Wikimedia LGBT/2021-11-02

This online videoconference is open to all participants of the LGBT+ User Group, and is intended as an opportunity to discuss shared opportunities, challenges, and issues.

• Date: Tuesday 2 November 2021 1700 UTC
• See your local time here
• Location: Zoom

Wikimedia LGBT+
Communications
Talk page Telegram: @wmlgbt LGBTlists.wikimedia.org Twitter: @WikiLGBT Mastodon: @wmlgbt@tech.lgbt Bluesky: @wmlgbt.org Wiki99: Wiki99/LGBT+
Other links
Wikimedia thematic organizations Wikimedia user groups

Agenda & Minutes

Agenda

1. Annual report
2. 2022 conference proposal
3. AOB

Minutes

1. Annual report
   • This was discussed and added to during the meeting. A draft by L. was put out by email link at the end of the meeting.
   • As part of the annual report there was discussion about membership count, which pointed to the increased international participation this past year, including the use of Telegram for more non-English participation and new members who are mainly Chinese and Japanese editors.
2. Funds for the 2022 conference proposal preparation were discussed, this was deferred to the next meeting with a suggestion that the governance team assess what payment is suitable if the draft is completed before the end of this year (Round 2 funding cycle).
3. Brief discussion on the Movement Charter Drafting Committee process highlighted general non-understanding of how the behind the scenes representation of communities worked.
4. Discussion on the practicalities of a published review as part of WMLGBT+'s role as a stakeholder concluded this was a realistic opportunity if the most interested volunteers could aim for short pieces such as interviews or opinions based on modest research.

Attendees

• 4 participants, apologies from J.
• There were some temporary technical issues on the call.