Hi everyone, I am following up on the *Movement Charter Drafting Committee* thread to announce that *we have closed the call for candidates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Candidates>* . We will now focus on final checks and technical clean up (incl. removing incomplete candidate statements) and are planning to share the next steps update on Monday.
Have a great continuation to your week! Kaarel On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 5:48 PM Kaarel Vaidla <kvai...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > The call for candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee> has > started well, and within 10 days there are already 21 candidates > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>. > This also means that we are heading towards the scenario of community > elections in September (see the process page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process> > for more info). > > At the same time the elections of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia > Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021> > have been postponed due to technical issues > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election>. > We have assessed the implications of this postponement to the Movement > Charter Drafting Committee nominations and elections and have come to a > conclusion that: > > - > > It makes sense to have at least a 2 week gap between the elections of > the Board of Trustees and the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. This > means that the elections for the Drafting Committee should only happen in > the second half of September to prevent election fatigue and support better > turnout for the elections. > - > > In relation to this we will extend the period of call for nominations > by 2 weeks to September 14, as there is no reason to close the call > prematurely. > > > I am happy to answer any questions or specifications related to this > extension! > > Wishing you all a great continuation to the month of Wikimania! > -- > > Kaarel Vaidla (he/him) > > Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030> > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > -- Kaarel Vaidla (he/him) Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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