On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 23:38, Mike Peel <email@mikepeel.net> wrote:

Presumably, this is the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees, not
another Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia movement? Some disambiguation
is needed. ;-)

Thanks,
Mike

On 6/5/21 21:32:08, Shani Evenstein wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This is a gentle reminder that if you have questions for the Board of
> Trustees' coming Office Hours (next Thursday, May 13 2021, at 19:00
> UTC), please send them to *askcac@wikimedia.org
> <mailto:askcac@wikimedia.org>* by tomorrow, *May 7th*, *at midnight* (no
> matter the time zone).
>
> Please note that the *registration* to the Office Hours will *remain
> open till one hour before the session*.
> Just send an email with your details to askcac@wikimedia.org
> <mailto:askcac@wikimedia.org> and a zoom link will be sent to you an
> hour before the session.
>
> If you are unable to register, you will still be able to watch live (via
> YouTube / Facebook) ask questions live (via Meta / YouTube / Facebook /
> Telegram), and of course watch later.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you all,
> Shani, on behalf of the Community Affairs Committee.
>
>
>
>
> Shani Evenstein Sigalov
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>
>
> Board of Trustees
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 23:45, Shani Evenstein <shani@wikimedia.org
> <mailto:shani@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 itsfirst office houron 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 behosting 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@wikimedia.org
> <mailto:askcac@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@wikimedia.org <mailto:askcac@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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