Meeting Minutes-23 February 2017
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
User Group
Simple APG
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We received the decision from the committee. They have recommended that
we be funded the full amount minus one contract position. Over all they
were pleased with our preparation and the grant itself though they did have
some reservations about hiring practices, our lack of experience managing
employees and lack of experience with grants.
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The Foundation also had concerns about the potential lobbying issues
with the WLM contract position. Several suggestions were made on how to
relieve the Foundation’s concerns. SE and RO will be meeting with the
Foundation on 1 March to discuss the recommendations and plot out the
process to move forward.
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It was decided by the group that we will request the WLM contractor over
the WLE contractor. Adjustments will be made in the job spec to remove any
instances that could be considered lobbying of the government.
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SE, SF and Eugene met on 21 February to discuss whether to have an open
hiring call for the FTE position. It was decided that, due to time
constraints and issues with finding someone more qualified, we would not
have an open hiring call for the FTE position but we will for the WLM
contractor position.
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RO has starting putting out feelers for the Accountant position in the
Simple APG.
Edit-a-thon/Workshops
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#EditWikiLit was held at UCC on 8 February. We are awaiting stats from
Donna Alexander.
Upcoming Schedule:
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28 February-DCU Library-2-5-This is being organised by the librarian at
DCU with assistance from RO. 9 people are currently registered.
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8 March-NUI Maynooth-International Women’s Day workshop-2:30-5:30. This
event is being organised by Brian McKenzie. It will take place in the
computer lab at Maynooth and is open to the public, though they have to
pre-register. RO will assist on the day. A page for the event is in the
process of being created.
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9 March-NUI Galway-International Women’s Day-10:30-3:30. The University
is providing lunch for this event. RO will travel to Galway to assist SF
with this event. SF reported that registrations are continuing. Two images
have been created and uploaded to Commons to advertise this event. As part
of the week long event SF will also be presenting a talk on the lack of
women on Wikipedia.
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15 March-Trinity College Library-8:30-1:30-workshop celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the Berkeley Library. The event will be open to Trinity
students and staff only. RO is assisting with organisation of this event.
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June 2017-possible UCC event
Conferences
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GLAM Wiki Conference-Paris-RO attended this conference. It had 32
attendees giving lightning talks about different aspects of GLAM and how to
work with GLAMs. There were session about Wiki Data and GLAMs releasing
datasets that we might be able to apply to our WLM data. RO also had many
conversations about how we can bring the Irish language into the Celtic
Languages conversation. Also about how we can embrace the ‘emerging
community’ title and use it to our advantage. RO will reach out about how
to promote ourselves as an ‘emerging community’.
Upcoming:
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Celtic Knot Conference-5-6 July 2017-10am-5pm-Edinburgh-RO scheduled to
attend-The event will focus on Celtic Languages and Indigenous Languages,
showcasing innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open
data that support and grow language communities.
WLM
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The grant report is almost completed.
Misc
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As we are speaking with the Foundation on 1 March about the Simple APG
it was decided that we will meet again next week on 2 March at 7:30pm.
-- Shannon Eichelberger
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
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The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.
This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.
The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.
Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list,[2] and posted on Meta-Wiki.[3] Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this list as well.
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Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (15 December 2016)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10153348
- Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it
Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (23 December 2016)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10157430
- Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process
Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (8 January 2017)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10167420
- Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017
Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (11 January 2017)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10169064
- Introduction of williamsworks
Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 February 2017)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10184130
- The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland
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- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10190631
- Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks
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Meeting Minutes-7 February 2017
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Eugene Eichelberger (EE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
User Group
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Simple APG
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Still waiting on a decision from the committee.
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The meeting on 30 January was mostly positive. The committee asked
for a mock up on combining the 2 contract positions into 1 part time
position. SE sent it on to the committee on 31 January. SE will wait to
create the job descriptions until we have clarification on whether this
will be 2 contractors or 1 part time.
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SE will send an email to WMF asking for an update.
Edit-a-thon/Workshops
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Upcoming Schedule:
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8 February-#EditWikiLit event UCC-9-11am-Donna Alexander has
organised this event with her MA English Lit students. They will tweet
during the event. RO is on Twitter duty and will help out virtually as
needed.
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28 February-DCU Library-2-5-This is being organised by the librarian
at DCU with assistance from Rebecca.
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March-Trinity College Library-workshop celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the Berkeley Library.
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8 March-NUI Maynooth-International Women’s Day workshop-2:30-5:30.
This event is being organised by Brian McKenzie. It will take
place in the
computer lab at Maynooth and is open to the public, though they have to
pre-register. RO will assist on the day. A page for the event is in the
process of being created.
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9 March-NUI Galway-International Women’s Day-10:30-3:30. The
University is providing lunch for this event. RO will travel to Galway to
assist SF with this event. SF reported that there have been some
registrations and suggested articles are being added to the event page.
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June 2017-possible UCC event
Conferences
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GLAM Wiki Conference-Paris-15 February-RO is travelling to this event on
behalf of the group.
WLM
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No news.
Misc
-- Shannon Eichelberger
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
Online: Wikimedia Community Ireland
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_Ireland>
On Twitter: @WikimediaIE <https://twitter.com/WikimediaIE>