Hello,
Coming from South Asia and looking at ESEAP, I am not at all excited considering the geographical representation of the committee as per Wikimedia regions[1], excluding WMF appointed candidates who will represent WMF instead of the regions itself, we have
- United States and Canada - 2 members - Western & Northern Europe - 3 members - Central and Eastern Europe & Central Asia - 1 member - Sub-Saharan Africa - 1 member - Middle East and North Africa - 2 members - East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific - 1 member - South Asia - 1 member - Latin America & Caribbean - 2 members
I am so surprised to see only 1 representation from ESEAP which has such a thriving group of affiliates and which had talked about and tried to materialise to build a hub in the region so passionately. If movement strategy wants Wikimedia to reach the next billion users in future, they are in South Asia and ESEAP and without hearing the voices from those regions, that target will be very hard to achieve.
Anyway, good luck and best wishes for the drafting process. Hope it will echo our voices.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidat...
Regards, Bodhisattwa
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 at 18:32, Mardetanha mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Congratulations to all elected, selected and appointed
Mohsen
On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 3:47 PM Kaarel Vaidla kvaidla@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear movement colleagues,
I am happy to announce that the Movement Charter Drafting Committee election and selection processes are complete.
1018 participants voted to elect https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process#Election_process seven members to the committee:
Richard Knipel (Pharos) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Richard_Knipel_(Pharos)
Anne Clin (Risker) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Anne_Clin_(Risker)
Alice Wiegand (Lyzzy) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Alice_Wiegand_(lyzzy)
Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Micha%C5%82_Buczy%C5%84ski_(Aegis_Maelstrom)
Richard (Nosebagbear) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Richard_(Nosebagbear)
Ciell (Ciell) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Ciell_(Ciell)
Ravan J Al-Taie (Ravan) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Ravan_J_Al-Taie_(Ravan)
The affiliate process https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process#Selection_process has selected six members:
Anass Sedrati (Anass Sedrati) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Anass_Sedrati_(Anass_Sedrati)
Érica Azzellini (EricaAzzellini) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#%C3%89rica_Azzellini_(EricaAzzellini)
Jamie Li-Yun Lin (Li-Yun Lin) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Jamie_Li-Yun_Lin_(Li-Yun_Lin)
Georges Fodouop (Geugeor) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Georges_Fodouop_(Geugeor)
Manavpreet Kaur (Manavpreet Kaur) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Manavpreet_Kaur_(Manavpreet_Kaur)
Pepe Flores (Padaguan) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Pepe_Flores_(Padaguan)
The Wikimedia Foundation has appointed https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process#Appointment_by_the_Wikimedia_Foundation two members:
Runa Bhattacharjee (Runab WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Runa_Bhattacharjee_(Runab_WMF)
Jorge Vargas (JVargas WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Jorge_Vargas_(JVargas_(WMF))
The committee will convene soon to start its work. The committee can appoint up to three more members to bridge diversity and expertise gaps.
We are also in the process of creating the meta pages with more details regarding the election and selection processes. I will follow-up in this thread when they are available.
If you are interested in engaging with the Movement Charter drafting process https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter, follow the updates on Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee and join the Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/U-4hhVPaxKGHseva.
With thanks from the Movement Strategy and Governance team
Kaarel Vaidla (he/him)
Movement Strategy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030
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