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<code><div class="usermessage plainlinks">This page is dedicated to [[CZ:Charter drafting committee|drafting a charter for Citizendium]] and should only be edited by those [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2929.msg24710.html eight Citizens elected to the drafting Committee]. The talk page is also reserved for them to discuss the evolution of the document. Other [[CZ:Citizen|Citizens]], please comment on the dedicated thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2930.0.html Citizen Forum]. Non-Citizens can comment in a separate thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2931.0.html non-Member Forum]. The drafting period shall end when November 12, 2009 is over all around the globe.</div></code>
<code><div class="usermessage plainlinks">This page is dedicated to [[CZ:Charter drafting committee|drafting a charter for Citizendium]] and should only be edited by those [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2929.msg24710.html eight Citizens elected to the drafting Committee]. The talk page is also reserved for them to discuss the evolution of the document. Other [[CZ:Citizen|Citizens]], please comment on the dedicated thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2930.0.html Citizen Forum]. Non-Citizens can comment in a separate thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2931.0.html non-Member Forum]. The drafting period shall end when November 12, 2009 is over all around the globe.</div></code>
 
{{seealso|CZ:Charter drafting/What are we?}}
==The nature of the project==
==The nature of the project==



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See also: CZ:Charter drafting/What are we?

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