South Asia Open Community Call

South Asia Open Community Call
Dates	23 June 2024
Call Time	6 pm to 7 pm, IST
Google Meeeting link	https://meet.google.com/ffs-izis-bow
Etherpad	Etherpad Link

About

The Open Community Calls (OCC) is an online space to share activities like Edit-a-thons, Workshops, and meetups (especially updates related to WikiConference India 2023) with a wider community audience who are contributing to Indic Wikimedia projects and beyond. This is a monthly call where communities come together. Everyone is welcome to participate, share their community activities, and ask questions in the moderated discussions.

Any community member who is contributing to Wikimedia projects in the Indic language and beyond can join these calls.
These are monthly calls which will be scheduled every month on a Sunday.
Please click on this public link and add the Open Community Call calendar to get meeting invitation directly to your calendar, so that you don't miss out on any calls.
To share your ideas/suggestions/thoughts with the organizers of OCC, you are free to use the talk page.
Alternatively, you can join the Telegram group for the same

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Details of the upcoming meeting

The next Open Community Call is on 23 June 2024.

23 June 2024

Moderator:

Navya

Agenda:

Hello and Welcome: 5 Mins
Updates
- MCDC: 5 Mins
- Event Registration Tool- Benedict, WMF: 15 mins
- MinT for Wiki Readers - Uzoma: 10 mins
Open Community Updates (30 mins)

Hello and Welcome: 5 Mins

Updates - Event Registration Tool- Benedict, WMF: 15 mins - MinT for Wiki Readers - Uzoma: 10 mins Open Community Updates (30 mins)

- Tribal Culture Photography contest - Gopalakrishn's
- Movement charter voting process and ratification update ; Manav (5 mins)
- Wiki Loves Mangaluru; Santosh (3 mins)
- Updates from Tamil Community : Selva
- Updates from Telugu Community on Grant proposal: VJ Suseela
- Technical training, Chennai by CIS-A2K: Bhuvana
- Kashmiri language project: Sabrina
AOB

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 23 June 2024
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ffs-izis-bow

Previous meetings

19 May 2024

Moderator: Chinmayee Mishra

Agenda:

Hello and Welcome + Call Agenda (5 mins)
SAOCC Survey and Next Steps (5 mins)
WMF Annual Planning (45 mins)
Community Discussion (30 mins)

Summit Updates - Shreya Dwivedi (3 mins)
Hackathon Updates - Vasanth (3 mins)
Conference Updates: Summit and Hackathon (10 mins)
ESEAP conference updates: Suyash Divwedi (3 mins)
Wiki Loves Mangalore - Santosh (3-5 mins)
Upcoming Mini Hackathon in India - Vasanth (3 mins)
Wiki Technical Training - Nivas (3 mins)

Closing - Nitesh (5 mins)

17 March 2024

Moderator: Siva Kosaran, Sri Lanka

Agenda:

Welcome and Ice Breaker- 5 mins (Moderator)
Focused Agenda:
- Movement Strategy or Movement Charter Session- 25 mins
Key Updates:
- Wikimedia Places Update: Amal and Jazmin (WMF)
- Call for candidates for the UCoC Coordinating Committee (U4C): Ramzy, WMF
- Gender Campaign Update :
  - Gender Campaign Updates- Masana, WMF
  - Nitesh (CIS-A2K: She Leads)
Open Community Updates

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 17 March 2024
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ffs-izis-bow

18 February 2024

Moderator: Chinmayee Mishra

Agenda:

Welcome and Ice Breaker- 5 mins (Moderator)
Movement Strategy Session- 30 mins (Kaarel)
Updates from WMF
- Newcomers Onboarding Tools- 10 mins (Benoit Evellin, WMF)
- South Asia Regional Grants Committee- 5 mins (Jacqueline Chen, WMF)
- Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy - 5 mins (Suyash Divwedi or Manavpree Kaur)
Open Community Updates- 15 mins
- Tulu Community In-Person Events or Activities: Babitha Shetty

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 18 February 2024
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/csu-ftjo-vcz

21 January 2024

Moderator: Shabab Mustafa

Agenda:

Welcome and Introduction to the call
Movement Strategy
- Presentation
- Activity
Open for community updates
TBD

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 21 January 2024
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/csu-ftjo-vcz

17 December 2023

Moderator: Sanjog

Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions- 5 mins (Sanjog)
Introduction to Movement Strategy- 30 mins (Kaarel)
Open Community Updates- 20 mins

Updates from Indic MediaWiki Hackathon- 5 mins (Nivas and Gopa)
Updates from Indic Oral Culture Project- 5 mins (Amrit Sufi)
Update from Punjab WikiEducation Program- 5 mins (Jagseer)

AOB and Closure- 5 mins

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 17 December 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/mzk-bxrt-vis

19 November 2023

Moderator: RockyMasum

Agenda:

Introduction and Icebreaker activity: 10 mins
Announcements & Community Updates: 23-25 mins

Updates from Bangladesh Chapter by Tanvir Rahman: 10-15 mins
Hindi Community activity updates by Praveen/Rachit: 5 mins
Wikimania 2024 Scholarships announcements by Rachit: 3 mins

Major Changes to the Open Community Call by Nivas: 10 mins
Activity on Movement Strategy by Nivas/Rachit/Praveen: 15-20 mins

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 19 November 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

29 October 2023

Moderator: Nitesh

Agenda:

Opening: 3 mins
Affiliate strategy and AffCom elections: 15 mins
Stories from recent events:

WWC 2023: 10 mins
TTT 2023 : 10 mins

Community Spotlight:

Maithili Wikimedians User Group: 7 mins
Karavali Wikimedians Project: 5 mins

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 29 October 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

10 September 2023

Moderator: Nitesh

U4CBC (Universal Code of Conduct Building Committee) Conversation
Learning experience from Wikimania Participants
Community Update

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 10 September 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

16 July 2023

Moderator: Nitesh and Nivas

Agenda:

Opening and Welcome - 4 mins
Streaming "WikiConference India 2023 — Recap and Highlights" - 6 mins
Global Council Draft by MCDC (Ciell, Manav, Runa) - 35 mins
Upcoming WMF fundraising campaign in India (Julia) - 10 mins
Open space for Communities, Closing, and next call update - 5 mins

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 16 July 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

18 June 2023

Moderator: Yakshitha

Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions
WCI 2023 Updates - 10 mins

Honorarium for attendees
Report
Blogs & Films

Movement Charter Drafting Committee Updates - 10 mins
WikiWomenCamp (Info on Scholarships) - 5 mins
GLAM Conference (Info on Scholarships) - 5 mins
LanguageWiki Celebrations - 10 mins

Punjabi Wikipedia - 5 mins
Kannada Wikipedia - 5 mins

Updates from CIS-A2K work - 5 mins*

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call

Meeting details:

Date: 18 June 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

21 May 2023

Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions
Updates from WCI

WCI 2023 Overview
Stipend Update
Your best memory from WCI in one word- Open Question

Next Steps

Video- Work in Progress
Reporting and Feedback

WikiCelebrate
Leadership Development Working Group Updates
Any Community Updates
AOB

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 21 May 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

16 April 2023

Agenda:

Conference updates
Pre-conference activity update
Board of Trustees lead affiliate strategy interaction during WCI
Anual Program Plan & Fundraising
Women’s Month Datathon update
Stories by Communities

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 16 April 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu

19 March 2023

Agenda:

Hello and Introductions- 5 mins
CIS-A2k and CPUG- Women’s Month DataThon- 5 mins (Suyash)
Wikimania and Upcoming Hackathon- 10 mins (Rachit)
WCI Updates- 30 mins (Nitesh/Nivas)

Program Updates
Scholarship Updates
Self Funded Updates
Key Announcement Dates
Pre-Conference Activities

Open Question- 10 mins

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 19 March 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/yqw-uevi-uhp

19 February 2023

Agenda:

Conference update & Update about Meta page updates: 5 mins
Programs update & Pre-conference activity: 10-12 mins
Other Community activities:

Hardware Donation Program: 3-5 mins
2nd Wiki Technology Summit by Kasyap: 2-3 mins
Women's health edit-a-thon announcement by Netha: 3-5 mins

Brief Introduction to Diversity&Inclusion (D&I) at conference and why by Manav: 3-5mins

Privacy & Digital Safety by Max from the WMF legal team: 10-15 mins

Scholarship updates: 15 mins
FAQ update & AOB: 5 mins

Etherpad Link: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/South_Asia_Community_Call
Meeting details:

Date: 19 February 2023
Timings: 1800 to 1900 [6 - 7 pm] (IST or UTC+0530)
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/kst-ddre-ran