WALRUS/October 2018
< WALRUS
Date and time edit
We'll meet for a pan-USA Wikimedia local activists chat on Monday October 8 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Zoom videoconference information edit
Getting set up with Zoom edit
- 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.
How to join the meeting edit
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Chromebook or Android:
iPhone one-tap :
- US: +16468769923,,304548503# or +16699006833,,304548503#
Telephone:
- Dial from the US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 408 638 0968
- Meeting ID: 304 548 503
- International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/abewVegmRb
Chair & secretary for this month edit
- Meeting host for Zoom: Pharos
- Meeting chair: TBD
- Meeting secretary for minutes: TBD
Agenda edit
- 0:00-0:15 - "One minute updates" from each chapter and user group.
- WikiConference North America update
- Plan for regional usergroups at WikiConference
- Midwest, Chicago and other cities
- mutual support
- national events
- dates and theme
- September 2018 - Wiki Loves Monuments
- October 2018 - Wikidata birthday
- November 2018 - Wikipedia Asian Month
- January 2019 - Wikipedia Day + Public Domain Day
- GeoNotice and Central Notice
- dates and theme
- Wikimedia Foundation politics
- upcoming in 2019 - 2 board seats in Affiliate-selected Board seats
- strategy to be discussed at Wikimedia Summit 2019
- Rapid Grants ideas, 1st-15th of every month
- Wikicite, Wikidata topics
- WikiCite 2018 in San Francisco, November 2018
- WikiProject Newspapers
- Next call - rotating hosts system