Hello everyone,
This email and the links within it form the AGM pack for Wikimedia South
Africa's upcoming Annual General Meeting on Saturday 1 October 2022. This
is also the first time I am emailing everyone on this list using my new
Wikimedia ZA email address.
*AGM details*
The AGM will be happening online
*Date*: Saturday, *1 October 2022*.
*Time*: 10:00 to 13:00 + 1 hour lunch intermission -> 14:00 return for
board elections
*Attendance link*: On your computer via Zoom at the link here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82600536072?pwd=NVhvSmRQNnIwbWxQVjQ4eGEwQmx3dz09
Please remember to fill out the AGM attendance form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-3HBbosB5sDVOZQsC7ZNqZtAZdBu9z0fi9Byk3ptly-55VQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>.
It is especially important to fill out this form if you will not be
attending but would like to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf.
Please also remember to check if your chapter membership is up to date;
only active chapter members are allowed to vote at the AGM. If you have any
membership questions then please contact Shupai Mchuchu (WMZA), the chapter
administrator, at <shupai.mchuchu(a)wikimedia.org.za>za>.
*Agenda*
At the chapter's most recent board meeting
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/Board_Meeting/6_September_2022>
on 6 September 2022 the following agenda for the upcoming AGM was agreed to.
1. Approval of 2021 AGM minutes
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/2021-AGM>
2. Five year plan
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/2019_five_year_plan>
(started in 2019) review
3. What have we achieved for 2021/22 (projects) - see activity report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Annual_Report_2021-22>
4. Planned for 2022/23 as outlined in the 2022/23 WMF grant
5. Speak about how to better engage and include the Wiki community in
chapter activities
6. WM 2030 movement strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy> and how to better
get involved.
7. Suggested projects & volunteers for the 2023/24 FY - we always need
more volunteers
8. Vote for the new board
*Important links/material*
- Activity and financial report for 2021/22
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Annual_Report_2021-22> -
submitted to the Wikimedia Foundation
- AGM attendance and proxy nomination form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-3HBbosB5sDVOZQsC7ZNqZtAZdBu9z0fi9Byk3ptly-55VQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>
*Other events*
I also want to remind everyone of two upcoming events other than the AGM.
The first is this year's Wiki Indaba
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2022> that will be
happening on 4 - 6 November 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. If you would like to
give a presentation/host a discussion at WikiInaba you can apply here
<https://pretalx.com/wiki-indaba-conference-2022/>. A limited number of
scholarships to attend Wiki Inaba are available and can be applied for at
the link here <https://tinyurl.com/yfvepbr8>.
The second is a reminder that the Wiki community digital meetup for this
month
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/South_Africa/South_Africa_22>
will be happening on Saturday the 24th September 2022 (10:00 to 12:00) on
discord. Topics I would love to discuss with everyone attending would be
when we should start hosting face-to-face meetups again, the global Wiki
Movement Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy>, as
well as any preliminary discussions people want to have about the upcoming
AGM.
Best regards,
Douglas Scott
Director
Wikimedia South Africa
Website: wikimedia.org.za
Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727
A non-profit membership organisation
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