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This page covers the election process for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee in 2024. This election process is planned to occur between March-May 2024.

Timeline

This is the anticipated timeline.

Early March Announcement of the U4C election
Early March - End of March Call for U4C candidates
End of March - Early April Community questions for candidates
Mid-April (lasting 2 weeks) Voting period
Mid-May Announce the members of the first U4C

Call for Candidates

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications for the U4C.

As outlined by section 2.1 of the U4C charter, each member and candidate must:

  • Comply with the UCoC.
  • Be at least 18 years-old and sign the Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information (NDA) with the Wikimedia Foundation once they are elected.
  • Have not been blocked on any Wikimedia project nor have an active event ban in the past one year. Candidates who are blocked may appeal to the Election Committee, who may make an exception.
  • Self-identify their home wiki(s) and the region they are from publicly.
  • Meet any other eligibility requirements determined during the election process.
  • Be a registered member of at least one Wiki project for at least 365 days and have a minimum of 500 edits.

According to chapter 2 of the U4C charter, there are 16 seats on the U4C: eight community-at-large seats and eight regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement.

According to the Wikimedia Foundation's regional approach, the regional distribution will be as follows:

  • North America (USA and Canada)
  • Northern and Western Europe
  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Central and East Europe (CEE)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
  • South Asia

While U4C membership is for a two-year term, during the first election, regional representatives will fulfill two-year terms and the community-at-large representatives will fulfill one-year terms.

Campaigning rules

Candidates are asked to review and comply with the campaigning rules throughout the election.

Nominations

Please visit the Candidates page to nominate yourself for the U4C

Voting

Voter eligibility

Please review the voter eligibility criteria to find out whether you are eligible to vote.

If you are eligible to vote:

  1. Read the candidates’ information.
  2. Decide which candidates you will support.
  3. Go to the SecurePoll voting page.
  4. Follow the instructions on that page.
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