On 22 Apr 2011, at 11:11, Gordon Joly wrote:
On 20/04/2011 23:48, Isabell Long wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:27:53PM +0100, James
Forrester wrote:
On 20 April 2011 18:04, Isabell
Long<isabell121(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Suggestions as to how I can get more involved are
welcome! I do plan to
come to one of the London meetups *soon*. :-)
Though I'd be the last to
discourage people from coming to the meetups
(and especially "my" meetups in London), they are primarily social
affairs and we don't get much done at them. We sometimes discuss doing
something, arrange them, or raise awareness of them, but if you're
looking to devote time in meat-space for Wikimedia-related things,
they are very much the start rather than the end. :-)
I'm social amongst
groups of like-minded people! And the meets (the
Sunday ones?) are in a nice, seemingly friendly venue. :-)
Thanks James,
Isabell.
The Sunday meetings in London are held in Wetherspoons pub (Lloyds
Number 1 bar?). Hence, food is available, and there is wide range of
drinks (hot, cold, alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Set Sunday lunches are
popular, cheap and include a free drink.
Future meets...
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/45
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/46
Content? Yes, it is a Wikimeet....
The easiest way of getting involved is definitely to come along to Wikimedia events like
the wikimeets or backstage passes. There's a UK-focused events list on the WMUK wiki,
at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events
There's also the on-wiki projects like WP:GLAM/BM, /BL, /DERBY, etc. which have plenty
of things on their to-do lists that you can help out with.
There are many different ways of being involved more actively, which mostly rely on
individuals taking the initiative, either by leading events (organise a wikimeet in your
city [they don't just need to be in London!]; talk to local organisations and see if
they want a Wikipedia Workshop, or a Backstage Pass event; ...), or putting together
online projects (focus on a specific topic; run an online competition; ..), or anything
else you can think of.
Thanks,
Mike