Dear Wikimedia affiliate representatives,
We are contacting you today because you are an important part of forming
the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>.
The Movement
Strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…>
process
recommended the creation of a “Movement Charter.” The Charter will be a
document defining roles and responsibilities for all parts of the Wikimedia
Movement. The Drafting Committee will create a draft of the Movement
Charter. The process will include researching and consulting with
communities, experts, and organizations.
Timeline
We have created together
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Events/Documentation/27_J…>
a process for setting up the committee:
Now - September 14Everyone can nominate themself for the common candidate
pool
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
October 11-24
All (eligible) Wikimedians across all project communities vote on the
candidates to elect 7 members
October 11 - 24
Wikimedia affiliates will select 6 members of the committee (through a
group of selectors).
October 25 - 31
The WMF appoints 2 members of the committee.
By October 31
Drafting Committee announced
More detailed process overview can be accessed on meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_…>
.
Affiliate engagement
Wikimedia affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia Movement and
thus in creating this Movement Charter. We kindly ask you to support us in
the following several tasks:
-
The nominations are still ongoing! Who in your networks would make an
excellent candidate for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee? Encourage
and support them to nominate themself. We are especially looking for
people with experience in organizational governance and international
collaboration. Demonstrated cultural, linguistic, and inclusivity awareness
is important. (The matrices for diversity and expertise can be seen here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Diversi…>
).
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The affiliates will select their candidates via 9 selectors. All
affiliates are divided into eight geographic regions and one “thematic
region.” Each region chooses one person (selector). The division follows
existing regional collaborations with some adaptations to avoid overlap
(e.g. Africa). You, as an affiliate representative, please check the
list and correct it
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>,
if you feel that you "belong" to another region.
-
We then ask you to convene on the regional level and define your
representative in the selector group. It is up to each region on how to
select your selector, but doing it in a transparent way (e.g. on Meta) is
helpful. The selector needs to be selected by October 10, 2021 (before the
election for the online communities starts)
-
The 9 selectors will convene later and will choose candidates from
the common
pool of candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candida…>
.
For the full context of the Movement Charter, its role, as well the process
for its creation, please have a look at Meta. You can also contact us at
any time on Telegram or via email (wikimedia2030(a)wikimedia.org).
Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to
working on this with you.
Best regards,
--
Ravan J. Al-Taie (she/her)
MSG & Board Governance Facilitator (MENA)
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Meta Page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ravan_(WMF)> Imagine a
world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all
knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
Hello Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group!
Zack here from the Wikimedia Foundation.
I’m emailing you because we are in the final weeks of Wikimedia community
feedback on a brand proposal [1] and I wanted to make sure we had thoughts
from your affiliate.
If you are just hearing about this discussion, allow me to offer a quick
recap:
-
The Wikimedia Movement’s shared goals outline an ambitious outreach
target for 2030: “anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us” [2]
-
In 2018, the Foundation’s Communications team began a strategic review
of the Wikimedia brand system to assess how well it works and what could be
improved to reach the 2030 goals, specifically to simplify the invitation
for new people to join us [3]
-
The resulting research showed that Wikimedia is a confusing name that
very few internet users understand, while Wikipedia has massive (80%+)
awareness in Europe + North America and is fast growing in emerging
internet regions [4]
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The research also produced a strategic proposal: adopt Wikipedia as our
Movement’s central brand, expanding its definition and linking the project
ecosystem around this most visible/popular project
It’s a big topic, but this is not the final point of discussion. Instead,
we are collecting community feedback to deliver a report to the Board of
Trustees at the end of May. The report will summarize risks, concerns,
needs, and opportunities in changing our branding.
Your feedback is valuable to us and we hope you will decide to participate
in the process. You can
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Share thoughts on the project’s Community review talk page [5]
-
Or send thoughts via email: brandproject(a)wikimedia.org
Please feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions or would
like to coordinate a session.
Yours,
-
Zack
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_resear…
[4]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/02/07/how-does-the-world-see-wikimedia…
[5
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_r…
--
Zack McCune (he/him)
Senior Global Brand Manager
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
Hello,
Wikimedia Morocco User Group is proud to announce that the city of Tarfaya
will host the fourth edition of WikiArabia conference between the dates of
19 and 21 April 2019.
This is an announcement that the registration and submission process have
started. If you are interested in attending and applying for a scholarship
please register following this link
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiArabia_2019>.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Morocco
،مرحبا
يسر ويكيميديا المغرب أن تعلن عن استضافتها للنسخة الرابعة لمؤتمر ويكي عربية
2019 المزمع عقده بمدينة طرفاية بالمغرب بين 19 و 21 أبريل 2019
في هذا الإطار، نعلن عن بدء التسجيل لطلبات المنح والمداخلات لجميع المهتمين
بالحضور، على هذا الرابط <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiArabia_2019>
.نتمنى و نتطلع أن نراكم جميعا في طرفاية إن شاء الله
،مع أطيب التحيات
ويكيميديا المغرب