Hello everyone,
I'm Jorge Vargas, Sr. Director of Community Resources and Partnerships at WMF, and the lead for two pilots proposed by the Foundation's Board of Trustees around changes to our Resource Distribution and Movement Ecosystem strategies <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Draft_Movement_Charter_and_next_steps/Appendix>. As part of the resource distribution changes, a proposal to pilot a Global Resource Distribution Committee (stemming from the latest Movement Charter draft <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Draft_Movement_Charter_and_next_steps>) was put forward for implementation. I'm very excited to announce that the interim Global Resource Distribution Committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee> has been officially created with all its members, after the designation of the three seats for affiliate background. This new community-wide committee has been tasked with setting the strategy, structures, and processes for resource allocation across the Wikimedia Movement. The GRDC has met officially for the first time at Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, and it is now set to embark in setting priorities for discussion. You can read more about the GRDC in its newly created Meta page. This is the initial composition of the committee: - Barakat Adegboye <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ridzaina> (Sub-Saharan Africa) - Delphine Ménard <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Notafish> (Northern & Western Europe) - Matthew Vetter <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Matthewvetter> (North America) - Mervat <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mervat> (Middle East & North Africa) - Lucas Piantá <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hedestad> (Latin American & Caribbean) - Mykola Kozlenko <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NickK> (Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia) - Taweetham <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Taweetham> (East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific) - J. Balaji <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Balajijagadesh> (South Asia) - Lucy Moore <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lajmmoore> (Thematic) - Lucy Crompton-Reid <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LucyCrompton-Reid_(WMUK)> (Affiliate) - Mónica Bonilla <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Monica_Bonilla_(WMCO)> (Affiliate) - Herschal Jackson <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Herschal_Jackson_(WMZA)>(Affiliate) - Jorge Vargas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JVargas_(WMF)> (Wikimedia Foundation) The 13 seats of the committee have been selected <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Creation_of_the_interim_GRDC> through different processes aiming to form a competent and diverse team set for success in a 2-year pilot. Feel free to reach out with any comments or questions on the Talk Page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee>, while we share more updates about the ongoing work. Best, Jorge Vargas -- *Jorge Vargas* (he/him) Senior Director, Community Resources and Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> M: (+1) 415.404.9536 I work from San Francisco, USA. My time zone is PST: UTC/GMT -8.
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