[Wikimedia-SAARC] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] South Asia's Selector for the Movement Charter Process

Forwarding the email in case you missed it.

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Abbad Diraneyya adiraneyya-ctr@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 19:10 Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] South Asia's Selector for the Movement Charter Process To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Dear Wikimedians,

I am reaching out to you in regarding the Movement Charting Drafting Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committeesetup and to have a selector on behalf of the South Asian region (SAARC). Although the representatives of the region's affiliates have been notified in advance, I would like, upon requests, to extend the information to the community that the decision on the selector from South Asia should be made by *10 October*.

In order to help make a decision, a meeting has been proposed on *October 9, 2021, *to be facilitated by Wikimedia Bangladesh, during which we hope that decision will be reached. More details about the meeting and the process are on the *SAARC selection page* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region/SAARC on Meta.

The chosen selector will be one of 9 selectors who will select, on behalf of affiliates, six members of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates. The process is an opportunity to take part in choosing the members of the committee, who will be responsible for writing a governance document that is expected to be of much importance to affiliates and for the Wikimedia Movement's future.

Please note that this announcement is regarding a process that is *limited to Wikimedia affiliates (only local user groups and chapters*). The wikiproject communities will be able to cast their votes for the Movement Charter's Drafting Committee through a separate election process that will open on 11 October.

Apologies if this information comes a bit late. Please feel free to share around in the relevant spaces, and let me know if there's anything I can help with.

All the best, Abbad.