Wikimedia South Africa/Operational Meeting 29 October 2024

Previous Minutes :

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa/Operational_Meeting_15_October_2024


Attendees

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  • Herschal Jackson (HJ)
  • Jeremiah Pietersen (JP)
  • Bobby Shabangu (BS)
  • Khethiwe Marais (KM)
  • Deon Steyn (DS)
  • Michael Graaf (MG)
  • Matete Payc (MP)
  • Ingrid Thomson(IT)

Apologies/Absent

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  • Coenraad Loubser (CL)

Summary

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  1. Meeting minutes from the previous meeting ratified.
  2. Request to either utilise Etherpad or to utilise Google Doc for minutes and to share ahead of meeting with Board Members.
  3. Work required for the NYDA project is concluded and cards have been shipped to NYDA
  4. Process for requesting a laptop via the chapter is discussed
  5. Debate around Training fees (SWiP) vs administration fee (Chapter) with proposal to place Administration fee submission on hold until board Meeting to conclude discussion.
  6. AGM update is provided around documentation created as outcome of 2 meetings held with board members.
  7. Confirmation that the 2024 AGM will be the last AGM the Afrikaans Wikipedia attends.
  8. Afrikaans Wikipedia advised that it will leave the Chapter officially on 30th June 2025 and create its own usergroup/chapter.


Action Items

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  1. (HJ) to setup meeting to discuss Afrikaans Wikipedia Intern Stippend increase.

Detailed Minutes can be located in the Chapter Work Folder.