Dear All,
Thank you for taking time to join the meeting today. Below are notes I've
made during our meeting for your review.
*==Attendance ==*
- Bobby Shabangu
- Raphael Berchie
- Georges Fodouop
- Zayneb Takouti
- Dumisani Ndubane
- Isaac Olutande
*==Apologies ==*
- None
*==Key points discussed==*
- The list of affiliate countries eligible to bid have been consolidated
by Georges and can be viewed HERE
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14wBDLnZcvjWTns6PHiivRlPTN7o7V797IhprnKt7CnE/edit>
.
- Dumi to provide main contact persons per country.
- The principle of rotation - where the bid to host WikiIndaba is
rotated across different parts of the African continent - has to be
preserved
- Joint bids are to be encouraged for countries with more than one
affiliate
- this has to be indicated when sending the invitation letter for
countries to bid.
- The invitation letter to bid has to be accompanied by a bid submission
form, drafts can be found HERE
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f_0N_uENvrMRZkiIIB2EmfkEutxo2D-rNGKajiLvYBU/edit>
and HERE
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f_0N_uENvrMRZkiIIB2EmfkEutxo2D-rNGKajiLvYBU/edit>
- Dumi and Zayneb to work on the bid submission form and submit it to
Wiscom by Wednesday, 30 March.
- Invitation letter to bid to be written via google docs and shared to
WISCOM by Wednesday, 30 March for their review and additional inputs.
- Bobby to write the letter.
*Important dates: *
- Invitation letter to bid to be sent to all eligible affiliates by
Friday, 1
April 2022
- Due date for bid submissions:* Friday, 15 April 2022*
- Announcement of next WikiIndaba conference host: *Friday, 29 April
2022*
*AOB: *
- WISCOM needs to lead the regional coordination of the 2030 Movement
Strategy <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy> in the
African continent.
- We already operate as a hub. Therefore, we need to develop an African
Strategy to align the Movement Strategy with issues beset by African
Wikimedian such as resources, events, grants etc.
*Next meeting will take place on **3 April 2022 at the same time. *
*Proposed Agenda Items:*
- *Bid adjudication Criterion*
- *Call for community elections to fill in the 3 volunteer committee
positions
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee%2FMembers&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw286Q7awe42eAYdP4EcyywM>*
- *Budgetary needs of the committee and *
- *Review of WISCom practices (Documentation & file management) *
Best regards,
Bobby Shabangu
On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 14:08, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
A kind reminder to join the meeting which has already
commenced with
colleagues.
Best regards,
Bobby Shabangu
On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 at 22:51, Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Noted with thanks, Bobby.
>
> Isaac
>
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2022, 21:45 Bobby Shabangu, <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I've moved the meeting to Sunday, same time based on our conversation
>> here, kindly see your calendar notification. Hope everyone will be able to
>> attend.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bobby Shabangu
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 21:17, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Dumi,
>>>
>>> Apologies for engaging with this email thread in piecemeals, I don't
>>> have a problem with that suggestion. Let's hear if others agree with
that
>>> suggestion, if I don't have a response by Friday I'll simply move it
to
>>> Sunday at the same time.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bobby Shabangu
>>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 21:10, Dumisani Ndubane
<dndubane(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Comrades
>>>>
>>>> Could we make this meeting a bit later in the evening, say 3hrs later?
>>>> Or move to Sunday? This time is really not working with my schedule.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Dumisani Ndubane
>>>>
>>>> Governance Committee Strategist
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 8:58 PM Bobby Shabangu <
>>>> bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *This event has been changed.*
>>>>> Wiscom meeting - 2022
>>>>>
>>>>> *When*
>>>>> *Changed: *Sat Mar 26, 2022 14:00 – 15:00 South Africa Standard Time
>>>>>
>>>>> *Joining info*
>>>>> Join with Google Meet
>>>>>
meet.google.com/htr-ihar-gcv
>>>>> <https://meet.google.com/htr-ihar-gcv?hs=224>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Calendar*
>>>>> dndubane(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>
>>>>> *Who*
>>>>> •
>>>>> bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com - organizer
>>>>> •
>>>>> dndubane(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>> •
>>>>> reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com
>>>>> •
>>>>> zaynebtakouti(a)gmail.com
>>>>> •
>>>>> gfodouop(a)gmail.com
>>>>> •
>>>>> kateregga1(a)gmail.com
>>>>> •
>>>>> mlouhisami(a)gmail.com
>>>>> •
>>>>> rberchie(a)gmail.com
>>>>> •
>>>>> wiscom(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>> more details »
>>>>>
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=MmdzbDdoMDFiYTBvZGoxaDRxOGVpajQxN2IgZG5kdWJhbmVAd2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZw&tok=MjMjYm9iYnlzaGFiYW5ndUBnbWFpbC5jb21kNGIzYjM1MTAyZDMzY2M0Y2Q2MjUxNDc0ODQ1MGFjNDMxOGE5Y2Jm&ctz=Africa%2FJohannesburg&hl=en&es=1>
>>>>> ==Agenda Items==
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Confirmation of Country Representation (Previous Organizers of
>>>>> the Conference)
>>>>> 2. Call for community elections to fill in the 3 volunteer
>>>>> committee positions
>>>>>
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee%2FMembers&sa=D&ust=1648493908950000&usg=AOvVaw3niEl-sAObrDHAGlgzNEXQ>
>>>>> .
>>>>> 3. Call for bids to host Wiki Indaba 2022.
>>>>> 4. Budgetary needs of the committee.
>>>>> 5. Review of WISCom practices (Documentation & file
management)
>>>>> 6. Other business.
>>>>>
>>>>> Going (dndubane(a)wikimedia.org)? *Yes
>>>>>
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=MmdzbDdoMDFiYTBvZGoxaDRxOGVpajQxN2IgZG5kdWJhbmVAd2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZw&rst=1&tok=MjMjYm9iYnlzaGFiYW5ndUBnbWFpbC5jb21kNGIzYjM1MTAyZDMzY2M0Y2Q2MjUxNDc0ODQ1MGFjNDMxOGE5Y2Jm&ctz=Africa%2FJohannesburg&hl=en&es=1>
>>>>> - Maybe
>>>>>
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=MmdzbDdoMDFiYTBvZGoxaDRxOGVpajQxN2IgZG5kdWJhbmVAd2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZw&rst=3&tok=MjMjYm9iYnlzaGFiYW5ndUBnbWFpbC5jb21kNGIzYjM1MTAyZDMzY2M0Y2Q2MjUxNDc0ODQ1MGFjNDMxOGE5Y2Jm&ctz=Africa%2FJohannesburg&hl=en&es=1>
>>>>> - No
>>>>>
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=MmdzbDdoMDFiYTBvZGoxaDRxOGVpajQxN2IgZG5kdWJhbmVAd2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZw&rst=2&tok=MjMjYm9iYnlzaGFiYW5ndUBnbWFpbC5jb21kNGIzYjM1MTAyZDMzY2M0Y2Q2MjUxNDc0ODQ1MGFjNDMxOGE5Y2Jm&ctz=Africa%2FJohannesburg&hl=en&es=1>*
>>>>> more options »
>>>>>
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=MmdzbDdoMDFiYTBvZGoxaDRxOGVpajQxN2IgZG5kdWJhbmVAd2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZw&tok=MjMjYm9iYnlzaGFiYW5ndUBnbWFpbC5jb21kNGIzYjM1MTAyZDMzY2M0Y2Q2MjUxNDc0ODQ1MGFjNDMxOGE5Y2Jm&ctz=Africa%2FJohannesburg&hl=en&es=1>
>>>>>
>>>>> Invitation from Google Calendar
>>>>> <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>