Movement Charter/Drafting Committee/Updates/Member change

MCDC membership change

Dear friends,

As a process facilitator for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, I would like to inform you that Alice Wiegand (User:Lyzzy), elected member of the committee, decided to step down from her membership due to personal reasons. The committee and I would like to thank Alice for all the work she has done in setting up the committee and providing input to get the drafting process going.

As Alice was elected to the committee, the next candidate on the alternates list will replace her. However, a “constraint of no more than 2 elected members per wiki project” was implemented for the elections. The first runner-up has English Wikipedia as their main wiki, which already has two representatives in the committee. As a result, Reda Kerbouche (User:Reda Kerbouche) will serve as an alternate.

Reda has been a Wikimedian since 2010, and, among other positions, founding member of Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group and board member of the Wikimedia Community of Saint Petersburg User Group. He served in different committees of the Wikimedia movement, and fluently speaks French, Arabic, Russian, Tacawit, and works English. We are certain that Reda will add valuable perspectives to the committee’s work.

Reda has already agreed to take this new role and is in the process of being onboarded for the committee’s next meeting on Sunday, February 6.

Best regards,

Kaarel Vaidla