Activity report (Q1 2013–2014)

This report describes the activities of New England Wikimedians from July 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.

Content programs
During the quarter, New England Wikimedians held no content program meetings.

Annual meeting


Our annual meeting for Fiscal Year 2013–14 was held on July 20 at Wu-Rosen Associated. The meeting featured the featured discussions revolving around the creation of a user group under the name of New England Wikimedians, the appointment of Maia Weinstock and Kevin Rutherford as Co-Chairs, and the agreement that we wanted to organize into a user group. We also discussed the costs and benefits of becoming a user group as well. The idea of Wikipedians in Residence was also discussed, as there are currently no active ones in the area at the moment. Furthermore, discussions about monthly meetings and communications were brought up, although there was no consensus to do IRC meetings, as some persons were not comfortable with the platform.

We also discussed the future of the user group, including spending a day tagging articles needing images, Wiki Loves Monuments events, and coordination with Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States. Furthermore, there was talk about adding e-mails collected to the mailing list, as well as someone to review provisionary bylaws, which were taken from Wikimedia New York City. Finally, it was agreed upon that Maia would look into signing the User Group Agreement so that the group could become officially recognized as a chapter in the coming year.