weekly update:

• July showcase is closed and mediawiki has been updated. Thank you email to be sent early next week.
• September invites went out to speakers- one confirmed participation already.

weekly update:

• September showcase is closed and confirmed
• Coordination for October is underway

weekly update:

• no update last week due to Wikimania
• invites were sent to October presenters and one accepted
• November and December showcase planning is already underway

weekly update:

• logistics email sent for Sept
• October showcase presenters have confirmed
• Miriam and Eli will be meeting Sept 4 to plan for Nov and Dec

There will be no updates for the next two weeks as I will be OOO.

weekly update:

• Received all required logistics for September and sent out emails about showcase
• Sent out calendar invites for October
• Confirmed Nov speakers.

weekly update:

• we had a successful September showcase- thank you to everyone involved
• will send out logistics for Oct next week.
• December invites to be sent next week

weekly update:

• October showcase is next week and we've received all logistics for it.
• we will have an internal meeting next week to go over the live stream setup since I will be OOO during the next showcase.
• We still need to finalize the time of the December showcase but speakers have confirmed attendance.

weekly update:

• October showcase completed. Thanks to all those involved and especially Eli and Miriam who took on extra roles this time around.
• Finalized the logistics for December showcase
• Scheduled meeting for brainstorming on January showcase.

weekly update:

• follow ups for October are completed
• logistics email for Nov to be sent out next week
• we have a coordination meeting next week to schedule January

weekly updates:

• logistics emails for Nov sent
• we held a brainstorming session for Jan-March. January is pretty much set and there are a couple of to-dos in order to finalize Feb+March but we already have potential topics and speakers

weekly update:

• Nov showcase is complete and follow-up email was sent to speakers
• January showcase is confirmed and scheduled
• I plan to start coordination on any needed logistics or information for the December showcase next week.

weekly update (missed a few due to sick time):

• Follow up emails for December were sent out
• swag order sent

I'm moving this task to the Q3 lane

weekly update:

• Reached out re logistics for Jan showcase
• Finalized Feb showcase topic, though format is still TBD (Eli and Leila coordinating on this)
• Finalized March showcase topic and drafted invites

weekly update:

• January showcase is ready to go for next week
• still finalizing March speakers

weekly update:

• January showcase is complete. Thanks to all involved! follow ups will be sent next week
• February showcase topic is set.
• We are awaiting one confirmation from a potential speaker for March. If they don't confirm, we will look for an alternative speaker next week.

weekly update:

• We have two speakers for March: one full presentation (20 min) and one shorter presentation (10 min). We are waiting on one speaker's response but it looks like we will stick with these presentations.
• I'm coordinating with Leila for April and onwards.

weekly update:

• We've confirmed the speakers for March
• I met with Leila and we agreed on the following:
  • We will attempt to plan showcases several months in advance. I will coordinate with Leila on the relevant themes and the showcase coordination team will decide on the papers to be presented.
  • I will work on creating a better system for following publications on an ongoing basis to allow us to stay on top of the relevant papers for showcases. I will likely utilize the Research Weekly meeting for this since we go over recent publications there, and this system will serve other community work (WMF RAY, Wiki Workshop)
  • An RACI matrix for the showcases can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xwt2TrKGeVv0kf273ZkGyrnJ9BJ0Kk7_bALEkK4iHbI/edit?tab=t.sjl9oy5wnayt
• We have selected papers for April and have sent out invites to authors.

weekly update:

• February showcase completed.
• Logistics email to March speakers sent out.
• April showcase speakers confirmed.
• We have a coordination meeting on March 5, June speakers should be determined then

weekly update:

• Decided on two papers for June. Invites should be sent out in the next couple of days.
• July planning is underway.

weekly update:
no update

weekly update:

• Logistics sent for April
• We have two confirmed speakers for June
• We have one confirmed speaker for July and the second expressed interest though we haven't confirmed him yet.

weekly update:
no update

update:
we had a meeting to coordinate the September and October showcases. I need to follow-up with Leila on a couple of items but we have directions for themes/papers for both.

update:

• Followed up with Mike who agreed to present. Still need to follow up with Leila re Sept/Oct
• sent logistics for July.

update:

• September invites sent out.

weekly update:
none