The Wikimedia Foundation staff for the Wikipedia Education Program (Frank
Schulenburg, Annie Lin, LiAnna Davis, Jami Mathewson, and I) will be hosting a
scheduled public office hour in the #wikimedia-office IRC channel.
Date: Thursday, 21 June 2012
Topic: Wikipedia Education Program
This will be a general question and answer session. We have several
exciting new developments coming up: a transition from staff-led programs to
volunteer-led programs in North America, and a new piece of software for
Wikipedia that will help us manage the program better. We also are happy to
answer general questions you may have about the program.
If you have questions or concerns about the programs, or are simply
curious, this is a great opportunity to gain better insight into these programs.
If you are unable to attend, a link to the chat log will be posted at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours
for public viewing following the session.
Details on how to join the session are included below. We look forward to
chatting with you!
Rob Schnautz
Online Communications
Contractor
Global Development
Wikimedia Foundation
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If you haven't used IRC before, it may be easiest to use
a web client; this means you don't have to install any software on your
computer. Just click here to join in, and then choose a username when prompted:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-office You may be prompted to
click through a security warning. It's fine.
For more
information about IRC software you can install on your computer, go to
the Wikipedia entry on IRC or the Meta
page on Wikimedia IRC. If using
dedicated software, connect to the channel #wikimedia-officeconnect on the freenode
network.