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• Feedback channels: List of community channels from which the feedback is collected (wikis, social media, live meetings, etc.)
• Number of participants: In case known

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Global Council

Open Questions regarding Fund Dissemination

• What role should the Global Council have in fund dissemination?
  • Oversight or review of WMF decisions
  • Coordination with WMF
  • Other (please elaborate)
• Should there be a committee that reports to the Global Council and handles central/cross-regional fund dissemination?
• What should be the Global Council’s role with regards to the allocation of the funds within the WMF?
  • The Global Council should be consulted on the allocation of the funds within the WMF.
  • The Global Council should have no role in the allocation of the funds within the WMF and only be informed.
  • Other (please elaborate)

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• The Global council should liase with the Wikimedia Foundation staff rather than working alone in the disbursement or dissemination of fund.

• The Global council should be involved in dissemination of funds.
• The Global council have many tasks and duties to perform; hence, there is no need for more works to be added to them.
• They should be involved as they will offer a better contribution and they are volunteers as well.
• They should be involved, as they are also involved in the fundraising.
• They should be involved as they are volunteers as well.

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• They will be in a better position to dissemination fund, instead of having an extra committee that reports to them.
• There should be a sub- committee that reports to the global Council.
• There's need for a sub-committee.
• There's need for sub-committee creation, this is because, it will bring about inclusivity.
• Global council should be involved in the fund disbursement, both for reporting and for feedback issuance. It will bring about equity and inclusivity. Sub-committee will give opportunity to many people in the underrepresented countries to get involved in the decision making. Better opportunities will be given to more people to participate in the fund dissemination.

Yes, I agree to committees in different affiliates or groups for inclusive participation.

• There should be one body and there is no need for a second body.

Open Questions regarding Structure

• Should the Global Council exist only as an executive body or should it exist as an executive body with an advisory board? (See scenarios below)
  • If the Global Council is an executive body with an advisory board, how are the members of both entities (executive body and advisory board) seated?
• With its size, the Global Council must have adequate diversity and clout, but not be so large as to undermine effectiveness. As an executive body, how many members should the Global Council have?
  • Option 1: 9-13 members
  • Option 2: 17-21 members

• Creating another advisory role makes it cumbersome as it has to go through stages and this makes it ambiguous.

• The Global council can equally carryout advisory role, no need of having another advisory body to avoid contracting roles.

• if the global council can handle the executive role,I don't think there is need for another advisory body.

• The Global Council as an advisory body to WMF should remain an executive body,no need of an advisory body.

• I think there is need for advisors that would get first hand information from the community, each communities should have a representative in the advisory board.

• To ensure feasibility of the grant application, there is need for Advisory board members.
• Having advisory board may bring about too many signatories to the grant application before approval, that is, it will bring about serial application Movement from table to the other.
• It is better to incorporate Advisory board members into the Global council.
• There is no need for Advisory members as this will bring about too many members in the Council
• There is need for the Global council to exist with an advisory board. This is important because, it involves additional (2) people which is not too large number as advisers.

There is no need for a separate advisory board members, I suggest they should be one body with the Global council.

Open Questions regarding Membership

With an intention to ensure fair representation, power balance, and promote diversity and inclusivity within the Global Council, we seek your inputs on the following:

1. Should there be some imposed limits to the membership in terms of movement representation?

Please share your opinions about potential criteria of such limits:

1. Should there be a regional cap, e.g. max 3 persons from a single region? If yes, please specify the condition.
2. Should there be a home project or entity cap, e.g. max 2 persons from a single wiki project or affiliate? If yes, please specify the condition.
3. Should there be a specific cap for large language communities, projects, or affiliates, e.g. not more than 5 seats from between the 5 largest projects? If yes, please specify the condition.
4. Should there be any other limits for Global Council membership? If yes, please specify the condition.

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Hubs

Community Question: Should there be a limit to how many hubs an affiliate can join? (Please elaborate on your answer.)

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Roles & Responsibilities

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Glossary

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