Movement Charter's discussion and monthly updates

Ensure Equity in Decision-Making Movement Charter
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Monthly Updates – April 2023

Meetings

  • Regular Committee meetings: 2 and 16 April
  • Special discussion sessions (on Hubs and Global Council): 15 and 29 April
  • Global Council drafting group: 11 and 25 April
  • Hubs drafting group: 13 and 27 April
  • Decision-making drafting group: 14 and 28 April
  • Roles & responsibilities drafting group: 6 and 20 April

Completed work

  • Ratification methodology proposal community consultation: The Committee published a proposal for the Movement Charter’s ratification methodology, and held a community consultation. The report of the consultation will be published in May.
  • Communications evaluation: Thanks to participation from a number of community members, supporting staff of the Communications sub-committee conducted an evaluation of communications. Several recommendations are going to be implemented in the upcoming period.

Ongoing work & discussion

  • Drafting new chapters: The Committee has been drafting additional chapters about the following topics: The Global Council, Hubs, Decision-making and Roles & Responsibilities. The Committee held two extended online sessions (3 hours each) in order to discuss major and difficult questions regarding those topics, with a particular focus on the Global Council and Hubs.
  • Revising old chapters: The Committee is revising the draft chapters of the Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities intentions statement, based on the community feedback received in November and December 2022
  • Meeting with stakeholders: The Committee continues to meet with experts and stakeholders across the movement to gather information.
  • Planning in-person meeting: The Committee is going to meet from 2 - 4 June 2023 in Utrecht, Netherlands to advance the drafting of the Movement Charter. A lot of planning work is already ongoing.
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Monthly Updates – May 2023

Meetings

  • Regular Committee meetings: 14 and 28 May
  • Global Council drafting group: 9 and 23 May
  • Hubs drafting group: 11 and 25 May
  • Decision-making drafting group: 12 and 26 May
  • Roles & responsibilities drafting group: 4, 18 and 30 May
  • Communications subcommittee: 10 May

Completed work

  • Revised draft chapters: Having reviewed the extensive feedback received during the first community conversations on Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities, the MCDC has shared the revised version of the mentioned draft sections. Please note that the drafts are subject to change based on future reviews and will not be finalized until the full Charter is published.
  • Ratification Methodology community feedback: If you want to know what the communities say about the proposed Movement Charter ratification methodology, please read the summary of the community feedback on Diff.
  • Update on membership: Ravan J Al-Taie stepped down from her membership due to personal reasons (see full announcement). In accord with the Committee’s decision in November, her seat will not be filled.

Ongoing work & Discussion

  • New drafts: The Drafting Groups are working hard to finalize a first version of the drafts for the next 4 chapters of the Charter: the Global Council, Decision Making, Hubs, Roles and Responsibilities, and Glossary. The drafts will be shared in July with the wider community.
  • Upcoming conversations: With the goal of listening to the wider community about the upcoming new draft chapters, the Committee with the support team are planning community conversations. This community conversation period will run from July to September. Details will be available early July.
  • Reaching out to advisors: The Hubs Drafting Groups and the Communications sub-committee plan to reach out to the individuals who expressed interest in supporting the Committee in the role of advisors. Other drafting groups are still deciding on the level of engagement for the advisors that indicated interest on their respective topics.
  • Ratification conversations: Ratification sub-committee members had a call with Foundation staff from the Legal Department on the technical requirements for Charter vote.
  • External legal review: The Wikimedia Foundation has set up an agreement with law firm Latham & Watkins to provide pro bono external legal review for the key questions presented by the MCDC. The MCDC participated in an introductory call with legal counsel on May 17. MCDC will be in touch with the Latham & Watkins for this iteration of drafts.
  • Meeting with stakeholders: The MCDC continues to meet with various experts and stakeholders across the movement to gather information.
  • Utrecht Meeting preparations: The meeting took place June 2-4 in Utrecht, Netherlands. We look forward to sharing an update from the meeting with you on Diff soon.