Wikimedia CEE Hub/Tallinn 2024

WIKIMEDIA CEE HUB

Regional hub covering Central and Eastern Europe


WELCOME TO THE WIKIMEDIA CEE HUB

Tallinn Meeting 2024 — first in-person meeting of the Steering Committee (SC) members and employees of the CEE Hub in 2024, which was held on 1st and 2nd of March 2023 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The meeting was open only for the Steering Committee members, special advisers and CEE Hub employees. All of the participants had a chance to also meet and engage with the local Wikipedians/Wikimedians during an informal meeting on 2nd of March (Saturday evening).

The meeting provided enough time to openly discuss all important and open questions. Some important decisions were made while other topics require additional attention and they will be revisited during the hybrid CEE Hub SC meeting which will take place on 22th of April (Monday) in Berlin, just after the upcoming Wikimedia Summit.

Participants

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At the meeting were present all of the Steering Committee members, together with two current employees of the CEE Hub (Barbara Klen and Toni Ristovski) and two special advisers (Delphine Ménard and Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska).

Background

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At the meeting, main discussion points were reviewing of the planned activities of the CEE Hub in 2024, CEE Hub support for the conferences and regional projects, deciding on several proposals from the working groups, CEE Hub's Budget, CEE Hub Vision, Internal governance, incorporation, cooperation with others and communication management.

Agenda

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Friday, 31st of March

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Summary

Saturday, 1st of April

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Summary

Discussion

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The meeting started with reviewing of the planned activities of the CEE Hub in 2024, which was followed by discussion on CEE Hub's support for CEE Spring, CEE Meeting 2024 and 2025, and Wikimania 2024.

From the beginning of 2024, Steering Committee members and advisors were divided into thematic working groups. Some of these groups (Microgrants, Community Building) started to work and already finished their proposals therefore some topics required discussion and time for voting by the whole Steering Committee. At the end of the first day, the group reviewed CEE Hub Budget for 2024 and discussed about the CEE Hub vision.

The second meeting day started with discussion about the possible incorporation of the CEE Hub in future which was followed by debating about the current and future internal governance model of the CEE Hub. The governance discussion was focusing mainly on how the annual plan of the CEE Hub should be approved and how (new) SC members should be elected. We finished the day with discussion about our cooperation with other stakeholders in the Wikimedia movement, and CEE Hub communication management.

Conclusions

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The meeting provided enough time to openly discuss all important and open questions. Some important decisions were made while other topics require additional attention and they will be revisited during the hybrid CEE Hub SC meeting which will take place on Monday in Berlin, just after the upcoming Wikimedia Summit.

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See also

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