Wikimedia CEE Hub/Governance models

Visualising different governance models for the CEE Hub. This is an experimental page and is not an official document of any kind.

The guiding principles for selecting a model are:

• Governance shouldn't assign an unfair weight to a single language or community
• Established communities should not make up the majority of votes
  • This refers to the primary mission of the CEE Hub to support communities that are not yet on the same level as the more established ones
  • This also refers to the 2030 Wikimedia strategy aspect of subsidiarity, where the communities affected by decisions on a higher level have a meaningful voice in those processes
• The model should be feasible in terms of the selection process for a person to have a mandate from a certain community and be implemented in time for the CEE Meeting 2023
• The model should allow for a consensus-driven process at the CEE Meeting 2023 to take place, i.e. with at least 75% being in favour of decisions

Model A

1. Each country with a distinct separate language has 1 vote no matter the number of affiliates OR
2. each majority language of a country without an affiliate has 1 vote; OR
3. every language without a majority in one country has one vote; and
4. partnership projects in the CEE have one vote - who are served or are supported by CEE Hub
   1. Partnership projects would be formally recognised by the CEE Hub at the annual meeting

The lists below show the languages/projects with a vote and who is supposed to faciliate the process to define a language/project delegate for the Wikimedia CEE Meeting. The participation in the CEE Hub is based on activity of the communities and a track record of engaging with the CEE region through projects like CEE Spring, WikiGap, etc., or participating in the CEE Meeting.

The process of establishing a mandate for a certain language / Wikimedia projects is yet to be outlined.

Languages (33)

• Estonian
  • Wikimedia Estonia
• Latvian
  • Wikimedians from Latvia
• Lithuanian
  • Lithuanian Wikimedia projects
• Polish
  • Wikimedia Poland
• Czech
  • Wikimedia Czechia
• Slovakian
  • Wikimedians of Slovakia
• German
  • Wikimedia Austria
  • Wikimedia Germany
  • Wikimedia Switzerland
  • Wikimedia Italy (South Tyrol)
• Hungarian
  • Wikimedia Hungary
• Maltese
  • Wikimedia Community Malta
• Slovene
  • Wikipedians of Slovenia User Group
• Croatian
  • Croatian Wikimedia projects
• Bosnian
  • Bosnian Wikimedia projects
  • Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska (unclear)
• Montenegrin
  • Montenegrin Wikimedia projects
• Serbian
  • Wikimedia Serbia
  • Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
• Serbocroatian
  • Serbocroatian Wikimedia projects
• Macedonian
  • Shared Knowledge
  • GLAM Macedonia User Group
• Albanian
  • Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group
  • Wikimedia Community User Group Albania
• Greek
  • Wikimedia Community User Group Greece
  • Cyprus Wikimedia communities
• Romanian
  • Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group
• Ukrainian
  • Wikimedia Ukraine
• Bulgarian
  • Bulgarian Wikimedia projects
• Turkish
  • Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey
  • Cyprus Wikimedia communities
• Belarussian (including Taraškievica orthography)
  • Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus
• Georgian
  • Wikimedia UG Georgia
• Armenian
  • Wikimedia Armenia
• Western Armenian
  • Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group
• Azeri
  • Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group
• Bashkir
  • Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group
• Tatar
  • Wikimedians of Tatar Language User Group
• Erzya
  • Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group
• Esperanto
  • Esperanto and Free Knowledge
• Kazakh
  • Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group
• Russian
  • Wikimedia Russia
  • Don Wikimedians User Group
  • Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group
  • Wikimedia Community of Saint Petersburg User Group
  • North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group

Partner projects (1)

• Wikimedia LGBT+
  • CEE group of Wikimedia LGBT+

Potential voting communities

• Aromanian
  • Aromanian Wikimedia projects
• Crimean Tatar
  • Crimean Tatar Wikimedia projects
• Voro
  • Voro Wikimedia projects
• Sorbian
  • Upper Sorbian Wikimedia projects
  • Lower Sorbian Wikimedia projects

Potential partner projects

• Turkic languages
  • Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group
• Wikidata
• Commons
• Sakha
  • Sakha Wikimedian projects

Model B

• Every Wikimedia project in a CEE language has one vote
  • The vote is organised by the processes already established within each Wikimedia project
  • A certain level of activity is probably required to be considered, with possible exceptions for minority languages

An analysis of the number of votes per language is currently being conducted.