Movement Charter/Community Consultation

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MCDC open office hour at Wikimania 2023

This page is dedicated to community consultations about the content of the Movement Charter, which is being drafted by the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC).

Monthly drop-in sessions

The MCDC will be hosting monthly drop-in sessions open to everyone to help us think through various topics and open questions. These sessions aim to allow better connection and engagement with interested individuals and various communities willing to share input in the drafting of the Charter. The topics of each session and the necessary information to read will be shared ahead of time.

Upcoming drop-in session

December 7, 2023 [time to be confirmed]

  • Session topic: [to be confirmed]
  • To join via Zoom, please sign with the four tildes (~~~~) below:
  1. -- Bastique ☎ call me! 18:58, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. -- Mauricio V. Genta (talk) 22:06, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. -- Johnny Alegre (talk) 05:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. -- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 08:00, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Completed session

(click to see your local time)

  1. Owula kpakpo (talk) 17:51, 30 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Robertjamal12 ~🔔 11:19, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Ngozi osadebe (talk)Ngozi osadebe (talk) 05:51, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. Dnshitobu (talk) 06:54, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  5. Laurentius (talk) 15:35, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  6. Din-nani1 (talk) 16:43, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  7. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 19:42, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  8. Fuzheado (talk) 04:59, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  9. schiste (talk) 11:34, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  10. --Nicole Ebber (WMDE) (talk) 13:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  11. Mervat --Mervat (talk) 16:59, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  12. --Sm8900 (talk) 18:35, 2 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  13. Johnny Alegre (talk) 01:00, 3 November 2023 (UTC+8)

October 5, 16:00 UTC (your local time)

  • Session topic: The structure of the Global Council
  • Watch the session on Youtube
    • During the session, participants will work in 3 breakouts: 1) one focusing on the “No Global Council” idea, 2) on the General Assembly model, 3) on the Small Committee model.
    • After the breakout session, participants will reconvene to collectively analyze the pros and cons of different models.
    • Optional reading: The Global Council draft.


July-September 2023 consultation

Extended content

The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) shared the next set of drafts of the Movement Charter in July 2023.

The MCDC collected feedback from the communities and stakeholders until September 2, 2023.

Community conversation hours

We suggest that interested individuals get acquainted with the draft chapters before the calls. The MCDC will share open questions to request community input on, additional questions and clarifications are welcomed!

For the regional conversation hours, please observe the following points:

  • Everyone can join the call (via Zoom/Google Meet), no registration needed.
  • Engage as you like: speaking up, writing, or just listening.
  • Most of the calls will be conducted in English otherwise noted; some calls will have live interpretation available.
  • The conversations will not be recorded. Documentations will be available later on Meta.
  • For a welcoming space for everyone, constructive communication is expected by everyone. The Universal Code of Conduct applies.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to your Regional Movement Communications Specialist.

SWAN July 2023

Regional conversation: South Asia

Regional conversation: Francophone community

MCDC Live Launch Party

Sign up to receive an invitation to join the call:

  1. --Onwuka Glory (talk) 11:20, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. --Oby Ezeilo (talk) 13:58, 27 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. -- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 17:04, 29 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. --Sandra HANBO (talk) 09:14, 30 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  5. --Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat (talk) 09:14, 30 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Regional conversation: Latin America and the Caribbean

Recording of the conversation
  • Date and time: August 2, 2023 at
  • Interpretation: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
  • Note to attendees: Most of the speakers will speak in Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Documentation: Etherpad and Commons recording

Sign up to receive an invitation to join the call:

  1. --LiAnna (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:46, 26 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. ..

Wikimania 2023

Recording of the content discussions session on August 17
.
  • Date and time: Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, August 15-17, 2023 (full program)
  • Movement Charter discussions are part of the Movement Strategy & Governance track for this year's Wikimania. There are three MCDC-organized sessions:
    • Movement Charter Drafting Committee Open Session, Suntec Room 326, August 15 at ; open Q&A on the topic of the Movement Charter
      • Pre-conference workshop, no live stream out to the virtual event platform
    • Role Play the Future Roles and Responsibilities in the Movement, Suntec Room 326, August 16 at ; a role-playing session focussing at particular, more complex areas of the roles and responsibilities in the future of our global movement
      • [live stream link]
    • Movement Charter content discussions, Suntec Room 326, August 17 at ; presentation and workshop on the Movement Charter content, followed by an open discussion

Regional conversation: Middle East and North Africa

  1. أيوب (talk) 06:46, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  2. Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat (talk) 09:19, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  3. Tochiprecious (talk) 04:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thank you for registration, the call will be in Arabic if you are interested to join please send me your email at myacoubcriner@wikimedia.org and I'll send you the link. MYacoubCriner-WMF (talk) 12:38, 30 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  4. 787IYO (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  5. NANöR (talk) 17:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  6. Ibrahim.ID talk 10:09, 24 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  7. Nehaoua (talk) 17:30, 26 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  8. Salema younus (talk) 21:07, 27 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  9. Nada.FA (talk) 09:38, 29 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

September-December 2023 events

From September to December 2023, Movement Charter conversations will continue at various regional events as listed below. There will also be conversations organized by individuals or groups from different communities within the frame of the Movement Charter community conversations support grants available for under-resourced communities.

We encourage everyone attending the regional events to talk to Movement Charter Drafting Committee members present at the events, ask your questions, and share feedback. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the regional specialists of the Wikimedia Foundation's Movement Communications team who will be able to assist you.

Regional events and conferences

Event Dates Session Presentation/recording/stream
Wikimedia CEE Meeting September 15-September 17, 2023 Movement Charter conversations with the CEE communities
WikiConvention francophone September 20-September 23, 2023 Où en est la charte du mouvement Wikimédia?
Let's Connect Learning Clinic (meeting #1) September 27, 2023 Explaining and discussing the Movement Charter recording
German Wikipedia:WikiCon 2023 September 29-October 1, 2023 Konversation über die Wikimedia Movement Charter
Let's Connect Learning Clinic (meeting #2) October 7, 2023 Explaining and discussing the Movement Charter recording
WikiWomen Camp 2023 - Delhi October 20-October 22, 2023 Presentation on Hubs in general, a use-case example of the CEE hub, and an introduction for the discussions to form a possible DEI hub
Turkic Wikimedia Conference October 20-October 22, 2023 Movement Charter Conversations with Wikimedians of Turkic Languages
WikiIndaba conference November 3-November 4, 2023 Wikimedia Movement Charter: What's up? recording
WikiConference North America November 9-November 12, 2023 Movement Charter Conversations

Ambassadors-organized conversations

Main article: Movement Charter/Ambassadors Program/Conversations#2023 Movement Charter Ambassadors conversations

Past consultations

Summaries of previous community consultations:

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