[African Wikimedians] End of the Movement Charter ratification methodology community review

Hello everyone, The Movement Charter Drafting Committee has concluded its first community review of the methodology draft, which will be used to ratify the Movement Charter in 2024. This community review included feedback collection on Meta

[African Wikimedians] Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process

Hello everyone, As a follow-up to the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Shani Evenstein Sig

[African Wikimedians] Elections Committee: Call for New Members

Hello everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation elections committee (Elections Committee) is, from today until April 24, seeking an additional 2–4 members to help facilitate the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Tru

[African Wikimedians] Movement Charter Ratification Methodology Review Launch

Hello all, The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) is collecting early input from the Wikimedia movement on the proposed methodology for the ratification of the Movement Charter

[African Wikimedians] Upcoming community review of the Movement Charter ratification methodology

*You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. * Hello everyone, The Movement Charter Drafting Committee

[African Wikimedians] Report on voter comments from the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines ratification vote

Hello all, The Universal Code of Conduct project team has completed the analysis of the comments accompanying the ratification vote on the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines

[African Wikimedians] Update on the Movement Charter from the MCDC

Hi all, The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) has reviewed the extensive feedback received during the first community consultation period . The MCDC has now shared its response to the community feedback on the Meta p

[African Wikimedians] Board of Trustees have ratified the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines

*You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. * Hello all, Here is an important update on the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines:

[African Wikimedians] Reminder: Office hours about updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use

Hello everyone, This is a reminder that the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department is hosting office hours

[African Wikimedians] Community feedback cycle about updating the Wikimedia Terms of use starts

Hello everyone, Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department is organizing a feedback-cycle with community members to discuss updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use. The Terms of Use (ToU)

[African Wikimedians] Voting closes soon on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

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[African Wikimedians] Re: Voting now open on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

That is good to know! Derrick. 🙂 On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 2:10 PM Ndahiro Derrick Alter < ndahiroder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well noted, Zita I am voting today > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 14:05 Zita Zage wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> >> The voting period

[African Wikimedians] Voting now open on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

Hello all, The voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now open! [1] Voting will be open for two weeks and close at *23.59 UTC* on *January 31, 2

[African Wikimedians] Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

*You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. * Hello all, In mid-January 2023, the Enforcement Guidelines

[African Wikimedians] Movement Charter: End of community consultation round 1

Hi everyone, On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC), we would like to thank everyone who has participated in our first community-wide consultation period

[African Wikimedians] Reminder to provide feedback on the Movement Charter content

Hi all, We are in the middle of the community consultation period on the three draft sections of the Movement Charter: *Preamble *, *Values & Principles

[African Wikimedians] Join the SSA Movement Charter Regional Conversation Hour

Greetings! everyone, As most of you are aware, the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) is currently collecting community feedback about three draft sections of the Movement Charter: Preamble , Values & Principles

[African Wikimedians] Re: Invitation to attend Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter Session

; alhassanawa...@gmail.com > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dagbani_Wikimedians_User_Group > P. O Box 1, Nanton > > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 11:51 AM nkundimana theodore < > theodorenkundim...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello ,how are you? For me I'm ok! I would like your

[African Wikimedians] Re: Invitation to attend Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter Session

Hi Chiemezie, I have sent you the meeting invite. You should see this in your inbox. On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 9:58 PM Chiemezie Atama wrote: > Hi. > How do I get the link Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter Session. > Thank you. > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022, 12:45 PM Zita Zage wrot

[African Wikimedians] Invitation to attend Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter Session

*You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. * Hi all, With the goal of ensuring that anyone interested is well informed to fully part

[African Wikimedians] Announcing the Board of Trustees preliminary election results

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[African Wikimedians] Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

Hello everyone. The Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Revisions committee is requesting comments regarding the *Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universa

[African Wikimedians] The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting is about to Close

Hello, The Community Voting period of the 2022 Board of Trustees election started on August 23, 2022, and will close on September 6, 2022 23:59 UTC. There’s still a chance to participate in this election. If you did not vote, please visit the SecurePoll voting page

[African Wikimedians] The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

Hi everyone, The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote: - Try the Election Compass

[African Wikimedians] The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

Hi everyone, The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote: - Try the Election Compass

[African Wikimedians] Re: The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open

challenges. Zita On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 8:37 AM Zita Zage wrote: > Hi everyone, > > The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022> > is > now open. Here ar

[African Wikimedians] Invitation to join the Movement Strategy Forum

Hello everyone, The Movement Strategy Forum (MS Forum) is a multilingual collaborative space for all conversations about Movement Strategy implementation. It provides a great opportunity to share your Movement Strategy(MS) work, find collaborators, and get ev

[African Wikimedians] Delay of Board of Trustees election

Hi all, I am reaching out to you today with an update about the timing of the voting for the Board of Trustees election. As many of you are already aware, this year we are offering an Election Compass

[African Wikimedians] Propose Statements for the 2022 Election Compass

Dear all, Community members in the 2022 Board of Trustees election are invited to propose statements here . An Election Compass is a tool to

[African Wikimedians] Join the new Movement Strategy Forum community review

Happy new month everyone![image: 😄] The Movement Strategy and Governance team invites everyone to review this proposal for a new Movement Strategy Forum. The goal is to improve community collaboration around Movemen

[African Wikimedians] 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates

Dear Wikimedians, The 2022 Board of Trustees election is here! The Call for Candidates has been announced here . The Board of Trustees oversees the operations of the Wikimedia Foundation. Community

[African Wikimedians] 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates

Dear all, The Board of Trustees seeks candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election. *Read more on Meta-wiki.* The 2022 Board of Trustees election

[African Wikimedians] Join the Community Resilience and Sustainability Conversation Hour with Maggie Dennis

Dear all, The Community Resilience and Sustainability team at the Wikimedia Foundation is hosting a conversation hour led by its Vice President Maggie Dennis . Topics wi

[African Wikimedians] Invitation to Regional and Thematic Hubs Global Conversation

Dear all, The Movement Strategy and Governance team of the Wikimedia Foundation would like to invite you to the next event about "Regional and Thematic Hubs". The Wikimedia Movement is in the process of understanding what Regional and Thematic Hubs should be. Our workshop in November was a good st

[African Wikimedians] Invitation: Election Volunteer Conversation

Hello everyone, As we are starting a new year, we hope that one of your goals for this year is to help ensure representation and participation of your community in very important discussions and processes such as elections, within the Wikimedia Movement. If yes, we are looking for you to serve as

[African Wikimedians] Upcoming Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections

Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Board of Trustees is preparing a call for feedback about the upcoming Board Elections, from January 7 - February 10, 2022. While details will be finalized the week before the call, we have confirmed at least two questions that will be asked during this call for fee

[African Wikimedians] Universal Code of Conduct Draft Enforcement Guidelines review still needs your ideas and opinions

Hello everyone, This is just a reminder that the Universal Code of Conduct Draft Enforcement Guidelines are open for review and comment. The Drafting Committee will start working on

[African Wikimedians] 2021 Wikimedia Board of Trustees Election Result

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Board election. The Elections Committee has reviewed the votes of the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, organized to select four new trustees. A record 6,873 people from across 214 projects cast their valid votes. The following

[African Wikimedians] Have you voted?

Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election has started. Votes will be accepted until 23:59 31 August 2021 (UTC). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wgyP3fNI4M Please watch and share this widely so we can motivate more participation from all eligible voters! [1] https://meta.wi

[African Wikimedians] 2021 Voting Opens

Dear all, Voting for the 2021 Board of Trustees election is now open. Candidates from the community were asked to submit their candidacy. After a three week long Call for Candidates, there are 19 candi

[African Wikimedians] Board Elections Postponed Until August 18th

Dear, all. As you know, the Board election was due to open on August 4th. Due to some technical issues with SecurePoll, the election must be delayed by two weeks. This means we plan to launch the election on August 18th, which is the day after Wikimania concludes. For information on the technical

[African Wikimedians] Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee

Dear All, The Movement Strategy team has announced the Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The Call opens August 2, 2021 and closes September 1, 2021. This Committee will have around 15 members. It is expected to represent diversity in the Movement. Diversity includes

[African Wikimedians] Invitation to Meet with Board Election Candidates

Dear Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election is coming soon. There are lots of campaign events where you can meet

[African Wikimedians] Confirmed Wikimedia Board Election Candidates

Hi everyone, The 2021 Board of Trustees election opens 4 August 2021. Candidates from the community were asked to submit their candidacy. After a three week long call for candidates, there are 20 candidates for the 2021 electio

[African Wikimedians] Call for Candidates

Hello! everyone, The 2021 Board of Trustees election is coming soon. Candidates from the community are needed to fill the available seats. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's operati

[African Wikimedians] Call for Election Volunteers

Hi everyone, Would you like to get the right people elected to the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees? Voter turnout in prior elections was about 10% globally. We know we can get more voters to help assess and promote the best candidates in the upcoming board elections, but to do that, we

[African Wikimedians] Resolution Passed About the Upcoming Wikimedia Board Elections

Hi everyone, Last week the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met to decide on a plan for the 2021 Board elections. And based on the feedback from the recent Call for Feedback about Community Board Seats, the Board Governance Committee created a proposal. Below you can find a summary of the re

[African Wikimedians] Community board seats: Call for Feedback Upcoming Panel Discussions

Hi everyone! I am excited to inform you about the upcoming Community board seats: call for feedback panel discussions . There will be a panel to discuss and

[African Wikimedians] Ongoing Call for Feedback: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Hello everyone, Our current processes to select individual volunteer and affiliate seats have some limitations. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contribu

[African Wikimedians] Upcoming Call for Feedback: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Dear All, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees wants to improve its capacity, performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. With regards to this, a call for feedback was announced last week, which will begin on Monday Feb 1 and will run until March 14. With the help of a team

[African Wikimedians] Upcoming Call for Feedback: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Dear All, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees wants to improve its capacity, performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. With regards to this, a call for feedback was announced last week, which will begin on Monday Feb 1 and will run until March 14. With the help of a team

[African Wikimedians] Bylaws Amendments and Upcoming Call for Feedback

Dear African Wikimedians, The Board has discussed and approved some governance improvements in two recent meetings, on December 9 and January 8. As the governing body for the Wikimedia Foundation, we want to improve our capacity, performance, and representation of the movement’s diversity. We h