Dear Bostonians,
Please join other Boston-area Wikipedians and supporters in
celebrating the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia's founding!
Saturday evening, MIT (4-5 days away): a brief champagne & cake celebration
Saturday Jan 22 (12 days away): an afternoon of nostalgia & prognostication.
details (RSVP) : http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston
Sam.
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Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Dear friends,
We will have two Wiki X events in Boston: a short, fabulous one-hour
party Saturday night, Jan 15, at MIT -- cohosted by Team [Code X],
which will be in the middle of the annual Mystery Hunt -- and an
afternoon of talks, videos, and local outreach -- on either Friday or
Saturday Jan 21/22.
If you can make either one, please respond to this thread and help
plan who we should invite, what we should drink, and what cyberart we
might use to mark the day. I will have some sweet t-shirts, stickers,
and other swag -- at least for the first few dozen participants each
day.
Sam.
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Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Come to the monthly Wikipedia meetup in Harvard Square:
When: 7pm (Monday December 13)
Where: Le's Restaurant, Cambridge (in the Harvard Square Garaga, 36 JFK St)
Come share what's on your mind, and find out about 10th anniversary
parties taking place in January.
SJ!
NB: this is TODAY at 6pm :)
The original note I resent was sent around yesterday [sorry for the repeats].
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Joseph Reagle <joseph.2008(a)reagle.org>
> Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:21 AM
> Subject: [wikipedia] Fwd: Re: Discussing "The Internet is a Semicommons"
> To: wikipedia(a)eon.law.harvard.edu
>
>
>
> Reminder, meeting [Wednesday] at *6:00* PM -- because of possible room
> conflict -- to discuss Grimmelmann and Geiger/Ribes. James plans to
> call in.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Reagle/Berkman_Reading_Group
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>
> Subject: Re: Discussing "The Internet is a Semicommons"
> Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 18:02:28
> From: James Grimmelmann <james(a)grimmelmann.net>
> To: joseph(a)reagle.org
>
> On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Joseph Reagle wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, November 21, 2010, James Grimmelmann wrote:
>>> Hey, neat. I'm very flattered. It's highly unlikely that I'll be able to join in person. I *might* be able to call in, but I won't know until perhaps Tuesday. I think it's best for you to assume I won't be able to call in, but if that changes on my end, I'll let you know ASAP.
>>
>> Sure, that's fine.
>
> So: I should be able to join you via phone. How would you like to
> handle this logistically?
>
> James
>
>
>
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> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Joseph Reagle <joseph.2008(a)reagle.org>
Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:21 AM
Subject: [wikipedia] Fwd: Re: Discussing "The Internet is a Semicommons"
To: wikipedia(a)eon.law.harvard.edu
Reminder, meeting tomorrow at *6:00* PM -- because of possible room
conflict -- to discuss Grimmelmann and Geiger/Ribes. James plans to
call in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Reagle/Berkman_Reading_Group
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: Re: Discussing "The Internet is a Semicommons"
Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 18:02:28
From: James Grimmelmann <james(a)grimmelmann.net>
To: joseph(a)reagle.org
On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Joseph Reagle wrote:
> On Sunday, November 21, 2010, James Grimmelmann wrote:
>> Hey, neat. I'm very flattered. It's highly unlikely that I'll be able to join in person. I *might* be able to call in, but I won't know until perhaps Tuesday. I think it's best for you to assume I won't be able to call in, but if that changes on my end, I'll let you know ASAP.
>
> Sure, that's fine.
So: I should be able to join you via phone. How would you like to
handle this logistically?
James
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Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Good question -- this is open to any undergrad or grad students who
are interested and close enough to pay visits to one of those schools.
--SJ
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:32 AM, Joshua Gay <joshuagay(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it open to just BU and Harvard or are you also looking for new Boston
> area schools?
Hello,
The Public Policy Initiative is picking up steam and interested profs.
It was a big hit at the Drumbeat Festival earlier this month, and
there are both BU and Harvard classes engaged in the program. PPI is
looking for another 2-3 local students interested in being campus
ambassadors to work with these Boston-area teachers and students over
the coming year.
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Initiative
Please let me know if you have any friends or students who might be
interested, and pass this on. Interested students are welcome to post
ideas or questions to this list, and should contact me or Annie Lin
(alin@wikimedia).
Sam
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As some of you already know, a possible space has been found for RCC Boston:
Boucoup Loft. We are going to go forward with this unless there are major
objections by the local wiki community or others. The price will be $3,000
for the three days.
We are looking to schedule Recent Changes Camp on a Friday, Saturday and
Sunday in March (ideally 4th - 6th). I will contact Nate Tassinari, her
Bocoup Loft contact, to coordinate a date with him. If you have any requests
about how the space is set up, please let me know so I can address them with
staff of Bocoup Loft.
Bocoup Loft is in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood, 5 minutes from South
Station and 10 minutes from Chinatown. It is a coworking space run by
Bocoup, an open source Javascript company. There are 30 restaurants in the
area. The proximity to South Station means that it's easy to get there via
the Red Line and Commuter Rail. It is also very close to the Institute of
Contemporary Art and the Children's Museum, just to give you an idea in
terms of location.
Features of the space:
-elevator (currently broken, but will be fixed by March)
-seating space that can fit 100 chairs
-other space that can be used for name tags/swag and sessions
-2 kitchens (stove, microwave, fridge)
-2 bathrooms
-Wifi (although we would probably want to supplement it with our own Wifi if
at all possible)
-projection screen
-Conference room we can use that seats 6-8 people
-possible sponsor in company that's right next door
-3,500 square feet of space for us to use
-willingness of the staff at Bocoup to promote our event through their blog
and Twitter feed
This is a space where people work, but the folks at Bocoup will either have
people work somewhere else or put up dividers so the noise won't be an
issue. If other co-working space isn't rented out during the conference, we
can use that too. From talking to Nate, I really get the sense that he's
willing to work with us and I think that's really important.
I was really pleased with the space and think it would be a good fit for
RCC.
Please reply with questions / objections by October 22th, 2010.
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"Only the shallow know themselves." - Oscar Wilde