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[In Arabic] Peace be upon you and welcome everyone! My name is Anass and I am from the Wikimedia Movement Charter Drafting Committee.

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Hello, everyone! My name is Anass and I am a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.

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It is a committee that is currently writing our movement charter for the Wikimedia movement.

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[In Dutch] Hello! I am Ciell. I am an admin of the Dutch Wikipedia and a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee.

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I would like to talk to you about the Global Council,

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which is a new entity that will be implemented in our movement.

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And I believe that is really an important one, because it is going to bring a lot of shift in terms of roles and responsibilities.

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As you know, the movement started a long time ago, when the Wikipedia was created in 2001

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and then Wikimedia Foundation started, also all the different entities around it.

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But now we are in a new era, where we need something like the Global Council, that is going to be beneficial for all the communities

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But not only the communities, also the movement, since it is going to bring a new air

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and also have its own roles and responsibilities, which is something that is, I believe, very needed 

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and what was requested already from the Wikimedia 2030 strategy, where we had a clear recommendation about ensuring equity in decision-making.

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The Global Council will have four core responsibilities

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and these responsibilities are actually things that we, as a movement, we as participants in the movement, have already been very active in in over twenty years.

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The Global Council will concern itself with 1) strategic planning, and with

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2) Wikimedia movement organizations, recognition of affiliates, derecognition of affiliates, new projects, 

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They will also concern themselves with 3) technology advancement, so with input on the processes for development in technology areas

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And they will concern themselves with 4) distribution of resources, the grants allocations, as we call them as well.

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So I really hope that a lot of people are going to contribute with their feedback and their input about the Charter in general, and the Global Council in particular.

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And I will be looking forward, me and my colleagues at the MCDC, to see your contributions and reading your opinions.