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{{Event
|mwstake-meeting=Yes
|start-date=08/05/2016
|start-hour=15
|end-hour=16
|url=https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/E252
|attendees=Mark Hershberger, Markus Glaser, Frank Taylor, Lex Sulzer, Richard Heigl,
}}
* Join: https://bluejeans.com/471963783
* etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2016-08
* google plus: https://plus.google.com/events/cfvhto9b7eo0pfeeg1lb34fun1g?authkey=CPTWl-_tqoe0bw
== Notes from meeting ==
* WikiApiary
** Next steps: Make WikiApiary a place for MediaWiki to phone home as well. Include list of extensions. 
** Get to know WikiApiary. 
** Move to WMF Labs. Before that we need to know how it works
** Transfer wikiapiary mailing list to Wikimedia mailing lists
** Can we somehow label it with mwstake, maybe a link or an icon 
** Schedule a WikiApiary hacking session at SMW Con

* SMWCon
** How can we feature the other big wiki projects. e.g. cooperative hosting
** WikiBar, a list of major MW sites on every major MW site 

* Funding
** piwik http://crowdfunding.piwik.org/
** funding of individual features
** only work on funded ideas
** "my share +"...

* MoU
** Quim said that it needed fewer mention of people since it looked like just publicity
** Work on the what they're getting
*** Maybe it is already there and just needs to be rephrased
*** add some examples
** Give it some legitimation from the stakeholders, maybe by email
** Give to Katherine Maher (Strategy)

* On Incorporation as [https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/other-non-profits/business-leagues 501(c)(6)]
** "Federation" sounds like a good term to capture what the group is describing because it captures the spirit of unity and cooperation for mutual benefit while maintaining independence.  FT


== Action items ==

* ACTIONS for Markus
** look into the mechanism for "Make WikiApiary a place for MediaWiki to phone home as well. Include list of extensions."
** Schedule a WikiApiary hacking session at SMW Con

* ACTIONS for MH 
** Transfer wikiapiary mailing list to Wikimedia mailing lists
** Touch base with Bernadette and move incorporation along
** clean up MoU language
** "Publish" MoU and get Katherine's buy-in.

* ACTIONS for Richard
** Can we somehow label WikiApiary with mwstake, maybe a link or an icon 
** WikiBar, a list of major MW sites on every major MW site 
** add some examples to MoU of how WMF benefits