Wikimedia ZA Board meeting - 14 May 2019[edit]

Attendance[edit]

Start selection process end of May.
Applications during June (2 weeks)
Selection for 2 weeks (end June)
Chosen 2 to be announced end of June.
David, Bobby and Ian ran it last year.
Douglas to check if Boardmembers can apply for the scholarships
Bobby and Douglas have been awarded scholarships from WMF
Coenraad, Adri and Rossouw did not get scholarships from WMF
Ian, Michael. Deon did not apply
Difficulty of us as board members being on the judging panel, when other board members are applying. Conflict of Interest
Task: Douglas, Bobby to recruit independent judges

Bobby volunteered to be chapter's liaison person in April
Bobby has started the discussion on Zulip - https://wikimediaza.zulipchat.com
Will share the details with everyone on various channels, Twitter, Facebook, email list, wikimedia.org.za, Wikimedia South Africa portal, Instagram
Themes chosen:
- Advocacy
- Diversity
- Partnership
Broad agreement that these are the most relevant themes, further discussions can happen on Zulip

Rhodes University are offering Wikipedia workshops on 1 July, and would like chapter assistance
Deon and Rossouw have volunteered to assist. Chapter has funds to pay to get them there.
Deon will combine this with the digitising pages project mentioned previously
Task: Douglas to put Deon and Rossouw in contact with Rhodes University