Wikimedia CEE Hub/Tallinn 2024
WIKIMEDIA CEE HUB
Regional hub covering Central and Eastern Europe
WELCOME TO THE WIKIMEDIA CEE HUB
Tallinn Meeting 2024 — first in-person meeting of the Steering Committee (SC) members and employees of the CEE Hub in 2024, which was held on 1st and 2nd of March 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia.
The meeting was open only for the Steering Committee members, special advisers and CEE Hub employees. All of the participants had a chance to also meet and engage with the local Wikipedians/Wikimedians during an informal meeting on 2nd of March (Saturday evening).
The meeting provided enough time to openly discuss all important and open questions. Some important decisions were made while other topics require additional attention and they will be revisited during the hybrid CEE Hub SC meeting which will take place on 22th of April (Monday) in Berlin, just after the upcoming Wikimedia Summit.
Participants
editAt the meeting were present all of the Steering Committee members, together with two current employees of the CEE Hub (Barbara Klen and Toni Ristovski) and two special advisers (Delphine Ménard and Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska).
Background
editAt the meeting, main discussion points were reviewing of the planned activities of the CEE Hub in 2024, CEE Hub support for the conferences and regional projects, deciding on several proposals from the working groups, CEE Hub's Budget, CEE Hub Vision, Internal governance, incorporation, cooperation with others and communication management.
Agenda
editFriday, 31st of March
edit- Summary
- Going through project activities of the Year 2 (Stronger CEE Hub)
- CEE Hub support for CEE Spring, CEE Meeting 2024 and 2025, and Wikimania 2024
- Working groups proposals (Microgrants and Community Building)
- CEE Hub budget 2024
- CEE Hub Vision
Saturday, 1st of April
edit- Summary
- Incorporation or (continuation) with the fiscal sponsorship model
- Internal CEE Hub governance
- Cooperation with others (MCDC, WMF, Wikimedia Summit, Wikimedia Europe, other hubs, as WikiFranca)
- CEE Hub communication management
Discussion
editThe meeting started with reviewing of the planned activities of the CEE Hub in 2024, which was followed by discussion on CEE Hub's support for CEE Spring, CEE Meeting 2024 and 2025, and Wikimania 2024.
From the beginning of 2024, Steering Committee members and advisors were divided into thematic working groups. Some of these groups (Microgrants, Community Building) started to work and already finished their proposals therefore some topics required discussion and time for voting by the whole Steering Committee. At the end of the first day, the group reviewed CEE Hub Budget for 2024 and discussed about the CEE Hub vision.
The second meeting day started with discussion about the possible incorporation of the CEE Hub in future which was followed by debating about the current and future internal governance model of the CEE Hub. The governance discussion was focusing mainly on how the annual plan of the CEE Hub should be approved and how (new) SC members should be elected. We finished the day with discussion about our cooperation with other stakeholders in the Wikimedia movement, and CEE Hub communication management.
Conclusions
editThe meeting provided enough time to openly discuss all important and open questions. Some important decisions were made while other topics require additional attention and they will be revisited during the hybrid CEE Hub SC meeting which will take place on Monday in Berlin, just after the upcoming Wikimedia Summit.
