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From: Jackie Koerner jkoerner-ctr@wikimedia.org Subject: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Call for Candidates and affiliate selection process Date: September 15, 2021 at 10:54:50 AM EDT Cc: Mervat Salman msalman-ctr@wikimedia.org

Hi Friends, Sorry for the extra email this week. I accidentally sent the wrong email, but you now know sooner rather than later about the whole process. Here is the email that is especially relevant to the selection process. -Jackie

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/Recommendations/Ensure_Equity_in_Decision-making#Establish_a_common_framework_for_decision-making 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_June/Summary a process for setting up the committee:

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_Process.

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 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/Candidates#Candidates.

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).

Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to working on this with you.

Best regards,

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