Kaya Over the last 9 months the movement has really taken to the use of "zoom" style technology to hold and host events, I dont doubt they have been really productive in addressing the many needs of the community. One thing I have noticed is just how many of these notices are coming through now with some meetings taking place not once but multiple times to ensure everyone has access to them in their best time period. I know as volunteers we are able to pick and choose what we do, I also know we are placing a lot of pressure on affiliates to be upto date on all these events. I raise a concern that perhaps we as a community are starting to over do these meetings and stretch volunteer resources to point of breaking or being overwhelmed. I know that as WP20 approaches these meetings are going to accelerate and put greater demands on our limited resources. I propose that the community has a quiet period from the 14 December to 5th January where we dont hold general meetings, webinars, cafes, and strategy discussions to give people time to refresh and focus on family. Obviously some small group focused community meetings will be necessary as part of WP20 and other preparations so I'm not suggesting ruling out all meetings just asking that we remember that there is life outside of the movement we should be allowing people time to focus on as well. -- Gnangarra *Power of Diverse Collaboration* *Sharing knowledge brings people together* Wikimania Bangkok 2021 August hosted by ESEAP Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page My print shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Gnangarra/shop?asc=u _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

Hello Gnangarra, I really like your sentiment and appreciate your effort to keep the community healthy. However, we should acknowledge that with the ongoing pandemic, not everyone is able to visit their families. Over the years a lot of friendships have been formed in our community as well. Being able to collaborate with them might be a very nice feeling for many. So as a compromise, I suggest not to enforce a complete stop for online meetings, but rather just pause the kind of meetings where important decisions are being taken. Friendly meetups, chatting cafés or co-editing sessions might be just what is needed for many to stay in a positive state of mind. As long as they don't *require* people to join because their voice would not be heard on some matter I believe online meetings are just fine. Warm regards Jan Ainali Den mån 16 nov. 2020 kl 04:11 skrev Gnangarra &lt;gnangarra(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: > Kaya > > Over the last 9 months the movement has really taken to the use of > "zoom" style technology to hold and host events, I dont doubt they have > been really productive in addressing the many needs of the community. > > One thing I have noticed is just how many of these notices are coming > through now with some meetings taking place not once but multiple times to > ensure everyone has access to them in their best time period. > > I know as volunteers we are able to pick and choose what we do, I also > know we are placing a lot of pressure on affiliates to be upto date on all > these events. I raise a concern that perhaps we as a community are > starting to over do these meetings and stretch volunteer resources to point > of breaking or being overwhelmed. I know that as WP20 approaches these > meetings are going to accelerate and put greater demands on our limited > resources. > > I propose that the community has a quiet period from the 14 December > to 5th January where we dont hold general meetings, webinars, cafes, and > strategy discussions to give people time to refresh and focus on family. > Obviously some small group focused community meetings will be necessary as > part of WP20 and other preparations so I'm not suggesting ruling out all > meetings just asking that we remember that there is life outside of the > movement we should be allowing people time to focus on as well. > > -- > Gnangarra > > *Power of Diverse Collaboration* > *Sharing knowledge brings people together* > Wikimania Bangkok 2021 > August > hosted by ESEAP > > Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page > My print shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Gnangarra/shop?asc=u > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>