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 <shani(a)wikimedia.org> 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/>
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