This looks great to me, Max. Thanks so much for taking our notes and turning them into an elegant and simple statement.
Emily
On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 7:13 PM Max Kurzman mbkurzman@gmail.com wrote:
Hi NC Wikipedians, I'm about ready to cast our vote for Movement Charter ratification. Here's my summary of our consensus (which will be made public), intentionally not too detailed:
- Yes with reservations. We support in principle adopting a charter
empowering a global council, in recognition of the global and volunteer character of the Wikimedia movement. However, we expect the need for possibly substantial amendments to address community concerns. To that end, we encourage easing the process of amendment to make the charter more of a living document for at least an initial period.
Any suggested edits are welcome. I'll submit the vote in the next couple of days before voting closes on July 9.
And on *July 9 at 7pm*, I'm hosting our next meeting. Hope to focus on planning a Wiknic event for the near future. Zoom link to follow.
Max
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 11:54 AM McKeehan, Morgan morganem@live.unc.edu wrote:
Hi NC Wiki folks,
here are a couple more updates, from comments made the past few days in the Discussion page for the final charter draft https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter
This discussion is pretty complicated because the Charter covers so much ground, but I wanted to highlight comments from representatives from the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland, because I think these could have a big effect on what happens with the ratification process.
- The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees liaisons to the Charter
drafting committee have announced that they will recommend to the WMF Board *not* to vote in favor of the Charter. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter#Wikimedia_Foundation_B...
- Wikimedia Deutschland decided to ratify the Charter (as of June
22), and replied to the WMF Board of Trustees comment, asking them to reconsider.
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter#Wikimedia_Deutschland%...
Movement Charter will fail to be ratified, based on the ratification process designed by the MCDC.
- as WMDE points out: if the Board does not vote in favor, the
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter#Ratification
- Movement Charter/Ratification/Voting - requirements:
The Charter is ratified and comes into effect after a vote that has the following result:
- 55% support from participating Wikimedia affiliates, with a minimum
of half (50%) of eligible affiliates participating in the vote;
- 55% support from participating individual voters, with a minimum of
2% of eligible voters participating in the vote; and
- The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees votes to support the
Charter.
- the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees liaisons' brief
summarizing their main points/high-level feedback about the charter is helpful, for getting a sense of their main concerns. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Board...
Morgan
*From:* E.S. Jack emilysjack@gmail.com *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2024 17:56 *To:* McKeehan, Morgan morganem@live.unc.edu *Cc:* wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org < wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org> *Subject:* Meeting next TUESDAY + charter scoring
Just a reminder that we'll meet next Tuesday evening at 7pm to discuss whether we'll vote to support the movement charter draft. (And discuss a possible summer event.)
Morgan, thanks so much for sharing this tool! I think this will be useful for our discussion.
See y'all next week! Emily
On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 4:47 PM McKeehan, Morgan morganem@live.unc.edu wrote:
Hi NC Wiki folks, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team sent this message to Summit participants. They've created a tool for evaluating the Final Charter draft, in relation to the revision requests that were drafted by affiliates during the summit.
Just sharing this in case it's helpful for folks to get a sense of what other affiliates' priorities were. I'm also keeping an eye out in case there's more discussion among participants about the Final Movement Charter .
Morgan
*Subject:* Fwd: Wikimedia Summit Statements: Final Movement Charter scoring
Dear Wikimedia Summit participants,
The MCDC has recently published the final movement charter in English: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter
At the Wikimedia Summit, after three days of deliberation, you as participants came up with a series of statements that the groups deemed important to be included in the charter. Even though some of these “dealbreaker” statements were drafted under extreme time constraints, all of them received a majority support by Affiliates and Hub representatives at the closing session.
We developed a simple tool to compare the final charter against the Summit statements: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dg6T7bH47mLIeS320YxU20RzBUmAkfHKK0ot...
How to use the tool: This table lists all the “dealbreaker” statements, weighs them by the support they got at the summit and calculates a total score. The weighing is based on # of people who voted “support” subtracting # of people who voted “oppose”, multiplied by the number of people who responded (as in, did not abstain). Simply enter “yes” or “no” in the Final Charter column, based on your own assessment of the charter content.
Of course, you can adjust it with your weighing method, based on the preferences of your organization. Alternatively, you could just pick the statements that are important to your affiliate or hub, and create a score based on those only.
The ratification will run from 25 June - 9 July. We hope many of you will take part in it!
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