Nominations for this committee are now closed. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time and expertise. Announcements about selection have been posted on the U4C Building Committee page
Building Committee member skills and qualifications
The Enforcement Guidelines recommends that Building Committee members have the following skills and qualifications:
Be respected community members
Possess knowledge of movement community processes, such as, but not limited to, policy drafting, participatory decision making, and application of existing rules and policies on Wikimedia projects.
Respect and reflect the diversity of the movement, such as, but not limited to: languages spoken, identity, geography, and project type
Additional qualifications are listed below:
Commit to the entire U4C Building Committee period from mid-May - December 2023
Comfort with engaging in difficult, but productive conversations
Communicate with comfort in English
Able to attend Wikimania 2023 for a working session, travel will be provided to the Building Committee members. This is not required, but highly important.
The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wikimedia Foundation staff.
If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please sign your name below, or contact ucocprojectwikimedia.org
According to the Enforcement Guidelines, members of the Building Committee for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committing will be selected by the Vice President of Community Resilience and Sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation.
What is involved in participating on the U4C Building Committee?
Participants should be prepared to attend meetings, review relevant documents and research, and work collaboratively to draft and refine a Charter for the U4C. The U4C Charter should define the following details about the U4C:
Determine the procedures, policy, and use of precedent of the U4C
Draft the remainder of the U4C process
Designate any other logistics necessary to establish the U4C
Help facilitate the initial election procedures for the U4C
Staff will support the Building Committee by:
facilitating meetings
taking and posting notes for the community
preparing documents and research as required by the Building Committee
facilitating community review and voting on the proposed Charter.
Following the establishment of the U4C through the work of this Building Committee, the Building Committee should dissolve. A timeline for Building Committee work is available on the Building Committee page on Meta-wiki.
Please sign your username here to express interest in joining the Building Committee. Alternately, applicants can mail ucocproject@wikimedia.org to apply privately. Nominations are open until May 12, 2023
I am interested too. The potentially non-public details are essentially same as those I sent when applying to the "Phase 2" ca 2 years ago. Taylor 49 (talk) 19:10, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Adding myself as interested! I was previously on the Phase 2 and Revisions committees, and am hoping to continue work towards improving our global web of enforcement processes :-) Vermont (???—??????) 19:47, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I also loved working on Phase 2 and Revisions, and I'll sign my name here to make it clear I'm interested in continuing that work for the Building Committee –MJL?‐Talk‐?01:54, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It has always been my wish to get the opportunity to take part in committees like this to enhance my knowledge and understanding of the whole of the Wikimedia movement so I can better get involved in the ecosystem as an indigenous person working with the indigenous communities in Ghana????. This is one of the best opportunities to learn and share with colleagues about something that seeks to ensure diversity and inclusion in the movement. The " Building Committee", I am happy to serve. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 10:59, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As former facilitator focused to share the diverse perspective from East Asia region into UCoC Enforcement guidelines, I want to continue this journey as member of U4C Building committee :) --*Youngjin (talk) 13:33, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am interested in contributing to and be part of the committee for Universal Code of Conduct also share my knowledge and experience to the committee towards achieving the desired goals.RukayatAjeigbe (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am interested in joining the U4C Building Committee to continue the work done in the Drafting Committees Phase 2 (2021) and Revision (2022) for the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines. Waltercolor (talk) 19:17, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am interested, able and committed UWIMPUHWE Va in joining U4C building committee to continue the work done in the drafting committee phase 2 (2021) for the UCoC Enforcement guidelines. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by UWIMPUHWE Va (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am admin of Kashmiri Wikipedia. I have keen interest in promoting Wiki Movement in Kashmir region. I have got experience from the smaller project perspective and would be happy to share it. signed, 511KeV (talk)12:46, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am interested in being a part of this too. 20 years in the Movement in various roles, from NWE with close ties to communities and affiliates alike in the region, accompanied the UCoC process professionally in the last two years. Denis Barthel (talk) 13:00, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikimedia Movement is evolving and there's still work to be done to ensure that the right structures are built for the growth to be in the right direction. I hereby nominate myself to be a part of the U4C Building Committee. AfricanLibrarian (talk) 22:12, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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