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1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:13,000 [In Dutch] Hello! I am Ciell. I am an admin of the Dutch Wikipedia and a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:18,200 I'm Daria Cybulska, and I'm a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:23,200 My main role, in the movement, is the Director of Programs at Wikimedia UK. 4 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:40,000 The Movement Charter will be the first document in 20 years that will capture the roles and responsibilities that we have in the Wikimedia Movement. 5 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:48,000 As editors we all know, from the principle of subsidiarity, we are the ones that govern our own projects. 6 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,000 But who takes all those other decisions? 7 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:59,000 There never was one place that captured all the decision-makers. And now there is! 8 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,000 There is a Wikimedia Movement Charter that guides you through these first steps. 9 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:13,000 The Movement Charter is a document that outlines the roles, responsibilities, rights, and common values of the Wikimedia Movement. 10 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:23,000 As the movement grew a lot of the structures got created organically, and so a lot of things are assumed and not explicit, not written down. 11 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:34,400 So, actually, part of the Charter is to simply write down the things that are functioning in the movement, so that we have a common map of the organized parts. 12 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:45,200 It also clarifies some of the directions, some of what is important to us in the movement, that is particularly explicit in the values chapter. 13 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:55,000 There are some new governance structures that are introduced, especially the Global Council, and Hubs. 14 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:06,000 For me a new concept that is introduced in the Charter that I am very interested in is the Care Responsibility. 15 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:16,000 It's a responsibility that is being placed on any organization in the movement, and it relates to the communities that this organization supports or serves. 16 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:23,400 The responsibility means that any organization needs to provide an inclusive and diverse working environment for community members; 17 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:30,000 It needs to support their activities, and uphold those movement values in the communities. 18 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:39,400 I hope you'll be inspired to engage with the Charter further, so that we can ratify the first document of this kind for our global movement. 19 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 [Polish] I cordially invite you to the discussion! 20 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:51,000 [Russian] I cordially invite you to the discussion to learn what you think of the Charter! Thank you!