Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network/minutes 2019 01

This meeting

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Normally we are the 2nd Wednesday, but delayed this month to 4th Wednesday.

Wed Jan 23, 2019 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time - New York
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Attendees

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Agenda and notes

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  • etherpad
    • Take notes here during meeting
    • Transfer notes from etherpad to this page after meeting
    • Anyone can take notes and format them here!
  • Note - anyone can add to this agenda or the agenda of any future meeting!
    • At start of meeting, we will move items around
    • Quick items first!
    • Confirm agenda at the start of the meeting!
  • New attendee introductions
    • What do you do as a Wikimedian in Residence?
    • What organizational support do you want?
  • en:2018–19 United States federal government shutdown stops Wiki editing!
    • John Sadowski, Wikimedian in Residence at the Centers for Disease Control
    • Dominic McDevitt-Byrd, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Archive
    • see also en:Censorship of Wikipedia
  • Event reports since last meeting
    • Public Domain Day / Wikipedia Day
  • Job postings
  • End of this cycle of Wikimedia Foundation grant review!
  • Job postings
    • Organizations want to see job postings
      • started a list on main page
      • need to break out subpages, including one for hiring organizations
    • postings
      • PCORI / medical / government in the United States posting - closed last Friday
      • Stanford University / library / Wikidata in the United States - interviews ongoing
      • Secret unannounced international health organization
      • Secret UK based university
      • World Health Organization - not Wikimedian, but Open Access Document specialist
  • Wikidata training curricula
    • invitation - develop a curricula for general use Wikidata training
    • Wiki Education Foundation is hosting 1-hour online co-working events biweekly during United States PST office hours
    • Anyone can join in video chat
    • no commitment, no preparation or follow up required
    • Goal is to type documentation, lessons, links etc with other people in the time block