WALRUS/May 2019
< WALRUS
WALRUS is a monthly online meeting for Wikimedia community organizers in the United States to discuss and collaborate on events and outreach of national interest.
Join the pan-USA Wikimedia local activists' chat on Monday May 13 2019 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Zoom videoconference information
[edit]Getting set up with Zoom
[edit]- We will use a meeting tool called Zoom instead of Google Hangouts. Please sign up for an account on www.zoom.us and then take a look at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362033-Getting-Started-on-PC-and-Mac
- Note that Zoom provides a telephone interface and that the Zoom software applications are proprietary. Use the telephone interface if you want more privacy and freedom.
Chair & secretary for this month
[edit]- Meeting host for Zoom: Pharos
- Meeting chair: Jackiekoerner
- Meeting secretary for minutes: TBD
Agenda
[edit]- Introductions
- Rapid grants for May (can submit up to May 15)
- Affiliate-selected Board seats/2019 - voting period May 8-31
- WikiConference North America 2019
- Wikidata update(s)
- Wiki Loves Pride/2019 (meta) Wiki Loves Pride/2019 (enwp) in June
- "Wikimedian at Large concept - Wikimedia UK proposes to request ~$150k from WMF to hire global administrative support for LGBT+ projects
- no published documentation of this yet, but discussed at Wikimedia LGBT User Group May 2019
- Next call: Monday June 10
- Add your agenda items!