Hey Chicago Wikimedians!
I hope everyone is having a safe and healthy start to the new year. It's
been a while since we've spoken. I'd like to discuss the future of the
Wikimedians
of Chicago User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Chicago_User_Group>.
I haven't had the capacity to organize activities on behalf of the group
this year, and I don't foresee myself being available to spearhead things
in the future either. Our annual report is due, but we don't have things to
put on it for the year. No report means that *our affiliate status is set
to expire
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_of_Chicago_User_Group#Noti…>*.
If anyone's interested in organizing a few things for the group in 2021,
please let me know *in the next two weeks*, and I can look into putting
together a short report and reversing this expiry.
I started this group, along with Chris and Tony, to help build connections
with like-minded individuals and Wikimedians in Chicago. We don't need to
be an official affiliate to continue to do this. And though I don't have
the capacity to organize local events or participate in affiliate
discussions, I will continue to monitor this mailing list and Facebook
group. Though I haven't been a part of organized events in 2020, I've
appreciated the many one-on-one interactions I've continued to have with
Wikimedians in our group throughout 2020, and I don't anticipate those to
go away.
If the user group's status does expire, there is still Wikimedia-focused
organizing in Chicago (though it's all online nowadays) with Wikimedia
affiliates such as the Black Lunch Table. They continue to do incredible
and important work. People can also organize events individually. I'll
always be around to chat about anything and talk shop about putting events
together if someone wants to take the reins for the group in the future.
Cheers,
Brian Choo
User:Airplaneman on Wikipedia