Just to be clear, this means that the Charter will not take effect even if, hypothetically, the community and the affiliates voted to approve it?
Newyorkbrad/IBM On Thursday, July 11, 2024, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > As we await the outcome from all stakeholders who voted on the draft > Movement Charter ratification, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > met on Monday, July 8, to discuss and cast the Foundation’s vote. > > *On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees I am sharing the > results of that vote, the resolution, meeting minutes, and proposed next > steps.* > > *==Draft Movement Charter== * > > > The proposed charter represents a tremendous amount of work done by the > Movement > Charter Drafting Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>, > alongside several others. The creation of a charter was one of several > recommendations to come from the Movement Strategy process alongside the > Strategic Direction that continues to guide the Wikimedia Foundation. > > At the same time, the vote on the proposed charter has provided an > opportunity for all of us to reflect on what has changed – and continues to > change – since the original Movement Strategy process started in 2018. The > Foundation has tried to consistently identify these issues in its annual > plan > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025>, > strategic planning priorities > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Chief_Executive_Officer/Updates/April_2024_Update>, > and elsewhere > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Chief_Executive_Officer/Updates/February_2024_Update>. > They include numerous and growing external threats (and some opportunities) > of a rapidly changing and fragmenting internet – from the nature of search > to the rise of generative AI. We have also seen an increase in global > regulations of content and platforms that have an impact on our people and > our projects. Furthermore, our collective resources have not been growing > as quickly > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2024-2025/Financial_Model> > as we had seen in prior periods. This has required more clarity on > priorities, trade-offs, and pragmatism. > > It is because of these myriad challenges and complex realities that > clarifying roles and responsibilities within the Wikimedia movement is > more, not less, important. That is why the Board and the Foundation have > been cautiously assessing how best to move forward at this point, after > providing significant support to the Movement Charter Drafting Committee in > undertaking this task. > > Our hope is to take solutions from the intent of the draft charter and > consider where a future Global Council may be able to provide benefits to > us all. We believe that this can only be done through concrete, > practical, and time-bound next steps, based on the areas identified in the > final draft charter text, rather than a wholesale adoption of the > proposed charter in its final form. > > *==Board resolution==* > > > Therefore, in the Special Board meeting this week, the Wikimedia > Foundation Board of Trustees voted not to ratify the proposed Charter. > You can read the full Board resolution [1] and minutes of the meeting [2]. > > The Board also approved a way forward, including three experiments that > the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia affiliates, and community members can > jointly conduct in the three areas identified in the proposed Movement > Charter to be taken on by a future Global Council. The outlines of the > proposals are included in the resolution in the appendix [3] with > concrete proposals for these key areas. These include experiments designed > to test the feasibility of proposals related to resource distribution, > technology > advancement, and support of Wikimedia movement organizations. Solutions > for these collaborative experiments should be designed for co-ownership and > build on the capabilities of the entire Wikimedia movement. And the comments > received with the votes during the ratification would help shape these > proposals more. > > *==What’s next==* > > > As of this writing, 2,451 individual voters participated and 129 affiliate > votes were cast, meeting the quorum for both groups. By July 24, the > outcome of these votes along with comments will be published so that any > proposed next steps can benefit from the input, reflections, and > recommendations of all voters. It is important to listen to the feedback > that has been provided through this process before taking further steps. > > Following that, we shall ask for help in the coming months designing > spaces on- and off-wiki to request more feedback and improvements to the > specific proposals being offered to help us now move forward together. Some > of this can happen at Wikimania for those planning to attend, as we shall > also be offering our formal thanks at Wikimania to the Movement Charter > Drafting Committee members for their work. > > To provide any comments in the meantime, please leave a comment on the > main talk page of the appendix on Meta [4]. Alternatively, you can request > a conversation with Foundation leadership as a part of Talking:2024 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024>. > You can also use the Let’s Talk > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024#Let%27s_talk> > feature to sign up for a time to speak with me and/or other trustees. > > [1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Draft_ > Movement_Charter_and_next_steps > > [2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2024-07-08 > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ > Board_noticeboard/Board_resolution_and_vote_on_the_ > proposed_Movement_Charter/Appendix > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_ > Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Board_resolution_and_vote_on_ > the_proposed_Movement_Charter/Appendix > > Best regards, > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in > advance!* > >
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