English subtitles for clip: File:What is Global Council - April 2024.webm
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1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:12,000 [In Arabic] Peace be upon you and welcome everyone! My name is Anass and I am from the Wikimedia Movement Charter Drafting Committee. 2 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:18,000 Hello, everyone! My name is Anass and I am a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. 3 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:24,000 It is a committee that is currently writing our movement charter for the Wikimedia movement. 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:34,200 [In Dutch] Hello! I am Ciell. I am an admin of the Dutch Wikipedia and a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. 5 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,400 I would like to talk to you about the Global Council, 6 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:47,000 which is a new entity that will be implemented in our movement. 7 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:55,400 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. 8 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:01,200 As you know, the movement started a long time ago, when the Wikipedia was created in 2001 9 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,200 and then Wikimedia Foundation started, also all the different entities around it. 10 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:13,200 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 11 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,000 But not only the communities, also the movement, since it is going to bring a new air 12 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:23,200 and also have its own roles and responsibilities, which is something that is, I believe, very needed 13 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:35,000 and what was requested already from the Wikimedia 2030 strategy, where we had a clear recommendation about ensuring equity in decision-making. 14 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,000 The Global Council will have four core responsibilities 15 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:53,400 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. 16 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:02,200 The Global Council will concern itself with 1) strategic planning, and with 17 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:11,000 2) Wikimedia movement organizations, recognition of affiliates, derecognition of affiliates, new projects, 18 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:21,000 They will also concern themselves with 3) technology advancement, so with input on the processes for development in technology areas 19 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:29,200 And they will concern themselves with 4) distribution of resources, the grants allocations, as we call them as well. 20 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:39,200 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. 20 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:46,400 And I will be looking forward, me and my colleagues at the MCDC, to see your contributions and reading your opinions.