Executive Committee/Meetings/2020-12-07

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Meeting information[edit]

Date and location[edit]

  • Date: 7 December 2020
  • Location: Online

Participants[edit]

  • Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf (President)
  • Michael David Miller (Vice President)
  • Ha-Loan Phan (Secretary)
Absent
  • Guillaume Lafrance (Treasurer)
Observers
  • Benoit Rochon (Board Member)
  • Jean-Michel Lapointe (Board Member)
  • Jean-Philippe Béland (consultant)

Minutes[edit]

Expense approvals[edit]

Nil.

Old Business[edit]

  • Atypic. The President tried to contact Atypic, but didn't recieve anything back. She will try again.
  • ECCC Project. There are two meetings planned with the new partners, Acfas and IVADO, on 27 January and 10 February. Ha-Loan Phan is coordinating those meetings with the partners.
  • Educational Technologist. This is on pause until 2021.

New Business[edit]

  • WikiConference North America 2020. A virtual conference is planned instead of the in-person event. The organizers wished to have a French track, but it is too late for us to organize anything. Benoit Rochon will present the Atikamekw Project.
  • Donations. The President suggested to have separate page to make donations and to become a member. Jean-Philippe Béland will send communications to all members and past donators to announce that WMCA is now a charitable organization. He will also publish announcements on social networks and in the newsletter.
  • Atikamekw Project. Benoit Rochon mentioned that the Atikamekw Project could use the remaining budget for the Indigenous projects. He met with members of the WikiClub Metapeckeka. A grant request will be send to WMCA.

Roundtable[edit]

  • Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf mentioned that several Board members and Jean-Philippe Béland met with the new employee of the Wikimedia Foundation responsible for the Simple APG, Veronica Thamaini.