Wikimedia LGBT+/Governance/2023-10-13
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This online video conference is focused on the tasks of governance and the LGBT+ User Group. The meeting is intended as an opportunity for core organizers to discuss shared opportunities, challenges, and ideas.
- Date: October, 2023
- Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm UTC+0 (9:00-10:30am PT/12:00-1:30pm ET)
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Location: Zoom link, Meeting ID:
The Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct will be followed for this meeting.
Attendees[edit]
Agenda[edit]
- Reminder: October User Group mtg, @ 4:00pm GMT/UTC+0 (9:00am PT/12:00pm)
- Grant proposal submitted Wikimedia LGBT+ requests US $100,000 from Wikimedia Foundation for administration in 2024
- Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Sustaining Wikimedia LGBT+
- Much discussed for years and much developed for months
- Sharing details with membership Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Sustaining Wikimedia LGBT+
- Should be no surprises to governance committee, but questions now?
- Previous grant status
- Context: We applied for 2022. That proposal changed from a conference in 2022, to events in both 2022 and 2023. The reporting of all of it changed to only close out now.
- Last QW2023 expense was within the last month.
- See 2022-2023 QW grant report: Grants:Conference/QW23/QW2023/Report, submitted to the WMF
- Membership registration
- Membership registration launched Tuesday 12 September Wikimedia LGBT+/Membership/Registration-questions
- Advertising outside the Telegram group and mailing list?
- To-dos and who will do them
- Board elections: Wikimedia LGBT+/Elections/2023, to-dos and who will do them
- Only registered members can vote
- Only registered members can stand as candidates
- 1–15 November 2023 - candidate nomination period
- 16–30 November 2023 - Voting
- This is the last governance committee meeting before election starts!
- Fiscal Sponsorship
- The Peace Development Fund was recommended to us. Dorothy is preparing our application.
- Peace Development Fund, and many other fiscal sponsors, ask 7.5%
- Let's state norms about how much we expect to spend on financial administration
- We additionally have our own labor costs for financial administration. 2.5%? 5%? 10%?
- We should discuss, because both Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia community often have expectations that the correct number is 0%, and no labor investment
- Admin costs are to be expected and not a source of shame!
- Conflict Management and Safe Space Complaints
- Creating mediation plan
- What else to discuss?
If we have time[edit]
- Movement Charter - drafts published, comments invited
- How to react when experienced LGBT+ editors quit wiki due to harassment
- Please add topics to this list here
Notes[edit]
Previous meetings[edit]
2022
2021
2020
2019
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