Hello everyone,

Wikimedia South Africa will be having our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on *Saturday 18 November 2023*.

We will be having it a little earlier than usual this year, starting at 9am SAST, so in-person attendees who flew in for the chapter retreat and strategic design workshop can fly out on the same day in the evening.

If you intend to attend the AGM then please fill out the attendance form: https://forms.gle/yg8bKW3nxujGV1mm6

If you will not be attending or feel you might not be able to attend but would like to nominate a proxy to represent you then you can nominate your proxy on the attendance form: https://forms.gle/yg8bKW3nxujGV1mm6

Once you have filled out the form your name will be added to the attendance list and a calendar invite will be sent to you. That calendar invitation will contain a link to attend digitally. We will also send out an AGM reminder email closer to the date with that attendance link to attend digitally.

If you are interested in joining the strategic retreat in Johannesburg the run up to the AGM (15, 16, 17 November 2023) then please contact Shupai Mchuchu shupai.mchuchu@wikimedia.org.za or see the followup email about it that we will send out later.

You can see the AGM agenda on the AGM 2023 page, the minutes of the AGM will be recorded there once the meeting is over. You can see the 2023 AGM page on meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/2023-AGM

In preparation for the AGM you can read our annual report for 2022/23 which details the chapter's activities between July 2022 and June 2023 as well as the 2022 AGM minutes. Since then we have done additional projects such as Wiki Indaba, Botswana affiliate support, the SADiLaR language outreach initiative, and the Afrikaans Wikipedia outreach initiative. Presentations on chapter projects after June 2023 will be given at the AGM.

The 2022/23 annual report can be seen here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Annual_Report_2022-23

The minutes of the previous AGM can be accessed here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/2022-AGM

If you would like to attend the AGM but you are not yet a member then you can join Wikimedia South Africa by filling out our form and making a donation of any amount to the chapter. Details and links about joining can be found on our website here: https://www.wmza.org/join

*Key AGM details* Date: Saturday, 18 November 2023 Time: 9:00 to 12:00 SAST Place: Online and in-person at The Catalyst Hotel, 100 Pretoria Ave, Wierda Valley, Sandton, 2196, South Africa

Regards,

Douglas Scott

Director

Wikimedia South Africa Website: wikimedia.org.za

Phone: (+27) 079 515 8727

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