Wiki World Heritage User Group/Meeting minutes 20201226

First preparatory meeting of Wiki World Heritage User Group.

Meeting information

Online meeting on 26.12.2020 at 16:00 UTC, on Zoom.

Participants

• Nassima Chahboun
• Yamen
• Dyolf77
• Tifratin
• Mazuritz
• Deborahjay
• ZAINEB HACHAMI
• Great11
• ANKAN
• Chafei07
• Kayusyussuf
• Brazal.dang
• Moumou82
• Csisc
• Marajozkee
• Fawaz.tairou
• Avicenno
• DarwIn
• Icem4k

Agenda

• Round of introductions
• Background: Why was this User Group created?
  

Content about World Heritage on Wikimedia projects is scarce, and many countries with WH sites have no local affiliates.

• Examples of past and ongoing projects
  

Examples of projects around WH sites: MedinaStories, WikiKsour, MedinaPedia, Told Cities.

• Potential activities
  

Thematic projects following the different categories of World Heritage, and capacity building workshops for members and partners.

• Governance

Proposed board model: 5 members + up to 3 advisors, for a 2 years term. During the first term, the board will be composed of the 3 co-founders and 2 elected members.

• Next steps

Board elections, brainstorming about activities, projects and UG visual identity, skills assessment for the group members.

You can find the meeting presentation slides here.

Discussion

Governance

Participants agreed on the board model and elections process proposed by the co-founders.

• Kayusyussuf: Who is able to vote on the elections?
  • Yamen: All supporters to the group who are already listed before this meeting, can submit their candidacy and vote.
• Csisc: Role of each member, how to assign functions?
  • Nassima Chahboun: Once the board members are elected, roles will be assigned based on objective criteria.

Communication

• Deborahjay: The official communication channel is Meta and subpages of the project page.
• Dyolf77: We may create a website to reach people outside the Wiki.
• Marajozkee: Holding 2 meetings monthly instead of one, to adapt with different time zones.

Diversity

• Moumou82: Translation of the Meta pages because not everyone is comfortable in English.
  • Yamen: We need to translate all pages to the 6 official UNESCO languages at least.
  • Avicenno: can be in charge of translation to Arabic.
• Marajozkee: What about geographical representation of the elected members?
  • Besides the board, there will be regional groups of work and liaisons.

Activities

• Mazuritz: Future plans for the group, projects? especially in relation with the movement regular activities (mois international de la contribution francophone for instance).
  • Nassima Chahboun: Thematic projects that include different activities, such as edit-a-thons and photography campaigns. Priority will be given to World Heritage framework (articles about World Heritage convention, World Heritage Centre, etc.) and to World Heritage Sites on the Danger list.
  • Yamen: Create a calendar on Meta with key dates and events related to Wikimedia movement and to World Heritage (e.g. mois de la contribution francophone, World Heritage Day)
• Marajozkee: Will the sites that are not included in World Heritage list be included? How to document sites? For funding, how it will work? Is it possible for members to apply for rapid grants?
  • Nassima Chahboun: Sites on indicative lists will be documented too. As to funding, in case a member or local partner is not able to receive a grant, Wiki Heritage can ensure fiscal sponsorship.
  • Yamen: for funding if the activity/project has not been included and funded by the group annual program grant, it will be possible for a member to apply for a rapid grant and the group will endorse it. If a fiscal sponsor is needed, the group can help on that.
• Deborahjay: For capacity building workshops, include a question in the skills assessment form about what do members want to learn.
• Avicenno: can work on enhancing Arabic content in collaboration with university students club.
• Mazuritz: created a Wikidata item for the group and a Category on Commons.

Resolutions

• Starting the board elections process. [Done]
• Creation of a Meta page for brainstorming about future projects and activities. [Done]
• Creation of a skills assessment form in order to prepare capacity building workshops. [Done]
• Brainstorming about the visual identitiy of the UG ( logo, colors..). [In progress]
• Translation of the UG Meta page to different languages.[In progress]
• Next meeting in January. [Date TBD]