The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) invites qualified Wikimedians to apply as volunteer members of the Charter Election Commission (CEC). The MCDC will select five (5) individuals for this role. The selected candidates will come from a variety of Wikimedia projects.
The CEC is a temporary commission formed specifically to provide guidance, support and management of the voting process seeking ratification of the Movement Charter. Its work will be complete at the time the vote result is published.
Responsibilities of the Charter Election Commission:
Work with the selected MCDC members to finalize rules of the election
Formalize process for addition of voters to the SecurePoll voter list
Review, improve, and finalize the voting process for affiliates
Directly manage the affiliate voting process
Oversee the SecurePoll voting process
Resolve unplanned or unexpected issues that arise during both the affiliate and SecurePoll voting processes
Act as liaisons with WMF staff assigned to the technical aspects of SecurePoll
Act as liaisons with scrutineers
Announce the result of the affiliate and SecurePoll voting processes
Successful candidates will hold the following qualifications:
Must meet at least one of the voter eligibility criteria[1] for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election
Must be fluent in written and verbal English
Must be able to commit up to 5 hours a week between April 15 and July 30, 2024 to this project, including a weekly video call with MCDC liaisons
Must be willing to work using Zoom, Google Meet and Google documents
Must be willing to sign a confidentiality agreement[2]. as CEC members will have access to some non-public information of persons
Candidates who have experience in leadership with respect to SecurePoll election(s) or affiliate selection processes for WMF Board of Trustees seats are preferred
Candidates who have experience as members of a Wikimedia movement committee, Affiliations Committee, or similar decision-making body are welcome to apply
Interested Wikimedians are invited to apply for consideration to the MCDC at mcdc {AT} wikimedia.org by April 8, 2024, stating their Wikimedia user name, their relevant experience, and identifying the Wikimedia project they consider their main focus of contribution. Successful candidates will be notified by April 12, 2024.
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is responsible to develop a draft Movement Charter for consideration by the Wikimedia movement. A full draft of the proposed Charter will be published on April 2, 2024[3] for a final round of community consultations. The final draft of the Charter will be published by the MCDC in June 2024. Voting will start in mid- to late June and results will be announced in late July 2024.
For the Movement Charter Drafting Committee,
User:Risker/Anne Clin
Notes:
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Voter_eligibility_guidelines
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information