Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network/minutes 2020 10 28

This meeting

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Wed October 28 2020 16:00 UTC
  • 12 noon – 1pm Eastern Time - New York
  • 6 - 7pm Paris
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Attendees

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  1. Pharos / Richard
  2. Fuzheado / Andrew
  3. zBlace
  4. Lane Rasberry
  5. GiFontenelle / Giovanna Fontenelle

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This meeting

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  • Giovanna
    • Wiki Brazil activities
      • applying for simple annual plan grant for Brazilian Wikimedia chapter.
      • Also doing reporting of previous year's grant.
      • Closing out this year's Wiki Loves Monuments campaign.
    • Personally, occupied with two projects.
      • One is the relationship with Museu do Ipiranga.
      • Another is the Wikimedia & Education Workshops: open education in Brazil and Wikimedia platforms (https://pt.wikiversity.org/wiki/Oficinas_Wikimedia_%26_Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o).
      • Part of this project is meeting community members to create a network of support to assist educators into using Wikimedia materials. ***The target community for support is educators who need Portugeuse langauge materials to teach.
      • Also I would like to share that I am leaving Wikimedia Brazil work group after one year and accepting a position as GLAM coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation.
  • Wikimedia Foundation staff at WREN meetings
    • Giovanna:I would like to ask if there is a conflict of interest in my remaining in this group now that I will leave my Wikipedian in Residence position and joining the Wikimedia Foundation
    • Giovanna raised this issue as she accepted a position at the Wikimedia Foundation
    • can Wikimedia Foundation people join WREN meetings?
    • Andrew says yes - the group can ask them to leave if there are private issues to discuss
    • Lane says yes for wiki editors like Giovanna but prefers no for WMF staff who are not Wikimedia community members
  • recent events
    • Creative Commons summit
    • Giovanna presented on GLAM initiatives in the Wikimedia community
    • Giovanna gave an update on the Braziliian National Museum fire, which got a lot of attention within two months of its occurance but not many updates after
    • Brazil has a system of 4 steps of GLAM engagement for museum partners, presented this for the first time in English
  • Annual report due November 2020
  • Strategy and WREN - Jamboard view of all strategy recommendations in one shot
  • options for online video meetings
  • Z: can we get info of UGs using FLOSS tools to work and communicate *(Jitsi traction?)