Indeed, let’s use this post to share more information about this first round of community consultation for the Movement Charter!
From November 20 - December 18, the Movement Charter Drafting Committee in partnership with the Movement Strategy & Governance team at the Wikimedia Foundation are organizing a community consultation period. The focus of this consultation period will be content around:
- The draft text of the Preamble chapter (Meta, Forum)
- The draft text of the Values & Principles chapter (Meta, Forum)
- The statement of intent for the Roles & Responsibilities chapter (Meta, Forum)
- The draft text of this chapter will be shared in the Spring 2023
Interested people can participate by:
- Attending one of the conversation hours with MCDC members. The dates, times and interpretation support are aligned with certain regions, but the calls are open to all; you’re welcome to join any of the calls that work for you! Meeting links will be shared 48 hours ahead of each call; check Meta or the Forum page for the link.
- Nov 20 at 14:30 UTC - Northern & Western Europe friendly
- Nov 25 at 17:00 UTC - Sub-Saharan Africa friendly
- Nov 26 at 15:00 UTC - Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia friendly
- Dec 2 at 14:00 UTC - South Asia friendly
- Dec 3 at 16:00 UTC - Middle East & North Africa friendly
- Dec 6 at 02:00 UTC - USA & Canada friendly
- Dec 7 at 20:00 UTC - LatAm & Caribbean friendly
- Dec 9 at 09:00 UTC - ESEAP friendly
- More info on Meta
- Sharing thoughts and feedback on the Meta Talk page
- Sharing thoughts and feedback on the Forum (in this thread or in the respective threads for each chapter):
- Preamble
- Values & Principles
- Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent)
- Filling out an optional and anonymous survey (translations are available; Japanese and Chinese are being worked on)
- Sending an email to movementcharter@wikimedia.org if you have other feedback for the MCDC
Across all avenues for engagement - whether live or asynchronous, written or spoken - we expect every participant to abide by the Universal Code of Conduct and the Friendly Space Policy.
What’s next?
After the consultation period wraps up in late December, the Movement Strategy & Governance team will collate all the feedback from the various channels (conversations, Meta, Forum, survey, etc.) and produce a synthesis for both the Movement Charter Drafting Committee and the community to review. The report is expected to be released by the end of January 2023.
Also, this is not the only chance to provide feedback on the Movement Charter. The remaining chapters will be published in April 2023, with another round of community consultation in May 2023.