On 16/05/2011 14:39, Chris Keating wrote:
I have implemented my own suggestion and restricted
the notice to a
box more defined by Lincoln and Southend - I hope that is OK with
people, I'm just a bit conscious that watchlist notices are quite
intrusive and we should be careful not to tell the whole of the UK
about every event happening in the whole country.
I'm actually a bit concerned about this approach. What other major
channel is there for me to publicise a meetup? And are you justified in
assuming meetups are only of interest "locally!? At the recent London
meetup I met a Wikipedian who lives in Lancashire.
I've also tweeted about it:
http://twitter.com/#!/wikimediauk/status/70119179818242048
<http://twitter.com/#%21/wikimediauk/status/70119179818242048>
There is a good match between the profile of Wikimedians and that of
Tweeters, so Twitter is a very useful tool for us as an organisation.
If there's ever anything that we can usefully tweet about please feel
free to email me, or do a reply to @wikimediauk.
Well, I would say that the profile of those who actually come to meetups
is a bit more middle-aged than that.
On the general situation: there are few meetups outside London in a
year. Meetups are a way of drawing those who "only" edit into other
things. I'd like to see WMUK give the running of more meetups maximum
support.
Charles