Executive Committee/Meetings/2020-12-07

Meeting information

Date and location

• Date: 7 December 2020
• Location: Online

Participants

• 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

Expense approvals

Nil.

Old Business

• 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

• 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

• 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.