Brian,
Thank you for your past work. I only participated in one event, mostly because of timing
issues, but it was enjoyable.
David (User DS1953 on Wikipedia)
On Thursday, January 7, 2021, 11:59:40 PM CST, Brian Choo <brianychoo(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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.
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. 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 ChooUser:Airplaneman on
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