WALRUS/April 2017

Date and time

We'll meet for a pan-USA Wikimedia local activists chat on Thursday April 20 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.

We will use a meeting tool called Zoom instead of Google Hangouts. Please sign up for an account on www.zoom.us and then take a look at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362033-Getting-Started-on-PC-and-Mac
Note that Zoom provides a telephone interface and that the Zoom software applications are proprietary; use the telephone interface if you care about your freedom.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Chromebook or Android: https://zoom.us/j/884234801

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,884234801# or +16465588656,884234801#

Or Telephone:

Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 884 234 801
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=bLX_A8iHToP8y08eq8_53sfTHy9TPMaq

(please rearrange and add anything you want to discuss)

0:00-0:15 - "One minute updates" from each chapter and user group.
- Bay Area WikiSalon one year anniversary
0:15-0:20 - Reports from Wikimedia Conference 2017, which was 31 March to 2 April, 2017
0:20-0:25 - Wikimedia Foundation board elections upcoming! Nominations ending 20 April, voting 1 to 14 May 2017
0:25-0:30 - Scholarship applications for Wikimania - how to improve the process (Checkingfax and others)

How did your local Art+Feminism events go?
Encouraging new Wikimedia user groups in Minnesota, Chicagoland, Allegheny, etc,
Rapid Grants for small groups up to $2k
Great American Wiknic - Summer 2017
WikiConference North America in Montreal (and NYC wiki-train) as preconference to Wikimania - August 2017
- (Is not there one scheduled in San Diego?)
Wikipedia Day Wormhole - January 2018
Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 (preliminary info) from SuperHamster
Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together update and invitation to collaborate Shameran81 (talk)