Thanks and welcome.. On Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 10:20 PM Mervat Salman <msalman-...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear Wikimedia affiliate representatives, > > We are contacting you today because you are an important part of forming > the Movement Charter Drafting Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>. > The Movement Strategy > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Ensure_Equity_in_Decision-making#Establish_a_common_framework_for_decision-making> > process > recommended the creation of a “Movement Chater.” The Charter will be a > document defining roles and responsibilities for all parts of the Wikimedia > Movement. The Drafting Committee will create a draft of the Movement > Charter. The process will include researching and consulting with > communities, experts, and organizations. > > Timeline > > We have created together > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Events/Documentation/27_June/Summary> > a process for setting up the committee: > > Now - September 14Everyone can nominate themself for the common candidate > pool > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates> > > October 11-24 > > All (eligible) Wikimedians across all project communities vote on the > candidates to elect 7 members > > October 11 - 24 > Wikimedia affiliates will select 6 members of the committee (through a > group of selectors). > > October 25 - 31 > > The WMF appoints 2 members of the committee. > > By October 31 > > Drafting Committee announced > > More detailed process overview can be accessed on meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process> > . > > > Affiliate engagement > > Wikimedia affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia Movement and > thus in creating this Movement Charter. We kindly ask you to support us in > the following several tasks: > > > - > > The nominations are still ongoing! Who in your networks would make an > excellent candidate for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee? Encourage > and support them to nominate themself. We are especially looking for > people with experience in organizational governance and international > collaboration. Demonstrated cultural, linguistic, and inclusivity awareness > is important. (The matrices for diversity and expertise can be seen > here > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Diversity_and_Expertise_Matrices> > ). > - > > The affiliates will select their candidates via 9 selectors. All > affiliates are divided into eight geographic regions and one “thematic > region.” Each region chooses one person (selector). The division follows > existing regional collaborations with some adaptations to avoid overlap > (e.g. Africa). You, as an affiliate representative, please check the > list and correct it > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Affiliates_by_Region>, > if you feel that you "belong" to another region. > > > - > > We then ask you to convene on the regional level and define your > representative in the selector group. It is up to each region on how to > select your selector, but doing it in a transparent way (e.g. on Meta) is > helpful. The selector needs to be selected by October 10, 2021 (before the > election for the online communities starts) > - > > The 9 selectors will convene later and will choose candidates from the > common > pool of candidates > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Candidates> > . > > > For the full context of the Movement Charter, its role, as well the > process for its creation, please have a look at Meta. You can also contact > us at any time on Telegram or via email (wikimedia2...@wikimedia.org). > > Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to > working on this with you. > > Best regards, > > > > *Mervat Salman (She/Her)* > Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator > wikimediafoundation.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list -- wikimedia-medicine@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimedia-medicine-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >
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