New subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th

16 Jun 2020

      Sorry I missed today's session. Is there an app that I will need to
download? Thanks. I live in NYC. Thanks.
On Jun 15, 2020 3:14 PM, "Adjoa Linda Fletcher" belrivers@gmail.com wrote:
Received.
On Jun 15, 2020 12:32 PM, "Asaf Bartov" abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
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Last reminder: this is happening in one hour (i.e. 17:30 UTC).  The link
for today's call is this: https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky
Concise and depersonalized notes will be publicly shared after the call.
Cheers,
A.
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:51 AM Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
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Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org
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From: Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 12:28 AM
Subject: NEW: Wikimedia Clinic calls, starting June 15th
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Dear Wikimedians,
In these complex times of pandemic, and the coming complex times of
post-pandemic, live human contact with fellow Wikimedians, even mediated
through a video call, can be helpful, relaxing, and fun.  It can also offer
opportunities to ask questions you have been meaning to ask but never got
around to, or to explain complex situations that may be hard to articulate
in writing.
To better support members of the community during this time, the
Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in
trying an experiment: scheduling open video calls (using Google Meet) where
any active Wikimedian would be welcome to attend and ask questions or ask
for advice about whatever Wikimedia-related goal or problem they're working
on.
You can also just share what you're working on and invite feedback, even
if you don't have a specific question. Or people can just connect to hang
out, or to offer their own experience to the people asking questions.
We are thinking of calling these calls Wikimedia Clinics, and would host
them once a week (in alternating time zones, to accommodate as many people
as possible).
Each clinic session:

would be 70-120 minutes in length depending on topics presented and

volume of conversation

would have at least two Wikimedia Foundation staff members guaranteed

to be present. They are not guaranteed to have the answers you need, but
they are committed to helping you get them, even if not during the call
itself, but as later follow-up.

would be summarized in an in-depth *digest* of the call that would be

edited for clarity and available to all volunteers interested. These notes
would link to any tools and resources mentioned on the call and will be
shared on this mailing list and archived on Meta[0].
These calls are *not* replacing any existing channels or
regularly-scheduled calls!  Every channel or call you are already using
continues to exist.  No important announcements will be made on these
calls, and no one should feel stressed or obligated to attend them.
Rather, they are a new form of live-communication open support calls,
less narrow in focus than some of the existing channels (where only
specific topics are expected), and, we hope, more approachable and
welcoming for people not sure whether their question or dilemma is
appropriate for one of the other channels.
If these calls are found useful, we'll try to offer them in some other
languages, to increase access to those not comfortable speaking English.
So, let's give this a try!  The first two calls are scheduled for:
Monday, June 15th, 17:30 (5:30pm) UTC, and this is the Google Meet
link[1].
Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[2].
and
Wednesday, June 17th, 08:00am UTC, and this is the Google Meet link[3].
Link to a WorldTimeBuddy event for timezone convenience[4].
Remember, there's no set agenda and no particular preparation needed.
Feel free to join us with anything Wikimedia-related that's on your mind,
or just to hang out.
Feedback and questions welcome.
Cheers,
Asaf

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics
[1] https://meet.google.com/kha-nghc-mky
[2] https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26536
320&sln=17.5-19.5&a=show&euid=f924130e-ed00-e1b4-b549-2202e11d660f
[3] https://meet.google.com/iex-jebd-due
[4] https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=100&h=100&sts=26539
200&sln=8-10&a=show&euid=500d54dd-96c7-1934-0910-afe98a3440a5
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
https://donate.wikimedia.org

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