:) Noted, Mike. Indeed, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees, and no other (as is evident from the original mail). But we'll be sure to flag it more clearly next time. ;)
Hope you can join us! Shani. Shani Evenstein Sigalov <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/> Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 23:38, Mike Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > Presumably, this is the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees, not > another Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia movement? Some disambiguation > is needed. ;-) > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 6/5/21 21:32:08, Shani Evenstein wrote: > > 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 > > <mailto: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 > > <mailto: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 > > <mailto: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 itsfirst office houron 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 behosting 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 > > <mailto: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 <mailto: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/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >
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