Hello all, This is a gentle reminder that if you have questions for the Board of Trustees' coming Office Hours (next Thursday, May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC), please send them to *ask...@wikimedia.org <ask...@wikimedia.org>* by tomorrow, *May 7th*, *at midnight* (no matter the time zone).
Please note that the *registration* to the Office Hours will *remain open till one hour before the session*. Just send an email with your details to ask...@wikimedia.org and a zoom link will be sent to you an hour before the session. If you are unable to register, you will still be able to watch live (via YouTube / Facebook) ask questions live (via Meta / YouTube / Facebook / Telegram), and of course watch later. Looking forward to seeing you all, Shani, on behalf of the Community Affairs Committee. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 23:45, Shani Evenstein <sh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > TLDR: > > The Board of Trustees’ Community Affairs Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee> > (CAC) is hosting its first office hour on May 13, 2021 at 19:00 UTC > (check for your local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>)! > > Now in more details: > > What are we announcing? > > The CAC is a new Board of Trustees > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees> > committee established to assess, explore and address current and future > community-related efforts. The Committee's Charter > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Affairs_Committee_Charter> > lists its full responsibilities, with the first 3 being a priority for this > coming year. > > As part of our commitment to foster better communications with the > Wikimedia Movement Community, and based on feedback received from community > members requesting more availability from the Board of Trustees, the CAC > will be hosting its first Office hours. > > When & Where? > > The Office hours will be held on May 13 2021, at 19:00 UTC (check for your > local time <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1620928828>) via Zoom. At > least 3 Trustees, as well as relevant WMF staff will be in attendance. The > session will be streamed live and recorded, so those who cannot participate > live will be able to watch later. > > How will it work? > > The meeting will last for 60 minutes and an additional 30 minutes of an > “open room”. The first 60 minutes will be divided into 45 minutes of > structured Q & A (based on either updates from the CAC and questions sent > by the community in advance). The final 15 minutes will be in the “ask us > anything” format, with live participation. We will be monitoring live > YouTube, Wikipedia Weekly Facebook group > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/553393111375191> and the Wikimedia > General Chat Telegram group <https://t.me/WikimediaGeneral> and the talk > page on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour>. > The structure is meant to enable the CAC to not only update the community > on current matters the Board is working on, but also hear directly from the > community, which will help inform the Committee’s future work. > > Setting the agenda with your Questions > > In order to be as efficient as possible, and since we anticipate that some > questions will require answers from WMF Staff, we are encouraging > community members to send questions in advance. Please send all questions > to ask...@wikimedia.org, by Friday, May 7th (midnight, whatever time zone > you may be in). The office hour agenda will be based on the main topics > related to the questions received. We will share this agenda on Meta > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-05-13_Office_Hour> > on May 12, including final names of Trustees in attendance. > > How to register? > > For security reasons and specifically to avoid Zoombombing > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoombombing>, we will be sending the Zoom > link only to people who have registered in advance close to the meeting. In > order to register, please send an email to ask...@wikimedia.org, > indicating your name, username, affiliation if you have any. The title > should be: “Registration for the May 13th CAC Office Hours”. > > Please note -- > > - > > This is the first time that the Board is attempting something of the > sort. This is an experiment. We’ll see how it goes - how many people are > interested in attending, timing, translation needs etc -- and make > decisions about future meetings / changes to format accordingly. > - > > The session will be moderated based on the Universal Code of Conduct > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> > - > > Universally blocked users will not be allowed in the room, but can > still participate by watching live and sending questions in real-time. > > > Please help us spread the word by sharing this message with your local / > online communities. > > Hoping to see as many of you as possible, > > Shani Evenstein Sigalov > > Chair, Community Affairs Committee > > Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation. > > > Shani Evenstein Sigalov > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> > > Board of Trustees > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >
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