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= Meeting Notes =

== News and Updates ==
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_Wishlist Developer Wishlist]
* Technical Collaboration's (WMF) role in supproritng third-party users
** Known contact points: Quim (via Chris) is the liaison for us
** CTO reportedly supports MediaWiki as a product
* New MediaWiki core team!?
** Dedicated people (Engineers, Product managers)
** ROADMAP!!!! (tbd)
** Very encouraging to hear support for MW as a product.
* Will probably have WMF engineer(s) at the EMWCon
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-February/086343.html Cloud Team]
** WMFLabs & Tools
** "Wikimedia cloud services"
** Brian Davis is leading
** Historical interest in 3rd party
** Dockerize MW?
* Some feedback I've heard from WMF folks on leadership in MWStake
** Criticism: MWStake started out really strong, but people are a bit unimpressed
** Waiting for getting something more concrete accomplished
** There are visibility issues with mwstake, we do things (''e.g.'' extensions, EMWCon) but we are not branding it as mwstake

== Conventions ==

=== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2017 EMWCon] ===

* #mwstake will host (''i.e.'' lend its name to, no money involved) an edit-a-thon the first evening of EMWCon in conjunction with WikiDC
** Evening of first day 5:30-9:30
** offsite from EMWCon venue
** probably government transition oriented
** first evening (Weds) editathon focused on gov links notably to whitehouse.gov if those links are still broken
** Peter Meyer expects to get support from WikiDC for food for this first evening.
** Co-sponsoring with some org, e.g. MWstake, is important to making that happen
* Social event second evening
* [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Open_Semantic_Data_Association Open Semantic Data Associaton] - they support SMWCon, but my understanding from Yaron is that they are not involved in EMWCon
* ACTION: all promote Call for Participation for EMWCon
* ACTION: Mark talk to Lex about create camp

=== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017 Vienna Hackathon] ===
* 6 hour track on Friday (May 19-21), i.e. 8 slots, 45 minutes each (possibly)
** Works for branding MWStake
* Working title: "The potential of MediaWiki" -> find something better
* Draft programme should be ready by next Wednesday
* Topic suggestions?
** '''Use case''' +!
** Tutorial?
** Panel discussion
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Register_and_Attend#Scholarships Apply for travel assistance]
* ACTION: Markus etherpad with draft schedule
* Possibly attending: Lex, Chris, Mark, Markus, Cindy, Peter

== Incorporation ==
* Status and next steps
* Fundraising
** Need a clearly defined outcome
** hosting of MWStake and Wikiapiary!?
*** <shamless plug>Wikimedia Cloud Services</shameless plug>
* [https://lwn.net/Articles/713073/ FOSS Umbrella orgs in the EU]
** Alternative structures, non US incorporation
** Just go B-Corp?   "public benefit corporation"
* Plan was:  US 501(c)(6), a professional organisation
* Need to align with WMF
* Apply for Grants
* Wikimedia DC could do a "fiscal sponsorship"
** Possibly that even could include paid staff.
* ACTION: Mark & Peter hash this out

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