Wikimedia South Africa/Board Meeting/12 January 2021

Board Meeting 15 December 2020 - 19:00 SAST

WMZA Board 15 Dec 2020

Attendance

Bobby: Secured two speakers: Dumi and Klauss (Goethe Institute - Southern Africa) for GLAM Partners, Bobby also draft "personlised" e-mail for use to invite individuals that would be interested, and are potential strategic partners.
Douglass, Nobantu, Dumi and Deon doing media interviews.
Douglass doing press conference with Cape Town Press club on Tuesday 19 Jan 2021.

WhatsApp:

Nobantu: Sent invite to Wikimedians that attended Wikimania 2018 event to compiling "happy birthday" videos to share at the event.
Douglas: Press Club (NGO) presentation next Tuesday at 13:00, including: Diversity, Africa Language Support, Fighting Disinformation, Visibility; Regional context. Focus area increasing wikipedia editor base. Douglas will ensure links to streaming available.
Deon: to do an interview with Pretoria FM on Saturday at 14:30 about Wikipedia's 20th birthday, proposal to ask for podcast and contact details for the producers of the show for the database.

Michael: highlighted on WhatsApp's privacy policy, the proposal was reached by way to consider different platforms. There should be a gradual migration from WhatsApp to Telegram or Signal, decision to be taken on a suitable platform by the board.

Increase general awareness of Wikipedia and how it works
Need for greater diversity
African language Wikipedias
Expanding content (more Africa relevant content for example)
Fighting disinformation/misinformation
For Future Discussion: Do we invest in own streaming software? - Douglas
Wynand: Bobby to share personalized messages of Invitation to the Wikipedia's birthday to board members to invite more participants from GLAM institutions.
Wynand: proposed that Nobantu handle the PR and Communications of the Chapter: Proposal accepted by the board.
Nobantu accepted.