7 June 2019 MWstake Meeting

Date (UTC):	7 June 2019 15:30:00 - 7 June 2019 16:30:00
URL:	https://meet.google.com/mdd-ufhn-ksb
Etherpad:	https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/mwstake-2019-06

Meeting agenda

Wait for attendees & chat 5 min
Wiki Quickie 5 min Daren
- ~~Another focus on sidebars similar to last month, this will demonstrate how to use the DynamicSidebar extension~~
Note: This will be postponed until next month.
MWStake incorporation effort update 3 min Mark
- Bank Account, soon to have merchant account
- Call for comment on Activities and Operational Information
MWStake proposed membership dues 5 min Bryan
- Call for comments on proposed MWStake membership Dues
Update on SMWCon 2019 15 min Lex
- Proposed website
- Distributing talks, workshops and create camps across the 3 conference days?
- Parallel talk/workshop/create camp tracks?
- Conference Swag: MEZA Wiki on a USB Stick/RasPi?
- Participants Pool
BoilerPlate extension maintenance 5 min Mark
- What actually needs to be done to the BoilerPlate extension?
Third party support 5 min Cindy
- Third party support looking forward
Scientific Publishing and MediaWiki 5 min Bryan
- Current efforts to improve scientific publishing in using MediaWiki

(Greg) Upgraded all his wikis to 1.32.2 using Meza
- Asked if anyone else had, nobody volunteered, Greg is ahead of the game.
(Mark) MWStake now has a bank account
(Lex) Presented update on SMWCon 2019
- Asked for feedback on the new conference front page's 3 bullet points
  - (Mark) Voiced his approval, especially #3
  - (Lex) Mentioned that Airy mentioned both SMW and EMW be mentioned since it was EMWCon 2019 in Daly city that gained his involvement in the group
  - (Sabine) What is the difference between "MW Data" and "SMW Data"
    - (Sabine, Cindy, & Mark) Maybe change the first bullet to "knowledge" vs. data
- (Lex) One track or multiple track conference?
  - (Lex) Wolfgang and Marie only are interested in the talks and they may represent other's views as well?
  - (Cindy) We might want to consider their (Wolfgang & Marie) views as proxies for others, although we shouldn't design the conference around it
  - (Cindy) Doesn't like the create camps and tutorials sprinkled through the conference
  - (Lex) OK, so create camps and tutorials at the end
- (Lex) Would like to have conference swag like Meza installed on a Raspberry Pi but doesn't have the time to work out the bugs
  - ACTION ITEM (Mark) I will work with Daren for Meza on Rasberry Pi
- (Lex) ACTION ITEM Regarding the "Participation Pool", I will contact my short list to help fund the conference with companies in the MediaWiki space, they will receive marketing based on their contribution