Hello Everyone

This is a quick reminder of the upcoming Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting (AGM) taking place this coming Saturday, 25 September. Please see below for the event details as well as our AGM pack, this includes a link to our activity report for the year 2020/2021 as well as our first newsletter.

We also have some exciting news. The Wikimedia Foundation has very recently appointed a new CEO https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/14/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-maryana-iskander-as-chief-executive-officer/. The Wikimedia Foundation is the umbrella organisation that runs the servers that Wikipedia is based on, collects all of the donations to Wikipedia (and other Wikis), and supports the community of volunteer editors that make the Wikis happen. Such as Wikimedia South Africa. Maryana Iskander was appointed CEO on 14 September 2021 and, excitingly for us, she is based in South Africa. She has indicated to us her intention to join the first hour of the AGM so as to better get acquainted with the South African Wiki community. As such from 10:00 to 11:00 the AGM will focus on introductions and discussions about the Wiki communities in South Africa and globally. This will have the added benefit to the broader movement of introducing her to our movement’s unique culture.

AGM details

Date: 25 September 2021

Time: 10:00 to 13:00 with 1-hour lunch intermission and resumes at 14:00 return for board elections

Location: On your computer via Zoom register to join https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87065558984?pwd=LzVUckI5Sm91U08vMDB5Uk5QYkdTQT09

AGM pack

The activity report can be seen on meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM_ZA/Activity_Report_2020-21

In the activity report, you can see all the chapter's activities from July 2020 to June 2021. The activity report is broken up into two halves with the first half focused (Mid-term report) focused on the chapter’s activities from June 2020 to December 2020 and the second half (Final report) focused on our activities from January 2021 to June 2021.

We also have our first newsletter which can be seen here:

Unfortunately, the bookkeepers and accountants haven’t yet finished the financial report for the 2020/21 year but have assured us that they are working hard on getting that done before the AGM and we will send that out as soon as it is completed. In the meantime, we have added a brief financial report on the previous year’s finances.

Best regards and looking forward to seeing you all there.

Shupai Mchuchu

Chapter Administrator

Wikimedia South Africa NPC. 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, South Africa

Office +27 (021) 565 0143

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