Cascadia Wikimedians/2018 report

Activities and impact report

In 2018, Cascadia Wikimedians participated in several edit-a-thons and public events, as well as attending the Wikimedia Conference and Wikiconference North America.

Events

Art+Feminism, February 24th at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery in Seattle
Assisted in a University of Washington course in Design Thinking (INFO 360) Wikimedia Intervention/Solution Videos, taught by Amanda Menking
Art+Feminism, March 8, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, Oregon
Art+Feminism, March 10, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Art+Feminism, May 12th at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery in Seattle
Seattle Wiknic 2018
Spokane Futures: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, October 6, Richmond Art Collective, Spokane (Facebook)

Wikipedia editathon at Oregon Jewish Museum
Art+Feminism at PNCA
Cascadia Wikimedians' Wiknic

Katherine Maher tries Theo Chocolate from Seattle at WMCON 2018

Conference participation

Wikimedia Conference 2018

Jmabel
Peaceray

WikiConference North America 2018
- Another Believer
- SounderBruce
- Peaceray
- Bluerasberry

Joe Mabel giving a lightning talk at WMCON18
Wikimedia Conference 2018 Wikidata meetup (Peaceray at front and center)
Jason Moore at WikiConference North America 2018
WikiConNA 18 - Columbus Edit-a-thon

Financial statement

Annual meeting

Date and venue: December 29, 2018, at Capitol Hill Branch Library, Seattle, Washington
Members in attendance: Bri (teleconference), Conrad Kilroy, Jmabel, Peaceray, SounderBruce
Agenda and minutes:
- Dues paid by all non-teleconference members
- Board member Peaceray re-elected to a new term (2019–21); Conrad Kilroy elected to a new board seat for 2019–21 term
- Board officers elected (as noted below)
- Discussion of financial statements, with board members Bri and Peaceray to handle the situation at a later date
- Creation of Cascadia Wikimedians/Calendar to organize edit-a-thons and other events of photographic importance
- Setting a general goal for Wikipedia Day 2019: organization of Asahel Curtis and pre-1923 Seattle photographs on Commons
  - Venue TBD, but several options (Capitol Hill Library, Central Library, downtown incubator space) are being considered for further research/inquiry.
- GLAM goals and targets: Frye Art Museum, Hibulb Cultural Center, WSDOT

Meeting minutes to be posted

Board composition

The current board and officer assignments are below:

2016-01-01 through 2018-12-31 terms (3 year)

Peaceray
Benjamin Mako Hill

2018-01-01 through 2020-12-31 terms (3 year)

SounderBruce
Jmabel
Bri

2019-01-01 through 2021-12-31 terms (3 year)

Peaceray
Conrad Kilroy (Ravin Pierre)

We have 4 remaining open seats on our board that may be appointed by the other board members, or may be filled during the next regular election.

Officer appointments

President: Peaceray
Vice President: Benjamin Mako Hill
Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Bri

Tentative until further appointments are made at next meeting (date TBD)