IRC meeting at #wikimedia-us^connect on May 9 at 9pm Eastern Time / 6pm Pacific Time.

Agenda

Wikimedia New England Epic Meeting
Setting up local events for Great American Wiknic in June (aim for at least 10!), notices start June 8
Education Working Group for North America
Wiki Loves Monuments USA grand poobah and regional coordinators for New England, NYC area, DC area, Midwest, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest, Gulf.
GLAM-Wiki US updates; AAM success; call to action.
Draft of agreement on US chapters for Wikimania
Prospects for a SF Bay Area Free Culture Alliance in parrallel to the NYC alliance.
Wikimedia Midwest US (just for fun)
Grants:WALRUS/Wikimania 2012
- Grants:WM LGBT Outreach/Wikimania 2012
Possible WALRUS Fall 2012 Grant

Meeting

Wikimedia New England Epic Meting
- A batch of pro tempore vice presidents were elected with one head VP
- The next NE meeting is on 14 May
- No immediate plans for incorporation
- WM-DC has offered to help New England when they decide to incorporate
- They will meet again in Nov/Dec to evaluate their approach
There was an agreement that proto-chapters should focus on events and numbers first before setting their sights on incorporation
- Several cities remarked that it was difficult to get enough people for just a meet up
  - Free food was offered as a way to draw wikipedians
  - WM-DC can make grants

A logo was created during the meeting

Wiknic 2012
- Around 23 June
  - The date can fluctuate due to a local decision (Ex. NYC)
- The site notice will go up on 8 June
- Some City pages still need to be done
- Goal of 10 cities in all
Education Working Group for North America
- Pharos wants to incorporate WALRUS into the education program
- The end product will combine several proposals
Wiki Loves Monuments
- Smallbones (talk · contribs) was appointed and confirmed by those in attendance as the National Wiki Loves Monuments Coordinator
- Area Coordinators
  - WM-DC's board - DC area
  - Emw (talk · contribs) - New England
- We have a website http://wikilovesmonuments.us/
SF Bay Area Free Culture Alliance
- It may be important to link up all of the free culture groups in the bay area
  - Creative Commons
  - WMF
  - Internet Archive
  - EFF
  - Students for Free Culture groups at local universities
- Mattsenate (talk · contribs) is looking into it
GLAM
- Wikipedians in residence were at the American Association of Museums meeting, Digital Public Library of America Meeting, and the Society of California Archivists meeting
Agreement in Principle
- The national "association" is deliberately undefined
- There was some apprehension about the draft due to its weak nature
- What statement are we trying to make with this agreement?
There was some discussion about when to meet up around wikimania
- Trying for an hour or two
- Maybe sunday