to many communities already.
A major step in this is having as many candidates as possible running for
the Board, especially from underrepresented groups. That is why we are
getting to you: we ask for your support and help about that very matter.
The Call for Candidates is up now and we would kindly ask you to provide
the announcement along your channels - newsletters, blogs, wikis, mailings
and community platforms as the final week of it is starting today.
The announcement is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-06…
Many translations are already available, if one suits your needs, please
feel free to pick it up. In case a translation is not available, incomplete
or not sufficient, we would appreciate you fixing it. If you are doing a
new translation, please feel free to do it on meta, so the landing page is
available in your language.
Though we do not expect this to take more than an hour, we know that we are
asking a lot. Be assured, that we would not do this if it weren’t for our
wish to make all communities a part of this as much as they deserve. We
hope that you can agree on its importance and would be glad to hear from
you.
Best regards,
--
*Jackie Koerner*
*she/her*
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
*English language communities and Meta-Wiki*
Dear New England Wikimedians,
The new WMF approach to grantmaking is devolving a good deal of review and
granting authority to regional committees. Please consider volunteering
for a committee in a region that you are now or have been part of. North
America is particularly light on candidates at present.
Self-nominations for the committee close this week
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…>
.
Warmly, SJ
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Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
This looks lovely. Is anyone interested in participating?
They are looking for a representative to join here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2021/Partici…>
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From: Deborah Jay <debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 16, 2021 at 9:18 AM
Subject: New England Wikimedians User Group: Invitation to the "Wikipedia
Pages Wanting Photos 2021" Campaign
Cc: Isaac Olalekan Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
Dear New England Wikimedians,
We are inviting the *New England Wikimedians User Group* to
participate in *Wikipedia
Pages Wanting Photos 2021
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2021>*, a
global contest scheduled to run from July first through August 31, 2021:
Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then
add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the
Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki
Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.
In its first year (2020), 36 Wikimedia communities in 27 countries joined
the campaign. Events relating to the campaign included training organized
by at least 18 Wikimedia communities in 14 countries.
The campaign resulted in the addition of media files (photos, audios and
videos) to more than 90,000 Wikipedia articles in 272 languages.
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) offers an ideal task for recruiting
and guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing
pages. Besides individual participation, the WPWP campaign can be used by
user groups and chapters to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons.
The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP
participation at the Wikimedia user group or chapter level (geographically
or thematically) or for a language WP. We’d be glad for you to reply to
this email, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_…>
.
Thank you,
Deborah Schwartz Jacobs (User:Deborahjay / debjay.wpwp(a)gmail.com)
Communities liaison coordinator
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign
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Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Hi all,
Would you like to get more people taking part in the Wikimedia Foundation’s
Board of Trustees election?
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees announced the plan for the 2021
Board elections
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021…>.
That plan includes outreach and communication support for the Board
elections. The Board election facilitators will:
- Inform communities of the trustee selection process
- Invite communities to engage in voting
- Encourage people representing emerging Wikimedia communities to run as
candidates
Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. It was better in
communities with volunteer election support. Some of those communities
reached over 20% voter turnout. We know we can get more voters to help
assess and promote the best candidates, but to do that, we need your help.
We are looking for volunteers to serve as Election Volunteers. Election
Volunteers should have a good understanding of their communities. The
facilitation team sees Election Volunteers as doing the following:
- Promote the election in their communities’ channels
- Organize discussions about the election in their communities
- Translate messages for their communities
*Who are the Election Volunteers to connect your community with this
movement effort? Is it you? Or someone you know?* *Check out more details
about Election Volunteers*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…>
and
add your name next to the community you will support in this table
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Electio…>
or get in contact with a facilitator
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021#Team>.
We aim to have at least one Election Volunteer for Wiki Projects in the top
30 for eligible voters. Even better if there are two or more sharing the
work.
Best,
--
*Jackie Koerner*
*she/her*
Board Election Facilitator
*English language and Meta-Wiki*