Dear community members, 

During the 2022 Wikimedia Summit, the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) presented the first outline of the Movement Charter, giving a glimpse on the direction of its future work, and the Charter itself. The MCDC then integrated the initial feedback collected during the Summit. Before proceeding with writing the Charter for the whole movement, the MCDC wants to interact with community members and gather feedback on the drafts of the three sections: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement). The Movement Charter drafts will be available on the Meta page here on 14 November 2022. Community wide consultation period on Movement Charter will take place from 20 November to 18 December 2022. Learn more about it here.

With the goal of ensuring that people are well informed to fully participate in the conversations and are empowered to equitably contribute their perspective on the Movement Charter, three “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter" sessions have been scheduled for different timezones. Everyone is invited to attend these conversations. The aim is to learn about Movement Charter - its goal, purpose, why it matters, and how it impacts your community. MCDC members will attend these sessions to answer your questions and hear community feedback.

The “Ask Me Anything” sessions accommodate communities from different timezones. Only the presentation will be recorded and shared afterwards, conversation will not be recorded. Below is the list of planned sessions:

  • Asia/Pacific: 4 November 2022 at 09:00 UTC (your local time). Interpretation is available in Chinese and Japanese.
  • Europe/MENA/Sub Saharan Africa: 12 November 2022 at 15:00 UTC (your local time). Interpretation is available in Arabic, French and Russian.
  • Latin America/North America/ Western Europe: 12 November 2022 at 15:00 UTC (your local time). Interpretation is available in Spanish and Portuguese.

You will find more details on the Meta page; Zoom links will be shared 48 hours before the session.

Call for Movement Charter Ambassadors

Individuals or groups from all communities who wish to help include and start conversations in their communities on the Movement Charter are encouraged to become Movement Charter Ambassadors (MC Ambassadors). MC Ambassadors will carry out their own activities and get financial support for enabling conversations in their own languages. Regional facilitators from the Movement Strategy and Governance team are available to support applicants with MC Ambassadors grantmaking. If you are interested, please sign up.

If you have specific questions, you can reach out to me (csinha-ctr@wikimedia.org), write to the MSG team (strategy2030@wikimedia.org), or write on the MS Forum. 

Regards,


Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta)

Facilitator, South Asia, Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG)