Hello, Collab enthusiasts!

1 - I've just sent out a doodle for the coming 2 hangouts for December & January. 

Since part of Dec includes holidays and some of us will be vacationing, it would be good to schedule these two dates advance. 

Please fill out the doodle by next Saturday (Dec 6th) so we can schedule a final meeting time as soon as possible.

2 - Following a remark Paola made during our last meeting about a need for an in-depth discussions about various topics, I'd like to propose using our monthly meeting in a new way. I was thinking we can use the first 20 minutes of each meeting to showcase a specific project / initiative from around the world. Something in the lines of a 15 minute explanation about the project and 5 minutes for questions.

I believe having more than a minute to share our experiences will benefit everyone.

I also suggest that at least these parts of our meeting will be recorded and then uploaded as a YouTube video. Recording doesn't have to be via "hangout on air". We can simply use a screen-capture software for that part of the session. The idea is that we have a growing database of wiki-edu case reports, some might probably be best practices, but even if they are not, people can learn from anything that happens, from things that do not work as well as things that do work. In short, videos are an important educational tool. There is no reason why we should document only in a written form on outreach. We can use other sources and link them on outreach. I think this is something practical the collab can do to promote awareness. 

What do you say..? Is this something you'd like us to do during our meetings?

3 - And one last suggestion, which is practically directed at the WMF team, but again, I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts about -- with Education been such a focus globally in many chapters and the WMF itself, would it be possible to harness Victor, the WMF's official story-teller, to create a sort of "formal" video about what the Wiki Education program is? Similar to what was done for Wikipedia Zero, or a few days ago for the Erasmus prize? I think it's something we really need and can be used worldwide (with subtitles) to promote what it is that we are doing here.

Thanks for bearing with me with all my thoughts today.. :)

Have a great weekend, everyone! 

Shani. 

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Shani Evenstein (via Doodle) <mailer@doodle.com> wrote:

Shani Evenstein invites you to participate in the Doodle poll "Scheduling the Wiki-EDU Collab Monthly Meetings: Dec 2015 + Jan."

Hi there, Shani Evenstein (shani.even@gmail.com) invites you to participate in the Doodle poll "Scheduling the Wiki-EDU Collab Monthly Meetings: Dec 2015 + Jan." Hi, Collab members, This Doodle is for us to schedule our next *2* Wiki-EDU Collab Monthly Meeting, for both December 2015 & January 2016. Please mark the dates you can make it so we can set the time in advance. These meetings are not mandatory, but we would love to meet as many of you as possible online. Best, Shani & the WMF's EDU team. Participate now What is Doodle? Doodle is a web service that helps Shani Evenstein to find a suitable date for meeting with a group of people. Learn more about how Doodle works. You have received this e-mail because "Shani Evenstein" has invited you to participate in the Doodle poll "Scheduling the Wiki-EDU Collab Monthly Meetings: Dec 2015 + Jan." Doodle is also available for iOS and Android. Doodle AG, Werdstrasse 21, 8021 Zürich

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