Abstract Wikipedia team/Meetings plan

Team-wide meetings

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Below is the list of the Abstract Wikipedia team meetings, what they are about and who attends:

Abstract Wikipedia Team meetings plan, as of 2024-01-23
Meeting When Purpose Agenda Attendance
Product Manager Engineering Manager Designer Engineering QTE Community Relations
Lead All
Weekly Team Meeting Weekly on Tue

45 mins

Share what we're each working on, how we’re feeling, align on our focus areas for the week
  •  How are you feeling and what are you working on this week?
  • Do you need help or clarification with something?
  • Any questions about what you should be working on?
  • Is there something you want to demo for feedback?
Weekly OKR Status Weekly on Thu

30 mins

Report on OKR status and contextualize work being done on the team. Identify and manage risks.
  • Report on OKR status, run through Asana board.
  • Identify risks, scope changes, decisions needed.
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Work Planning Weekly per topic during Golden Hours

30 mins each

Synchronous collaboration on quarterly projects.
  • Clarification on implementation details
  • Deep-dives
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Engineering Check-In Weekly on Wed

50 mins

The engineering team meets to show each other their current work and problem-solve.
  • Go over previous action items
  • Identify technical problems
  • Brainstorm solutions
  • Celebrate work that we’re proud of
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Retro Bi-weekly on Thu

45 mins

Talk about what's working well, what's not working well, what we can improve, etc.
  • Kudos & shoutouts
  • What’s going well?
  • What can we improve?
  • What's confusing?


Social Weekly on Mon

30 mins

A "water-cooler" where the team can talk socially about their lives and bond.
  • Open agenda
  • Share in our collective humanity
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"Big Picture" Monthly Monthly on Thu

45 mins

A monthly meeting for the team to discuss "Big Picture" concepts around our work.
  • Who are we delivering for and why?
  • What could we be doing differently to make the world better?
  • How is language and cultural preservation going across humanity? Are there trends?
  • What's going on in the rest of the Internet that's relevant?
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Product Roundtable Monthly on Thu

45 mins

Space to discuss aspects of our product/process that everyone on the team should be aware of.
Volunteers' Corner Monthly on the first Mon

30 mins

Informal space on the first Monday of the month for volunteers and the AW team members for pairing, code review, talking about what volunteers have achieved or how to approach a task, which task is best to pick up next, etc.
  • Open agenda
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Natural Language Generation SIG[1] Twice weekly

30 mins

Face to face time with volunteers and AW team members working on or interested in Natural Language Generation.
  • Discuss work blockers / risks
  • Emerging topics
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Legend:

  • "✅" = attendance expected
  • "〰️" = attendance optional
  1. SIG = Special Interest Group meeting