Universal Code of Conduct/U4C Building Committee/Meeting summaries
This page contains meeting summaries for the U4C Building Committee.
Session 1 - 16 June 2023
The U4C building committee met for their first meeting of the year. Committee members reviewed presentations by staff liaisons on the purpose and scope of the U4C based on the final recommendation text from the UCoC process, which were accepted in principle pending more discussions. The committee identified some potential contradictions between what the U4C and local structures should be handling, and will work to address during the work of building the U4C. Committee members were allocated into working pairs, in preparation for synchronous and asynchronous work going forward.
Session 2 - 23 June 2023
The committee met for the second session and shared how they came into the wikimedia movement. This was designed as a working session for pairs. Staff liaisons supported pairwork and provided clarification and time keeping. During the reflection session, committee members found the pair work productively, and hope to get an opportunity to discuss divergent ideas with the whole committee when they arise.
Session 3 - 30 June 2023
The third working session consisted of two parts: pair work followed by sharing current progress with the group. After spending the first half of the session working in breakout groups as with the previous week, the group spent five minutes per pair updating the status of each section, identifying points for larger group decisions, places where input and discussion would be helpful, as well as identifying work that is complete and ready for review. Part of the next session will be spent working on the group items.
Session 4 - 7 July 2023
The fourth session started with pair work session and was followed by a group discussion and reflection session on the Purpose and Scope statements. The group discussed the need for a revised purpose statement over and above the original approved text of the UCoC, and agreed to review the text of the statement to ensure that no contradictions are re-introduced, especially when it comes to the issue of the authority of the U4C vs Co-Equal local bodies. For the scope statement, the committee agreed in general with the text, however, the issue of mandate of the U4CBC when it comes to specifying details such as actual subcommittees of the U4C, was raised and included in the agenda for the next call. The next session will begin the process of bringing pair work drafts into the central drafting space.