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From: Andrew Lih <andrew@andrewlih.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 3:25 PM
Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] REMINDER: Voting for Movement Charter Drafting Committee open until October 24, 2021
To: Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) <wikimediaus-l@lists.wikimedia.org>


REMINDER

Community voting to fill 7 of the 15 seats of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) is open and runs until the end of Sunday, October 24, 2021. This is a very important group that will help draft a charter for the Wikimedia Movement that will undergo community feedback and eventual ratification.


BASICS

Basic information about the MCDC is here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee


An "election compass" was created as a Q&A system to help voters evaluate how well the candidate's views matched their own. That official site is here:

https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/


Voting happens with single transferable vote (SVT) using SecurePoll here until October 24:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections


ADDENDUM

That is the base information. However, I am including more practical knowledge and wisdom from various sources. Why? There are 70 candidates for 7 seats. If that sounds daunting, you are correct. There has been widespread concern that the average voter cannot meaningfully evaluate the candidates.


Therefore, here are some of the best practices and resources so far. These are all publicly available tools and content, but I am highlighting them here for the benefit of the community.



Regards,

- Andrew (User:Fuzheado)


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