[Wikimedia-l] Re: First Community Affairs Committee office hour on May 13

Hello everyone, this is a small reminder that this office hour takes place tomorrow (May 13, 19:00 UTC, your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>). You can find all details on the Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Comm… The formal agenda is as follows: - Welcome and introductions (5 minutes) - Updates from the Community Affairs Committee (40 minutes, *this time includes updates from the Community Affairs Committee and questions sent by the community in advance*) - Live Questions and Answers (15 minutes; *the final 15 minutes will be in an “ask us anything” format with live participation*) - Open Room (30 minutes; *no live-streaming, no note-taking*) We're happy to expect the following trustees to attend the office: Shani Evenstein (Community Affairs Committee Chair), James Heilman, Raju Narisetti, María Sefidari, and Esra'a Al Shafei. See you tomorrow, best regards, Cornelius On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 5:46 PM Shani Evenstein &lt;shani(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > TLDR: > > The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee> > (CAC) is hosting its first office hour on May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC > (check for your local time > <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>)! > > Now in more details: > > What are we announcing? > > The CAC is a new Board of Trustees > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees> > committee established to assess, explore and address current and future > community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee_Charter> > lists its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for this > coming year. > > As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the > Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from community > members requesting more availability from the Board of Trustees, the CAC > will be hosting its first Office hours. > > When & Where? > > The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC (check for your > local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>) via Zoom. At > least 3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in attendance. The > session will be streamed live and recorded, so those who cannot participate > live will be able to watch later. > > How will it work? > > The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of > an “open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes of > structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and questions sent > by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes will be in the “ask us > anything” format, with live participation. We will be monitoring live > YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/553393111375191> and the Wikimedia > General Chat Telegram group <https://t.me/WikimediaGeneral> and the talk > page on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour>. > The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the community > on current matters the Board is working on, but also hear directly from the > community, which will help inform the Committee’s future work. > > Setting the agenda with your Questions > > In order to be as efficient as possible, and since we anticipate that > some questions will require answers from WMF Staff, we are encouraging > community members to send questions in advance. Please send all > questions to askcac(a)wikimedia.org, by Friday, May 7th (midnight, > whatever time zone you may be in). The office hour agenda will be based on > the main topics related to the questions received. We will share this > agenda on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour> > on May 12, including final names of Trustees in attendance. > > How to register? > > For security reasons and specifically to avoid Zoombombing > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoombombing>, we will be sending the > Zoom link only to people who have registered in advance close to the > meeting. In order to register, please send an email to > askcac(a)wikimedia.org, indicating your name, username, affiliation if > you have any. The title should be: “Registration for the May 13th CAC > Office Hours”. > > Please note -- > > - > > This is the first time that the Board is attempting something of > the sort. This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes - how many people > are interested in attending, timing, translation needs etc -- and make > decisions about future meetings / changes to format accordingly. > - > > The session will be moderated based on the Universal Code of > Conduct > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> > - > > Universally blocked users will not be allowed in the room, but can > still participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time. > > > Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your local > / online communities. > > Hoping to see as many of you as possible, > > Shani Evenstein Sigalov > > Chair, Community Affairs Committee > > Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation. > > > Shani Evenstein Sigalov > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> > > Board of Trustees > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Cornelius Kibelka (he/him) Process Support Coordinator Movement Strategy 2030.wikimedia.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. 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