> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jackie Koerner <[email protected]> > Subject: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Call for Candidates and > affiliate selection process > Date: September 15, 2021 at 10:54:50 AM EDT > Cc: Mervat Salman <[email protected]> > > Hi Friends, > Sorry for the extra email this week. I accidentally sent the wrong email, but > you now know sooner rather than later about the whole process. Here is the > email that is especially relevant to the selection process. -Jackie > > 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 Charter.” 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: > > 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 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 ([email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>). > > Your support in this is absolutely essential. We are looking forward to > working on this with you. > > Best regards, > > -- > Jackie Koerner > she/her > Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance > English language communities and Meta-Wiki
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