WALRUS/August 2019
< WALRUS
WALRUS is a monthly online meeting for Wikimedia community organizers in the United States to discuss and collaborate on events and outreach of national interest.
Join the pan-USA Wikimedia local activists' chat on Monday August 5 2019 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Zoom videoconference information
[edit]Getting set up with Zoom
[edit]- We will use a meeting tool called Zoom instead of Google Hangouts. Please sign up for an account on www.zoom.us and then take a look at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362033-Getting-Started-on-PC-and-Mac
- Note that Zoom provides a telephone interface and that the Zoom software applications are proprietary. Use the telephone interface if you want more privacy and freedom.
How to join the meeting
[edit]Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Chromebook or Android:
One tap mobile
- +16468769923,,825521697# US (New York)
- +16699006833,,825521697# US (San Jose)
Dial by your location
- +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
- +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
- +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
- Meeting ID: 825 521 697
- Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/agcOMmoE4
Chair & secretary for this month
[edit]Agenda
[edit]- Introductions
- Discuss 2019 events:
- June/July 2019 - Wiki Loves Pride/2019 wrap-up
- August 16-18, 2019 - Wikimania in Stockholm
- User Group meetup (Saturday lunch?)
- WikiConference North America planning meeting at Wikimania (Friday night? Saturday night? both?)
- before September 2019 - Microgrants for US Strategy Wiknics, combining potluck and the strategic plan in up to 4 cities - fill out application
- September 2019 - Wiki Loves Monuments in US
- November 8-11, 2019 - WikiConference North America 2019 - Boston
- November 2019 - Wikipedia Asia Month
- Discuss 2020 events:
- January 2020 - Wikipedia Day - rapid grants
- Other
- Wikidata update(s)
- Annual reporting reminder
- Cascadia Wikimedians input from Peaceray, who may be unable to join the call
- Seattle Wiknic, Saturday, August 24, 2019, at 12pm to 3pm
- Seattle-area Edit-a-Thon (Nov 2, 2019, tentative) with the Labor Archives of Washington and UW Libraries Research Commons; emphasis on The Seattle General Strike, Centralia Tragedy of 1919 and related entries as 2019 is the centennial of these events.
- planning committee meeting on August 15 at 10am at UW Seattle
- Add your agenda items!