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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.demailto:wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
Kind regards from Berlin, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team
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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
Kind regards from Berlin, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-NC mailing list -- wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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%... * as WMDE points out: if the Board does not vote in favor, the Movement Charter will fail to be ratified, based on the ratification process designed by the MCDC. * Movement Charter/Ratification/Voting - requirements: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter#Ratification
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.edumailto: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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.demailto:wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
Kind regards from Berlin, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-NC mailing list -- wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Thanks, Morgan, for sending this update!
Just a reminder that we'll meet again tomorrow evening at 7pm to discuss, and hopefully come to a consensus about whether our user group will support ratifying the Movement Charter.
I strongly encourage folks to dig into the links Morgan sent to see how these discussions are shaking out movement-wide, and with the Wikimedia Foundation, in advance of our meeting. (But if you don't get a chance, don't let that deter you from attending! 😊)
Zoom link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/97890617169
Hope to see you there!
Emily
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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
Kind regards from Berlin, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-NC mailing list -- wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Zoom link below
On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 1:20 PM E.S. Jack emilysjack@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, Morgan, for sending this update!
Just a reminder that we'll meet again tomorrow evening at 7pm to discuss, and hopefully come to a consensus about whether our user group will support ratifying the Movement Charter.
I strongly encourage folks to dig into the links Morgan sent to see how these discussions are shaking out movement-wide, and with the Wikimedia Foundation, in advance of our meeting. (But if you don't get a chance, don't let that deter you from attending! 😊)
Zoom link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/97890617169
Hope to see you there!
Emily
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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
Kind regards from Berlin, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-NC mailing list -- wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
Kind regards from Berlin, The Wikimedia Summit Organising Team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-NC mailing list -- wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia-US-NC mailing list -- wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-us-nc-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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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I agree, this statement is an excellent summary of the concerns we discussed. Thanks for doing this work, Max.
There have been a couple more recent discussions/comments in threads about the Charter, and from the Future of Affiliate Gatherings group, that made some more good points - just sharing these if of interest.
I don't think these would change our vote on the Charter - just helpful to see these perspectives and questions they're raising.
1. "issue of Global Council" - thread in Charter discussion https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter#issue_of_Global_Counci... This thread in the Movement Charter discussion is worth checking out - I found it helpful for articulating questions and concerns about the role of the Global Council. In particular, the thread participants express confusion over how much power the Global Council will have, and how they will operate effectively in practice.
2. Future of Affiliate Gatherings group - temporarily suspending work https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_Affiliate_Gatherings#Message_... Message to the Steering Committee of the Wikimedia Summit - the group is suspending work because the group is unclear about expectations of the role, mandate and output of the group set up at the Summit. Also asking if the Summit Steering Committee thinks that decision-making on the future of affiliate gatherings is not possible until there is clarity about Movement Charter and Global Council - so will be interesting to see what develops around this after the ratification vote concludes.
- Morgan
________________________________ From: E.S. Jack emilysjack@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 17:09 To: Max Kurzman mbkurzman@gmail.com Cc: wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-US-NC] Re: Meeting next TUESDAY + charter scoring
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.commailto: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.edumailto: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%... * as WMDE points out: if the Board does not vote in favor, the Movement Charter will fail to be ratified, based on the ratification process designed by the MCDC. * Movement Charter/Ratification/Voting - requirements: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter#Ratification
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.commailto:emilysjack@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 17:56 To: McKeehan, Morgan <morganem@live.unc.edumailto:morganem@live.unc.edu> Cc: wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto:wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.orgmailto: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.edumailto: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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I missed the last meeting, but I have been working to get the Wiknic event planned for this year on the ECU campus.
Joyner Library will be hosting the Wiknic in one of their conference rooms on September 5th from 12 - 2.
Based on past event attendance, they are suggesting we should plan to have about 100 people stop by. This will help create connections at ECU for future edit-a-thon events in eastern North Carolina.
Thanks, Frank
On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 9:10 AM McKeehan, Morgan morganem@live.unc.edu wrote:
I agree, this statement is an excellent summary of the concerns we discussed. Thanks for doing this work, Max.
There have been a couple more recent discussions/comments in threads about the Charter, and from the Future of Affiliate Gatherings group, that made some more good points - just sharing these if of interest.
I don't think these would change our vote on the Charter - just helpful to see these perspectives and questions they're raising.
- "issue of Global Council" - thread in Charter discussion
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter#issue_of_Global_Counci... This thread in the Movement Charter discussion is worth checking out - I found it helpful for articulating questions and concerns about the role of the Global Council. In particular, the thread participants express confusion over how much power the Global Council will have, and how they will operate effectively in practice.
- Future of Affiliate Gatherings group - temporarily suspending work
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_Affiliate_Gatherings#Message_... Message to the Steering Committee of the Wikimedia Summit - the group is suspending work because the group is unclear about expectations of the role, mandate and output of the group set up at the Summit. Also asking if the Summit Steering Committee thinks that decision-making on the future of affiliate gatherings is not possible until there is clarity about Movement Charter and Global Council - so will be interesting to see what develops around this after the ratification vote concludes.
- Morgan
*From:* E.S. Jack emilysjack@gmail.com *Sent:* Tuesday, July 2, 2024 17:09 *To:* Max Kurzman mbkurzman@gmail.com *Cc:* wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org < wikimedia-us-nc@lists.wikimedia.org> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-US-NC] Re: Meeting next TUESDAY + charter scoring
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!
/!\ Do not reply to this email, please direct all your questions to wmsummit@wikimedia.de /!\
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