WALRUS/October 2019

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 October 14 2019 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.

Zoom videoconference information

Getting set up with Zoom

• 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

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Chromebook or Android:

https://zoom.us/j/506133425

One tap mobile

+16468769923,,506133425# US (New York)

+16699006833,,506133425# 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: 506 133 425

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/agcOMmoE4

Chair & secretary for this month

• Meeting host for Zoom: Pharos
• Meeting chair: Pharos (TBC)
• Meeting secretary for minutes: TBD

Agenda

• Introductions
• Discuss 2019 events:

• Wikidatacon
• November 8-11, 2019 - WikiConference North America 2019 - Boston

• Weekly Wednesday evening planning calls with wiki community
• Planning social/meetup activities for Boston

• November 2019 - Wikipedia Asian Month 2019
• Fall edit-a-thons
  • Editing as Activism: Edit-A-Thon hosted by Labor Archives of Washington, UW Special Collections & Cascadia Wikimedians User Group

• Discuss 2020 events:

• January 2020 - Wikipedia Day - rapid grants (apply in October 1-15 or November 1-15)

• Updates

• Wikidata update(s)
• Movement strategy update
• Community Wishlist Survey 2020: Submit, discuss and revise proposals, October 21 to November 11, 2019

• Other

• Annual reporting reminder
• Wikispore partnership and genre ideas, possible current events coverage (new mailing list: mail:wikispore)

• Add your agenda items!

Notes

• Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Walrus_rolling_notes