Movement Charter Draft Chapter on Global Council: ESEAP Feedback Space

Ensure Equity in Decision-Making Movement Charter
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Hi ESEAP friends, what is your thought on the Global Council draft published by the Movement Charter Drafting Committee? Share your feedback in your own language here for discussion.

Open questions from the draft chapter:

Fund Dissemination

  1. What role should the Global Council have in fund dissemination?
  • Oversight or review of WMF decisions
  • Coordination with WMF
  • Other (please elaborate)

  1. Should there be a committee that reports to the Global Council and handles central/cross-regional fund dissemination?

  2. What should be the Global Council’s role with regards to the allocation of the funds within the WMF?

  • The Global Council should be consulted on the allocation of the funds within the WMF.
  • The Global Council should have no role in the allocation of the funds within the WMF and only be informed.
  • Other (please elaborate)

Structure

  1. Should the Global Council exist only as an executive body or should it exist as an executive body with an advisory board?
  • If the Global Council is an executive body with an advisory board, how are the members of both entities (executive body and advisory board) seated?
  1. With its size, the Global Council must have adequate diversity and clout, but not be so large as to undermine effectiveness. As an executive body, how many members should the Global Council have?
  • Option 1: 9-13 members
  • Option 2: 17-21 members

Membership

  1. Should there be some imposed limits to the membership in terms of movement representation?

Please share your opinions about potential criteria of such limits:

  • Should there be a regional cap, e.g. max 3 persons from a single region? If yes, please specify the condition.
  • Should there be a home project or entity cap, e.g. max 2 persons from a single wiki project or affiliate? If yes, please specify the condition.
  • Should there be a specific cap for large language communities, projects, or affiliates, e.g. not more than 5 seats from between the 5 largest projects? If yes, please specify the condition.
  • Should there be any other limits for Global Council membership? If yes, please specify the condition.

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