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From: Jackie Koerner jkoerner-ctr@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@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia2030@wikimedia.org).

Best regards,

-- Jackie Koerner she/her Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance English language communities and Meta-Wiki