I will take the lead on this within a day or two. Yours, Peaceray
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 1:51 PM Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote: > Peaceray, are you taking lead on this? I'm very busy, but available for > one online meeting or whatever if useful. > > JM > > On 1/27/2021 12:56 PM, Jackie Koerner wrote: > > Friends, > > > > Here is the Telegram link for the chat: > https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat > > The channel previously sent is just for the announcements. > > > > My apologies for an additional email to you! > > > > Best, > > Jackie > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 11:42 AM Jackie Koerner < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi there, Cascadia Wikimedians! > >> > >> As recently announced, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is > >> organizing a call for feedback about community-and-affiliated seat > >> selection processes between February 1 and March 14. You can find all > the > >> information on Meta-Wiki: > >> > >> > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats > >> > >> I wanted to reach out personally to connect with you. We are offering > >> multiple channels for questions and feedback. With the help of a team of > >> community facilitators, we are organizing multiple conversations with > >> multiple groups in multiple languages. I am the community facilitator > for > >> English language communities and Meta discussions about the Board > >> Governance updates. > >> > >> During this call for feedback we will publish weekly reports and we will > >> draft the final report that will be delivered to the Board. With the > help > >> of this report, the Board will approve the next steps to organize the > >> selection of six community seats in the upcoming months. Three of these > >> seats are due for renewal and three are new, recently approved. > >> > >> We are looking for a broad representation of opinions. We are interested > >> in the reasoning and the feelings behind your opinions. In a > conversation > >> like this one, details are important. We want to support good > conversations > >> where everyone can share and learn from others. > >> > >> *How to participate* > >> You can choose your preferred language and way of participation. A team > of > >> facilitators is watching multiple channels and capturing the outcome of > >> conversations in weekly reports (see below). > >> > >> - Discuss in the Talk page for each idea, or in this Talk page [1] > for > >> general comments. Translated pages welcome discussions in their > respective > >> languages. > >> - Discuss in the WM Board Governance Telegram [2] group created for > >> this call for feedback. > >> - Join a conversation or an online meeting near you. We are > organizing > >> multiple conversations on wiki projects, with affiliates, and other > groups. > >> > >> If there are no conversations or meetings organized for your project or > >> your affiliate, contact us here, on Telegram, or via email at > >> [email protected]. A facilitator will contact you > >> to organize one. > >> > >> Please do not hesitate to reach out if there is anything you suggest to > >> better help me connect and gather feedback from your community. Thanks > for > >> taking the time to participate in this process. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Jackie > >> > >> -- > >> *Jackie Koerner* > >> > >> *she/her* > >> Communication Facilitator, Board Governance > >> *English language communities and Meta* > >> > >> [1] > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats > >> [2] https://t.me/wmboardgovernanceannounce > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
