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 <kvaidla@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/>
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 <kvaidla@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/>