When I referred to "coordinators" earlier I was referring to the people planning
each individual event. While I do believe that it might be valuable to have a
single-point-of-communication type figure who would keep track of all the events and then
keep everyone abreast of upcoming events and new developments, I never envisioned a role
in which one person would dictate schedule and plan all the events. Besides that being
both highly stressful and possibly impossible, that's also rather un-Wiki.
Sven
On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:15 AM, "Kevin Rutherford" <Ktr101(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
They actually placed geo notices last week on the talk
pages of many users. In response to Sven’s idea about having a coordinator, I think it is
a good idea, but I am hesitant about having one because there may be reasons for holding
an event at such and such a time (Amherst is hosting ours that day because it is part of a
whole week of festivities, for example).
From: Sven Manguard
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 9:43 PM
To: Boston Wikipedians
Subject: [Wikimedia-boston] Monthly meeting roundup and upcoming eventscalendar
Hello everyone. I'm not entirely sure that these emails are read and/or wanted, but
here's one anyways!
Tonight's meeting was attended by five people. Maia (the event planner for the
upcoming Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon) was there, and the main topic of conversation was
that event. Aside from the Ada Lovelace event, no official business was discussed. In
short, while we'd have loved for you to have joined us, if you didn't show, you
didn't miss anything new or critical.
There are four events coming up in New England that you should know about. They are:
The Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon on Tuesday, October 16th, from 3:00pm to 8:30pm, at the
Harvard University Law School.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada_Lovelace_Edit-a-thon_-_Harvard>
The UMass Amherst Wikipedia Loves Libraries event on Thursday, October 25th, from 9:00am
to 5:00pm at UMass Amherst's Du Bois Library.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UMassAmherst>
The Boston Dorchester/Roxbury Wikipedia Loves Libraries event on Saturday, November 10th,
(times TBA) at the Dorchester/Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library. <link
TBA>
The Cambridge Public Library Wikipedia Loves Libraries event on Saturday, November 17th,
from 11:00am to 5:00pm at the Cambridge Public Library main branch.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_Public_Library/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries_2012>
Please note that Maia would like for you to RSVP for the Ada Lovelace Day event via
email. Her mailing address is <maiaw(a)nasw.org>rg>. The other two events with pages set
up have regular sign up sections.
If any Wikipedia administrators are reading, it'd probably be a good idea to set up
the sitenotice for the Ada Lovelace Day event as soon as possible, as we're only a
week away.
Thanks for reading,
Sven
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