Movement Charter/Content

Movement Charter

FAQ

Content

Community Consultation

Drafting Committee

Dis page dey highlight sam of de draft content of de Movement Charter. Dis content go dey keep changing til dem ratify de Movement Charter, wey dem dey expect make e take place for 2024 insyd.

Current drafts

These drafts are shared on 2 April, 2024.

One-page draft

Introduction

Volunteers

Wikimedia Movement Bodies

Amendment

Ratification

Supplementary documents

• Glossary
• Movement Organization Membership Policy
• Future Affiliate Landscape
• Care Responsibility
• Principles of Decision-Making
• Independent Dispute Resolution function
• Hubs: definition and scope of work
• Hubs: revised piloting guideline
• Hubs: revenue generation and funds distribution guidelines
• Global Council
• Amendment Process
• Ratification Methodology
• Implementation of the Movement Charter

Explanatory videos

• MCDC members Ciell and Daria Cybulska explain what the Movement Charter is
• MCDC members Anass and Ciell talk about what the Global Council is
• MCDC member Georges talks about what the Hubs are
• Recording of the MCDC open community call on April 4, 2024

Historical

This section contain a preliminary narrative of how the charter content is to be developed, from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee as of May 2022.

Extended content
Charter Content Narrative De movement charter get ein preamble Values Statement, wey dey summarize den eloquently express all dat we dey hold dear for de broadest terms insyd. Dem go fi draw actionable items wey dey drive de actual policies from broad range of potential ideas wey dem dey sort dem go three categories: give Governance, Resources den Community. Dem sanso fi conceive as de basic mechanisms wey dey play role insyd (1) political, (2) economic den (3) social/informational domains, wey dem be very functional way make dem divide de roles. All potential ideas den proposals wey get direct impact for policy top dem go fi sort am go one of these categories, wey dey include proposals from previous phases den fresh proposals from de communities. Each of de categories, anaa buckets, de MCDC go fi seed am plus de best den broadest of ideas dem draw from previous phases, as well as de MCDC ein own discussions. Room go dey give review, clarification den fresh proposals from community members for de Meta-Wiki content-category subpage den thru oda platforms wey go be cross-posted. Outline After ein in-person meeting for June 2022 insyd, de MCDC agree for rough outline anaa "table of contents" for de Movement Charter. De agreed-upon outline be de following: Draft visualization for de "Community" area for de Movement Charter ein narrative (from de Committee ein in-person meeting for June 2022 insyd). Chapter Content description Preamble Definition for de Charter den ein purpose. Values & Principles Core values den collaboration principles give de whole movement. Definitions Definition of key concepts dem outline for de Charter insyd. Global Council Definition for de Global Council as de main future global movement governance body. Dis section go expand de description of de Global Council ein role insyd de Movement Strategy recommendations. E go sanso fi outline de process for setting up de Global Council. Hubs Definition, purpose, set-up process, governance standards, membership composition, responsibilities, safeguards, den relationship for de Wikimedia Hubs go oda movement bodies. Roles & Responsibilities Definition of roles den responsibilities of movement entities. Dis likely go include definitions about de roles of entities lyk de Board of Trustees, de Wikimedia Foundation, de Wikimedia affiliates den communities, among odas. Amendments & Implementation Definition of Charter amendment den implementation processes. Dis dey describe how dem make de changes go de Movement Charter after dem first ratify am. E sanso dey describe how dem envision de changes for de Movement Charter insyd go de Wikimedia movement dem go fi implement den enforce am for practice. Glossary Outline of key content dem detail den definitions of de key terms dem use for each chapter for de Movement Charter insyd.