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Dates and locations:

• January 10, 2024 12:00 PM UTC
• January 10, 2024 10:00 PM UTC

Attendees

First Meeting

• Ellen Sussman

Second Meeting

• Ellen Sussman
• Andrew Leung
• Frances Di Lauro
• Jack Nunn
• Sarah Haggstrom
• Mikael Haggstrom

Apologies

• Alex Holcombe

Agenda

• Update on Journals
• Review of all outstanding editorial board applications in Medicine and Humanities
  • Acceptances & rejections
• Update on Board - after inactivity policy
• Funding proposal
  • Should we include public advocacy on open publishing as one of our focus?

Meeting Notes

Notes (First Meeting)

• Cancelled due to lack of attendees

Notes (Second Meeting)

• WJH
  • Frances returns from extended leave and gave update about the journal
  • Outstanding submissions waiting for peer reviews
  • Lots of reluctant academics
  • Potential to integrate post graduate students into peer-reviewing (hoping for 2024 if not 2025)
  • Up to 3 new board members to join in 2024
• WJS
  • 1 article that is near ready to publish
  • 1 undergoing revision - also willing to write the article in Japanese after English version is accepted
  • Andrew will be busy in February and March
• WJM
  • Editor-in-chief (Mikael Haggstrom) is stepping back due to workload starting in June
    • Bank account and such will be transferring to Sarah Haggstrom
    • Editor-in-chief position will be posted at a latter date
  • Still outstanding board applications
• Funding
  • Jack will assist with the funding application
  • Ellen and Jack will arrange to meet with Chris from WMF to discuss grant proposal
  • Chris is away for first 2 weeks of January 2024 - Ellen to meet, Jack to join if timezones allow
    • Highlight importance of publishing being free for anyone (inclusive and empowering) - and integrated into Wikimedia (trusted)
  • Jack and Frances to discuss Wikimedian in Residence
  • Use United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a guide for metrics
  • Integrate the importance of WikiJournals into Commons
  • Explaining the multilingual aspect of WikiJournal - aim to publish in different language (maybe special issue)
• Inactivity policy
  • Need to remove Humanities editors who have signed in July 2023
  • Ellen to check activity and contact those who appear to be inactive