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Wikimedia New England chapter?
by Sven Manguard 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Hello there everyone. The point of this email is very simple. I want to gauge how much support we have in the New England Wikipedian community for forming a chapter. The idea was discussed at the April 22nd general meeting, but hasn't been brought up since. If there's enough support coming from this list for moving forward, my goal would be to have some sort of draft document *ready for final discussion and possible approval* by the next annual general meeting in five months. Hence why I'm asking now. I'd appreciate it if you got back to me with your thoughts, whether it be yes, no, or something else entirely. Many thanks, Sven

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries event today!
by Sven 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Hey everyone. Just wanted to give you all a last minute reminder that the WLL event at the Cambridge Public Library main branch is today, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. I hope to see you there! Sven

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WLL@Cambridge notices in the press and online
by Arend Sluis 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

What my quick Google search found (leaving out the notices on Alyssa's blog, the CPL website, and Wikipedia). Arend. 1) Editor's Pick at Boston.com http://calendar.boston.com/cambridge_ma/events/show/293426605-wikipedia-lov… and in the print edition of the Globe as well (yesterday) http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/11/14/boston-area-events/SSYmTPb05ohemIvgm… 2) Cambridge City website http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/citynewsandpublications/news/2012/11/wikipedi… 3) Massachusetts Study Network http://mastudies.ning.com/forum/topics/wikipedia-loves-libraries-at-the-cam… 4) Harvard Blog (see entry on 9/10/2012) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/

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Announcing GLAM Boot Camp US 2013
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hello Boston-area Wikipedians, I am excited about all of the recent activity in the Boston area, especially with the success (and future success) of Wikipedia Loves Libraries. I want to announce another GLAM-related event we're planning in the US for those of you who are interested in the idea of GLAM. Wikimedia DC, in cooperation with the National Archives as host, is organizing GLAM Boot Camp, a new model event in which those of us with extensive backgrounds in GLAM projects will be giving a workshop to share experiences and teach skills relevant to the GLAM-Wiki project. The concept for this event was developed at GLAMcamp London, and the concept behind it is to give experienced Wikipedians the skillset and confidence they need to engage in GLAM projects so that, ultimately, GLAM-Wiki will be more representative of the regular Wikipedia editing community. At GLAMcamp, the lack of broad community participation from different types of contributors was identified as one of the effort's key problems. So this is for all of you Wikipedians who like the conce of helping libraries, museums and archives share their knowledge with Wikipedia, even if (especially if) you aren't actually experienced in doing that yet. With Wikimedia DC's help, we are planning to cover the travel costs of all attendees, to ensure that money or geography are not a barrier to participation. I would like to invite anyone who is intrigued to please indicate your interest by answering a few short questions on this Google form: http://goo.gl/TCiYx. This is especially important so we can pin down the ideal weekend to hold the event, and the sooner we get responses, the sooner we can reserve the venue. To learn more about the GLAM Boot Camp, please see the more detailed description and proposed program at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp. Thanks! Dominic -- Dominic McDevitt-Parks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dominic

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries outreach and edit-a-thon, this Saturday!
by Sven Manguard 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Hello everyone. This Saturday, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, I will be hosting a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at the Cambridge Public Library main branch. Full details of the event are at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_Public_Library/Wiki… I would greatly appreciate it if we had a strong showing of Wikipedians, especially because we have ten librarians/archaists/nonprofit-workers showing up for the event, and it would be nice from an outreach standpoint to be able to demonstrate that we have a thriving local community. Additionally, this event was brought to us by Arend Sluis, the President of the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library, and by Alyssa Pacy, the archaist of the Cambridge Public Library, and I get the feeling that if this event goes well, there will be opportunities for future events. But more importantly than all that, I hope you come because this is going to be a fun experience! If you're interested and haven't signed up yet, please do so (space is not a concern for this event, but heavens forbid if we were to run out of food). I look forward to seeing you there! Sven

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Meetup tonight, Denny's talk tomorrow
by Samuel Klein 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Dear all, There's a meetup tonight - I'll only be there briefly at the start - and we held it in Clover again because we haven't heard back about a good place near BU to have a Boston-based meetup. BUT! It would be great for the next meetup to be in Boston. At any rate, if you can't make it to either tonight or tomorrow's meeting, but want to find out more about the library wiki-events this month around town, please write to this list! Regards, SJ

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Reminder: Wikipedia Loves Libraries Boston is TODAY
by Sven Manguard 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event at the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library is *today, November 10, 2012, from 1:00 to 4:30 PM.* * *GorillaWarfare is the event organizer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston_Public_Library/Wikiped… * *has all the details. Hope to see you there! * *Sven* *

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Denny Vrandečić on "Wikidata: The next step for Wikipedia (and beyond)" - Tuesday 11/13 4:15pm @ Berkman
by Benj. Mako Hill 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

Greetings! I know many of you have seen the announcement already but if you have not, you might want to considering coming to a talk on WikiData at the Berkman Center. You can find details in the attached message or on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiData_Presentation_at_Berk… If you are coming, we'd appreciate an on-wiki RSVP. Thanks! Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill mako(a)atdot.cc http://mako.cc/ Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto

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December 10 meetup location
by Sven Manguard 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

We talked in the past about maybe alternating between Cambridge and Boston for the meetups, but the last few have been in Clover Food Lab, and we've never really explored finding a Boston location since that place in Chinatown moved. I have, despite having living here for several years, no real grasp of the meeting spots in the city, but I'd like to propose that for the Monday, December 10, 2012 monthly meeting, we find a place on this side of the Charles to meet up. I think that we'd be able to boost attendance a bit if we did. Thoughts? Sven

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Wikipedia Loves Libraries at Cambridge Public Library Nov 17
by Arend Sluis 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

The Friends of the Cambridge Public Library will be providing some light food for the event, so an accurate head count would be helpful for ordering. My deadline is Friday around noon. If anybody is planning to attend (even if you are unsure--nothing wrong with too much food, since librarians are a hungry bunch), please RSVP by Friday morning (11/16) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_Public_Library/Wiki… We have 11 people so far. Thanks! Arend.

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