Wikimedia LGBT+/Governance/2023-12-27

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This online video conference is focused on the tasks of governance and the LGBT+ User Group. The meeting is intended as an opportunity for core organizers to discuss shared opportunities, challenges, and ideas.

• Date: 27 December, 2023
• Time: 12:00-1:30pm ET/17:00-18:30 UTC
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Location: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82369018909?pwd=ZmlrbHRWZ291eFk4UnpwWmlOTm9mdz09

The Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct will be followed for this meeting.

Attendees

• I should be able to attend most of the meeting, but I might have to visit my doctor's clinic, so I might be audio only while walking outside in a storm 🙃 — OwenBlacker (Talk; he/him) 14:44, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Agenda

• Reminder: November User Group mtg: Wikimedia LGBT/2023-12-28
• Election results
  • Posted to Wikimedia LGBT+/Elections/2023 on 20 December
  • On-boarding new Board Members
    • User:Kaizenify and user:Paper2040 selected
    • The governance committee in this meeting may officially confirm them now
    • These users are welcome at this meeting
    • They need an orientation
• Communication channels among GovComm and Board
• Managing membership lists
• Incorporation and fiscal sponsorship
• Potential non-WMF Grants
  • UAF - Opportunity Grants: https://urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
  • Elsewhere, the North American Hub Research Project ends December 2023, with intention to establish a North American wiki organization
    • Details still in development, but one goal is supporting organizations such as Wikimedia LGBT+ in applying for grants from United States-sponsors, or for regional projects
    • That project requested acknowledgement and comment from Wikimedia LGBT+, as they already do LGBT+ engagement in the United States
• Providing comment on Incident Reporting System (IRS) in development by the Trust and Safety Product, Wikimedia Foundation
• Unredeemed QW T-shirts
• Annual report coming due