> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jackie Koerner <[email protected]> > Subject: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Community Elections to take > place October 11 - 24 > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 3:32:01 PM EDT > > Dear fellow Wikimedians, > > This is an update from the Movement Charter > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter> process. We have closed > the call for candidates on September 14 (AoE > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth>) for the Drafting Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee> and now > have a pool of candidates > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates#Candidates> > with diverse backgrounds to choose from. > > The 15 member committee will be selected with a 3-step process > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Set_Up_Process>: > Election process for project communities to elect 7 members of the committee. > Selection process for affiliates to select 6 members of the committee. > Wikimedia Foundation process to appoint 2 members of the committee. > > Communities elect 7 members > This announcement is related to the community elections, which will take > place in a time period of 2 weeks from October 11 to October 24. We look > forward to a wide participation across the communities to create the > committee to curate the writing of the Movement Charter. The Election Results > will be published on November 1. > > Affiliates select 6 members > Parallel to the election process, all affiliates asked to contribute as well: > All affiliates were divided into eight geographic and one ‘thematic’ region > (check the list), and each region chooses one person who will act as a > selector for that region. These 9 selectors will come together to select 6 of > the committee (from the same pool of candidates). The selection results will > be published on November 1. > > Wikimedia Foundation appoints 2 members > Finally, the Wikimedia Foundation will appoint two members to the committee > by November 1. > > All three processes will be concluded by November 1, 2021, so that the > Movement Charter Drafting Committee can start working by then. > > 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 ([email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>). > > Best regards, > > -- > Jackie Koerner > she/her > Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance > English language communities and Meta-Wiki
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