Hi Wiki-Bostonians and Wiki-Cambridgers,
Our 2nd annual Wiki-Conference NYC will be held over the weekend of
August 28-29 2010, hosted by ITP at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts,
and also supported by Free Culture @ NYU and Wikimedia New York City.
There's still plenty of time to join a panel, or to propose a
lightning talk or an open space session.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference
Register for the Wiki-Conference here:
http://bit.ly/wikinyc
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia New York City
http://nyc.wikimedia.org
I know we mentioned this at the last meetup but now that they have (finally)
confirmed the dates I wanted to give another heads up to everyone about Next
months NYC Wiki Conference to be held Saturday-Sunday August 28th-29th. You
can find out more info at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference with a
link to register (free) as well. They are still looking for ideas for
lightning talks, panels and more open discussions so if you have ideas throw
them on the board :). On a side note if you are interested in off-wiki help
(OTRS, our volunteer email response team, IRC etc) I'm trying to get a panel
together and would love to hear from others interested.
James Alexander
User:Jamesofur
james.alexander(a)rochester.edu
jamesofur(a)gmail.com
Nicole and other RecentChangesCamp folks have been discussing holding
an RCC in Boston next Spring. That sounds like fun, and it's been a
long time since we had such an event here (not counting the small
semantic wiki event a couple months back)... but as Nicole points out,
we need a venue suitable for a 2-day ~150 people unconference.
Nicole - are there specific people we should draw in from the Boston
area? We should look into local facilitators. All - do you have a
space in mind that you think would make sense?
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Nicole Willson
<artisticaltruist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
< Recent Changes 2011:
> basically everyone wants to have it in Boston so I agreed to find a venue.
> I'm trying to get a team together and have been talking to some wikiHow and
> library school people. I find it interesting that Marc wants us to find a
> venue in two weeks when it took so long to get a venue in Montreal (a
> socialist center and the only place where I've ever seen a needle disposal
> unit in a public bathroom, but good nonetheless). I think it'd be good to
> talk about this at some point, so that all the Boston local organizers are
> on the same page. I can meet on Thursday or Friday evening this week and my
> schedule is pretty open next week. I can also be reached by phone at
> 857-272-0394 (temporary number) or 617-325-2222 (home number).
>
Dear Wikipedians and free culture lovers,
Wikimedia is looking for campus ambassadors who love WP and are
interested in public policy. The Kennedy School is one of ~20
institutes (huzzah!) taking part in a consortium to help improve
ffreely-licensed public policy info available online through / using
Wikipedia to amplify the work. I think it will be a fascinating
example of how universities can contribute to the overall process of
creating and curating free knowledge.
If you know some students - undergrads, grads, law students, gov
students - or other Wikipedians who might be interested in being a
campus ambassador, please put them in touch with me.
We could use ambassadors anywhere in the greater Boston area.
Currently Harvard is the only Boston-area school that is part of this
project, but other unis are likely to join. And the need is for
students who can help faculty and their classes get to know the
projects; being at the same uni as the profs (or one closeby) is handy
but not required.
Let me know if you have any questions;
SJ
(reporting from Wikimania in Gdansk)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Annie Lin <alin(a)wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: Have any recommendation for Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors
at Harvard?
Hi SJ,
Here's a short blurb about the Campus Ambassador role:
"The Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors are central components of the Public
Policy Initiative. Volunteers in this role will be in charge of
training and supporting the participating professors and students on
Wikipedia-related skills (e.g. how to edit articles, how to add
references); prior knowledge of these skills is not required for the
role, as the Wikimedia Foundation will provide training for all Campus
Ambassadors. The Campus Ambassadors will also give in-class
presentations about Wikipedia, help recruit new Wikipedia contributors
on campus, organize "Welcome to Wikipedia" social events, and in
general serve as mentors for new Wikipedia editors in the university
community. This role provides great opportunities for leadership
development and professional networking, and we're looking for
students who are interested in using technology for educational
purposes, who enjoy helping other people, and who support free
knowledge."
And this link provides more details about the role:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Campus_Ambassador.
Here is also a condensed blurb about the Public Policy Initiative, in
case you want to incorporate this somewhere:
"In the Wikimedia Public Policy Initiative, we're working with
professors at universities across the country to incorporate improving
public policy articles on Wikipedia into the curriculum. The aim is to
benefit all parties: improve Wikipedia's coverage of U.S. public
policy, expose students to feedback from a diverse and public
community of editors, and educate students and professors about the
inner workings of the web's fifth most-visited website. Professors at
Harvard University, Georgetown University, George Washington
University, Indiana University, and Syracuse University have already
joined the Initiative with courses planned for the fall semester, and
we're also looking for a few more professors to participate in both
the fall and spring semesters."
For those of you not busy tonight at 7pm, come spend time with Mayo Fuster
and other friendly wikipedians, discuss wiki research happening in Europe,
relish free culture, and kibitz on the new wagamama menu options.
SJ
617 529 4266
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fuster, Mayo <Mayo.Fuster(a)eui.eu>
Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Subject: RE: RS: RS: Ciao Samuel!
To: Philipp Schmidt <phi.schmidt(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Di Ponti <vulpeto(a)gmail.com>, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>,
mako(a)atdot.cc, Elizabeth Stark <emstark(a)gmail.com>, André Valente <
avalente(a)mcb.harvard.edu>
Hello everybody!
If you are already in town just to make you notice that tonight (Wednesday
Oct 21) there is a Wiki meet up at Harward Squarestarting at 7 (at
Wagamama). I think if other Wiki researchers could come world be great to
engage a discussion on results emerging on wiki research.
Info here: http://wikipedia.meetup.com/5/calendar/11666919/
Kisses! Mayo
«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»
Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info
European University Institute - Phd Candidate
School of information Berkeley Visiting researcher
Phone Italy: 0039-3345440747 or 0039-0558409982
Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748
E-mail: mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu
Skype: mayoneti
Identi.ca: Mayo
------------------------------
*From:* Philipp Schmidt [mailto:phi.schmidt@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Wed 21/10/2009 15:45
*To:* Fuster, Mayo
*Cc:* Di Ponti; Samuel Klein; mako(a)atdot.cc; Elizabeth Stark; André Valente
*Subject:* Re: RS: RS: Ciao Samuel!
Sounds great - what time? what to bring? P
2009/10/20 Fuster, Mayo <Mayo.Fuster(a)eui.eu>:
> Hello everybody!!!
>
> I hope that you are all happy and fine!!!!
>
> Ei! An alternative proposal: I am staying at Mako's place and we were
> already in plan for a dinner on Thursday night with other
> freeculture-friends (Briella, Mika, Micah and Rolando) at Mako's place.
> Today we commented why don't you also come alone? Mako's place
> (http://www.acetarium.com/) is in David Square (Somerville).
>
> Kisses to all! Mayo
>
>
> «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
> «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·»
> «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»
>
> Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info
> European University Institute - Phd Candidate
> School of information Berkeley Visiting researcher
> Phone Italy: 0039-3345440747 or 0039-0558409982
> Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748
> E-mail: mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu
> Skype: mayoneti
> Identi.ca: Mayo
>
>
>
>
> -----Missatge original-----
> De: Di Ponti [mailto:vulpeto@gmail.com <vulpeto(a)gmail.com>]
> Enviat el: dg. 18/10/2009 21:19
> Per a: Philipp Schmidt
> A/c: Samuel Klein; Fuster, Mayo; mako(a)atdot.cc; Elizabeth Stark; André
> Valente
> Tema: Re: RS: Ciao Samuel!
>
> So -
> what about 9:30pm some place in harvard square? Or lizard's lounge, in
mass
> ave, near the coop (sacramento st), where SJ and I lived at some earlier
> point in our lives?
>
> Looking forward,
> /r
>
> PS - it's cool I don't go to the workshop on friday, when I can get the
best
> - contact, laughter, friendship :)
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Philipp Schmidt
> <phi.schmidt(a)gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 2009/10/16 Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>:
>> > Lovely! Thursday night is free for me. Then Friday I must prep for
>> > the festival on saturday. I'll be here again through Nov 4, then to
>> > France for a related fc/multimedia workshop.
>>
>> Thursday night is good for me as well. Look forward to seeing some of
>> you again and others for the first time (I think). I will be in Boston
>> from Tuesday night or Wed morning until Saturday. P
>>
>>
>> > SJ
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Di Ponti <vulpeto(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hello SJ, Mayo and Philipp!
>> >>
>> >> I just got my ticket to Boston, - I will arrive on thursday, but then
>> >> saturday i have to go down to Florida for WikiSym. I'll then be back
in
>> >> boston on the 31st of october (hosting a cuddle party on the 1st of
>> >> nov,
>> any
>> >> interest?).
>> >>
>> >> so - maybe we could meet thursday night. Also - friday - my best
friend
>> >> Andre is throwing a party - and I would love if you four came (I don't
>> even
>> >> know if you, Philipp, will be in Boston).
>> >>
>> >> Hugs from me, in my copenhagen surroundings.
>> >> Y besos,
>> >> rut
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> rut should be here -- else my astral projection will eat her. but
>> >>> sadly i will be away mon/tue that week and at the boston book fest on
>> >>> fri/sat.
>> >>>
>> >>> S!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Fuster, Mayo <Mayo.Fuster(a)eui.eu>
>> wrote:
>> >>> > Hello Samuel! and Hello Rut!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Nice! Thanks.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I will be in Boston from Monday 19th to Sunday 25th. I am staying
at
>> >>> > Mako's
>> >>> > place.
>> >>> > Sunday 25th morning/lunch is perfectly fine for me to meet. I am
>> leaving
>> >>> > in
>> >>> > the evening. Great going to see you.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > By the way, Rut are you finally also going to be at Boston that
>> >>> > week?
>> It
>> >>> > would be nice to do a Wikimania revival.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Kisses to both, Mayo
>> >>> >
>> >>> > «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
>> >>> > «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·»
>> >>> > «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info
>> >>> > European University Institute - Phd Candidate
>> >>> > School of information Berkeley Visiting researcher
>> >>> > Phone Italy: 0039-3345440747 or 0039-0558409982
>> >>> > Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748
>> >>> > E-mail: mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu
>> >>> > Skype: mayoneti
>> >>> > Identi.ca: Mayo
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -----Missatge original-----
>> >>> > De: Samuel Klein [mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>]
>> >>> > Enviat el: dv. 09/10/2009 22:06
>> >>> > Per a: Fuster, Mayo
>> >>> > Tema: Re: Ciao Samuel!
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Oho!! I can't wait to see you. How was everything in Bar-celona?
>> >>> > We'll definitely spend some time together, though I am mainly free
>> >>> > that Sunday...
>> >>> >
>> >>> > SJ
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Fuster, Mayo <Mayo.Fuster(a)eui.eu>
>> wrote:
>> >>> >> Hola Samuel!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Com estas? I hope happy and fine! I am fine, still with a nice
>> lasting
>> >>> >> feeling from magic Wikimania!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I am coming to Boston - Cambridge for the Free culture research
>> >>> >> workshop
>> >>> >> at
>> >>> >> the Berkman center in October 23. After passing NY, I am planning
>> >>> >> to
>> be
>> >>> >> at
>> >>> >> Boston from 19th to 25th of October.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> If you are around, it would be very nice to see you and hang-out
>> >>> >> together!
>> >>> >> If I do not have that luck and you will not be around, any
>> suggestion
>> >>> >> of
>> >>> >> people/experiences to meet would be very welcome.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Let me know if there is something you would like I bring from
>> >>> >> Italy.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Besaetes! Mayo
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
>> >>> >> «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·»
>> >>> >> «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Research Digital Commons Governance:
http://www.onlinecreation.info
>> >>> >> European University Institute - Phd Candidate
>> >>> >> School of information Berkeley Visiting researcher
>> >>> >> Phone Italy: 0039-3345440747 or 0039-0558409982
>> >>> >> Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748
>> >>> >> E-mail: mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu
>> >>> >> Skype: mayoneti
>> >>> >> Identi.ca: Mayo
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://p2pu.org - Peer 2 Peer University
>> http://bokaap.net - "Sharing Nicely"
>>
>
>
--
http://p2pu.org - Peer 2 Peer University
http://bokaap.net - "Sharing Nicely"
A friend is looking for a project lead with MediaWiki and
community-building experience, for a global dispute resolution
project. Part of a rare Harvard-UN collaboration; based in Boston or
NYC.
Naturally I thought of wikien. Hmm, wait -- dispute *resolution*. Ah
well. Please take a look, and feel free to pass it on and reply
directly to Caroline.
SJ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Caroline Nolan <cnolan(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Subject: Job Opportunity: The Corporate Social Responsibility
Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School
A job opportunity from the CSR Initiative at KSG--please feel free to
pass it on to your network.
PROJECT LEADER FOR GLOBAL WIKI ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy
School is recruiting a project leader to take forward the global wiki
it is developing about dispute resolution between companies and
communities. The project is run on behalf of the UN
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human
Rights, Prof. John Ruggie.
The site – BASESwiki (www.baseswiki.org) - is currently being
transferred to a new platform with new design and functionality. The
transition will be complete by early November. The project leader
will oversee the bedding down of the new site and handle any technical
problems that arise, together with the developers. He/she will drive
forward a new discussion forum and build the interactive aspects of
the site; manage interns; build on and develop new institutional
partnerships around the world, help with the development of additional
language portals; conduct outreach to potential users; assess the
site’s performance; and develop strategies, together with the Program
Director, for its future development.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- strong project leadership skills
- experience in social media and programming, particularly
with MediaWiki
- an interest in corporate responsibility and dispute
resolution, and preferably some background experience
- strong team-working skills
- good written and oral communication skills
Job term: the position will commence on 15 November, subject to
negotiation. An initial contract will be for one year with the
possibility of a limited further extension.
Location: Boston or New York
Salary: $60,000-68,000 plus benefits, depending on experience
Please send applications to caroline_rees(a)harvard.edu by 21 October
2009, including a letter of interest, CV and 3 references
Hello,
The strategic planning process, which we chatted about over the
brainstorming session with Jonathan Zittrain last month, is picking up
speed : there are hundreds of proposals in a half-dozen languages at
strategy.wikimedia.org and some good discussions about what overal
priorities are emerging from them.
http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Emerging_strategic_priorities
If you're able to help over the next few months, all of these writers
and brainstormers need support from researchers, writers, translators
and subject experts to identify links between projects, review what's
already out there, and translate and compare proposals across
languages. Please fill out this form to get involved:
http://volunteer.wikimedia.org/volunteer/
And pass this message on! This process is open to all, regardless of
their background or type of interest; while only some people will be
invited to form core working groups for one of the founding task
foces, this is a proper barnraising: all are welcome to form new task
forces or contribute in another fashion. Let me know if you have any
questions.
Warmly,
SJ
SJ
We're meeting at the Berkman Center at 8pm. come hang out, have ice
cream, and discuss the future of wikipedia and the year's strategic
planning sessions, and what wiki-media means for the world of
information.
SJ
617 529 4266
For those of you not on the Meetup list:
==============
Wikipedia & the wikimedia foundation have started a year-long
strategic planning process. You can see some of it at this new site:
http://strategy.wikimedia.org
Tonight @ 8pm there's an informal chat at Berkman about the future of
wikipedia, this sort of open planning process, and the long-term
implications of wiki knowledge creation (e.g., for primary sources and
translation databases). JZ and I and a few other opinionated souls
will be there.
You can join in person, or on the #berkman IRC channel on irc.freenode.net
rsvp for the former and I'll save you some Tosci's :-)
Be well,
SJ
prepping for wikimania in buenos aires next week
Dear Wikiboston,
What a month :) The first Wikimania in a spanish country is coming
up... in Buenos Aires... during the world tango competitions. The
boston-area wikipedia researchers have brought together a good
proposal for maintaining a local mirror of the projects for
large-scale scripting / stats / analysis [which may inspire IBM to
open source their old history flow project]... and are on track to get
free hardware and hosting from Harvard/MIT. And I'm excited to have
joined the wikimedia board... which currently means a lot of reading.
But we didn't have many people turn out for our meetup last week! So
I'm thinking of having one last event before wikimania : would people
be free next Tuesday evening for Tosci's ice cream and a cool guest of
honor from the local free culture community?
Let me know.
SJ
617 529 4266