Hello everyone, Just a reminder that voting for this closes on Monday!
There's more information about what it's about and why you should vote, here - but in short, it's assembling a group of people who will create (or facilitate the creation of) what's essentially a new constitution for the Wikimedia movement. https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/22/movement-charter-drafting-committee-decisive-step-to-lay-the-foundation-for-future-movement-governance/ And the actual voting page is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections (Disclaimer: I'm a candidate in this election, other candidates are available, the value of your candidates may go up and down.) Thanks, Chris / The Land On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 7:04 PM Mike Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > There are several familiar names standing for Movement Charter Drafting > Committee elections - worth a look and voting if you're eligible! > > Thanks, > Mike > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Charter Drafting Committee > elections > are now open! > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:01:29 +0300 > From: Kaarel Vaidla <kvai...@wikimedia.org> > Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > > Hello everyone, > > > Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter > drafting committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the > world are running for seven seats in these elections. > > As recommended by the Movement Strategy recommendations, the goal is to > assemble a Drafting Committee that will draft a Movement Charter to > ensure a common framework for decision making in the Wikimedia movement > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Ensure_Equity_in_Decision-making#Establish_a_common_framework_for_decision-making>. > > The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online > communities vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the > Wikimedia affiliates through a parallel process, and 2 members will be > appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the > committee by November 1, 2021. > > Voting is open from October 12 10:00 UTC to October 24, 2021 23:59 > (Anywhere on Earth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth>). > > Learn more about the candidates > > Candidates from across the movement have submitted their candidatures. > Learn about each candidate to inform your vote > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>. > > The statements are translated to a number of languages, so you can have > access to the information in many of your preferred languages. > > Additionally, we are piloting a so-called “Election Compass > <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>” for this election. Click > yourself through the tool and respond to the 19 statements, and you will > see which candidate is closest to you! The tool is available in ~9 > languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, > Arabic, Indonesian, Hausa). > > Voting > > Similar to the previous Board elections, we have chosen Single > Transferable Vote > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Single_Transferable_Vote>for > > the voting system. The benefit of this is voters can rank their choices > in order of preference. Learn more about voting requirements > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting#Voting_eligibility>, > > how to vote > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting>, > > and frequently asked questions about voting > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting#Voting_FAQ > >. > > > To cast your vote, please go to SecurePoll > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections > >. > > > We also offer two question and answer times, if you have any questions > regarding the Movement Charter and the voting process:w > > * > > Wednesday, 19:00 UTC, on Google Meet > > * > > Thursday, 13:00 UTC, on Zoom (that’s the Conversation Time with > Maggie Dennis) > > Please write a short message to answ...@wikimedia.org > <mailto:answ...@wikimedia.org>if you want to participate in one of these. > > Please help select people who best fit the needs of the movement at this > time. Vote and spread the word so more people can vote for candidates. > Our aim is to have a committee with Wikimedians that combine the > diversity of the Wikimedia Movement as well as a great mix of competencies. > > Best, > > Kaarel Vaidla, on behalf of the Movement Strategy & Governance team, > Wikimedia Foundation > > -- > > > > Kaarel Vaidla (he/him) > > Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/2030> > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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