Begin forwarded message:
From: Jackie Koerner <jkoerner-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
Subject: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Community Elections to take place October
11 - 24
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 3:32:01 PM EDT
Dear fellow Wikimedians,
This is an update from the Movement Charter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter> process. We have closed the call
for candidates on September 14 (AoE
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth>) for the Drafting Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee> and now have a
pool of candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Candidates>
with diverse backgrounds to choose from.
The 15 member committee will be selected with a 3-step process
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process>:
Election process for project communities to elect 7 members of the committee.
Selection process for affiliates to select 6 members of the committee.
Wikimedia Foundation process to appoint 2 members of the committee.
Communities elect 7 members
This announcement is related to the community elections, which will take place in a time
period of 2 weeks from October 11 to October 24. We look forward to a wide participation
across the communities to create the committee to curate the writing of the Movement
Charter. The Election Results will be published on November 1.
Affiliates select 6 members
Parallel to the election process, all affiliates asked to contribute as well: All
affiliates were divided into eight geographic and one ‘thematic’ region (check the list),
and each region chooses one person who will act as a selector for that region. These 9
selectors will come together to select 6 of the committee (from the same pool of
candidates). The selection results will be published on November 1.
Wikimedia Foundation appoints 2 members
Finally, the Wikimedia Foundation will appoint two members to the committee by November
1.
All three processes will be concluded by November 1, 2021, so that the Movement Charter
Drafting Committee can start working by then.
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 <mailto:wikimedia2030@wikimedia.org>).
Best regards,
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Jackie Koerner
she/her
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
English language communities and Meta-Wiki