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 > -- *Jackie Koerner* *she/her* Communication Facilitator, Board Governance *English language communities and Meta* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
