I will take the lead on this within a day or two.
Yours,
Peaceray
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 1:51 PM Joe Mabel <jmabel(a)joemabel.com> wrote:
Peaceray, are you taking lead on this? I'm very
busy, but available for
one online meeting or whatever if useful.
JM
On 1/27/2021 12:56 PM, Jackie Koerner wrote:
Friends,
Here is the Telegram link for the chat:
https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat
The channel previously sent is just for the
announcements.
My apologies for an additional email to you!
Best,
Jackie
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 11:42 AM Jackie Koerner <
jkoerner-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Hi there, Cascadia Wikimedians!
>
> As recently announced, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is
> organizing a call for feedback about community-and-affiliated seat
> selection processes between February 1 and March 14. You can find all
the
> information on Meta-Wiki:
>
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Boa…
>
> I wanted to reach out personally to connect with you. We are offering
> multiple channels for questions and feedback. With the help of a team of
> community facilitators, we are organizing multiple conversations with
> multiple groups in multiple languages. I am the community facilitator
for
> English language communities and Meta
discussions about the Board
> Governance updates.
>
> During this call for feedback we will publish weekly reports and we will
> draft the final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the
help
> of this report, the Board will approve the
next steps to organize the
> selection of six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these
> seats are due for renewal and three are new, recently approved.
>
> We are looking for a broad representation of opinions. We are interested
> in the reasoning and the feelings behind your opinions. In a
conversation
> like this one, details are important. We want
to support good
conversations
> where everyone can share and learn from
others.
>
> *How to participate*
> You can choose your preferred language and way of participation. A team
of
> facilitators is watching multiple channels
and capturing the outcome of
> conversations in weekly reports (see below).
>
> - Discuss in the Talk page for each idea, or in this Talk page [1]
for
> general comments. Translated pages
welcome discussions in their
respective
> languages.
> - Discuss in the WM Board Governance Telegram [2] group created for
> this call for feedback.
> - Join a conversation or an online meeting near you. We are
organizing
> multiple conversations on wiki projects,
with affiliates, and other
groups.
>
> If there are no conversations or meetings organized for your project or
> your affiliate, contact us here, on Telegram, or via email at
> community-board-seats-cff(a)wikimedia.org. A facilitator will contact you
> to organize one.
>
> Please do not hesitate to reach out if there is anything you suggest to
> better help me connect and gather feedback from your community. Thanks
for
> taking the time to participate in this
process.
>
> Best,
>
> Jackie
>
> --
> *Jackie Koerner*
>
> *she/her*
> Communication Facilitator, Board Governance
> *English language communities and Meta*
>
> [1]
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees…
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