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May 2024

May 30:

Community Affairs Committee: Live call #2 on the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle at 16:00 UTC

May 23:

Community Affairs Committee: Live call #1 on the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle at 02:00 UTC

May 13–June 23:

Community Affairs Committee: Call for feedback on the proposed Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle

May 10–May 12:

ESEAP Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

May 8–May 29:

2024 Board election: Call for candidates

May 8–June 12:

2024 Board election: Call for questions for candidates

May 8–June 3:

Call for new members of the Conference Fund Committee

May 3–May 5:

Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia

May 2–May 5:

WikiNusantara in Bogor, Indonesia

May 2–May 4:

Global Wiki Advocacy Meet-up in Santiago, Chile

April 25–May 9:

UCoC Coordinating Committee election: Voting period (information for voters / list of all candidates)

April 2024

April 30:

Community Resilience and Sustainability conversation hour with Maggie Dennis at 18:00 UTC

April 19–April 21:

Wikimedia Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany

April 2–April 30:

Movement Charter: Wikimedia communities review of the Movement Charter full draft (talk page discussions / regional conversations)

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