Dear Wikimedians,
The call for candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee has started well, and within 10 days there are already 21 candidates https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates. This also means that we are heading towards the scenario of community elections in September (see the process page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process for more info).
At the same time the elections of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021 have been postponed due to technical issues https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election. We have assessed the implications of this postponement to the Movement Charter Drafting Committee nominations and elections and have come to a conclusion that:
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It makes sense to have at least a 2 week gap between the elections of the Board of Trustees and the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. This means that the elections for the Drafting Committee should only happen in the second half of September to prevent election fatigue and support better turnout for the elections. -
In relation to this we will extend the period of call for nominations by 2 weeks to September 14, as there is no reason to close the call prematurely.
I am happy to answer any questions or specifications related to this extension!
Wishing you all a great continuation to the month of Wikimania!
Hi everyone,
I am following up on the *Movement Charter Drafting Committee* thread to announce that *we have closed the call for candidates https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Candidates* . We will now focus on final checks and technical clean up (incl. removing incomplete candidate statements) and are planning to share the next steps update on Monday.
Have a great continuation to your week! Kaarel
On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 5:48 PM Kaarel Vaidla kvaidla@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The call for candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee has started well, and within 10 days there are already 21 candidates https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates. This also means that we are heading towards the scenario of community elections in September (see the process page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process for more info).
At the same time the elections of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021 have been postponed due to technical issues https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election. We have assessed the implications of this postponement to the Movement Charter Drafting Committee nominations and elections and have come to a conclusion that:
It makes sense to have at least a 2 week gap between the elections of the Board of Trustees and the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. This means that the elections for the Drafting Committee should only happen in the second half of September to prevent election fatigue and support better turnout for the elections.
In relation to this we will extend the period of call for nominations by 2 weeks to September 14, as there is no reason to close the call prematurely.
I am happy to answer any questions or specifications related to this extension!
Wishing you all a great continuation to the month of Wikimania!
Kaarel Vaidla (he/him)
Movement Strategy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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