Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia New England founding meeting sometime in April?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England
We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences.
Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012
And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows I've never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when I'll be in California for work :-)
--t.
On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote:
Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia New England founding meeting sometime in April?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England
We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences.
Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012
And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
Wikimedia-boston mailing list Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
In the interest of getting the ball rolling, I have gone ahead and created a meetup page and selected Saturday, April 22 as our target date. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England
The idea here is that we haven't a well-attended event (like NYC's Wikipedia Day mini-conference) in Boston in a long time. It would be good to get as many people together as we can, and try to create momentum for the future. For example, do we want to hold a Wiknic in two months' time (from the meetup date)? What can we do to make sure New England is active in this year's US Wiki Loves Monuments campaign? And we want to raise awareness among the community about ongoing initiatives like the education program and GLAM, and about the upcoming Wikimania in DC this summer.
We'll need a venue. It sounds like the kind of event where we want a conference room at a college or library, and I would suggest somewhere in Boston proper is probably better than Cambridge. I can work on this, but if anyone else has a good idea, please chime in.
Dominic
On 3/16/12 11:07 AM, Tim Pierce wrote:
I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows I've never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when I'll be in California for work :-)
--t.
On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote:
Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia New England founding meeting sometime in April?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England
We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences.
Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012
And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
Wikimedia-boston mailing list Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
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April 22nd is not a Saturday. David Lawrence | President, MVF Associates, Inc. | Enterprise Data Architecture Services | Office: 617-576-1864
________________________________ From: Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net To: Tim Pierce twp@unchi.org; Boston Wikipedians wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikimedia New England founding meeting in April?
In the interest of getting the ball rolling, I have gone ahead and created a meetup page and selected Saturday, April 22 as our target date. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England
The idea here is that we haven't a well-attended event (like NYC's Wikipedia Day mini-conference) in Boston in a long time. It would be good to get as many people together as we can, and try to create momentum for the future. For example, do we want to hold a Wiknic in two months' time (from the meetup date)? What can we do to make sure New England is active in this year's US Wiki Loves Monuments campaign? And we want to raise awareness among the community about ongoing initiatives like the education program and GLAM, and about the upcoming Wikimania in DC this summer.
We'll need a venue. It sounds like the kind of event where we want a conference room at a college or library, and I would suggest somewhere in Boston proper is probably better than Cambridge. I can work on this, but if anyone else has a good idea, please chime in.
Dominic
On 3/16/12 11:07 AM, Tim Pierce wrote:
I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows I've never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when I'll be in California for work :-)
--t.
On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote:
Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia New England founding meeting sometime in April?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England
We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences.
Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012
And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
Wikimedia-boston mailing list Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
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Oops, minor detail! I meant Saturday, April 21. Thanks, now fixed.
Dominic
On 3/21/12 9:56 PM, David Lawrence wrote:
April 22nd is not a Saturday. David Lawrence | President, MVF Associates, Inc. | Enterprise Data Architecture Services | Office: 617-576-1864
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*From:* Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net *To:* Tim Pierce twp@unchi.org; Boston Wikipedians wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:34 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikimedia New England founding meeting in April?
In the interest of getting the ball rolling, I have gone ahead and created a meetup page and selected Saturday, April 22 as our target date. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England
The idea here is that we haven't a well-attended event (like NYC's Wikipedia Day mini-conference) in Boston in a long time. It would be good to get as many people together as we can, and try to create momentum for the future. For example, do we want to hold a Wiknic in two months' time (from the meetup date)? What can we do to make sure New England is active in this year's US Wiki Loves Monuments campaign? And we want to raise awareness among the community about ongoing initiatives like the education program and GLAM, and about the upcoming Wikimania in DC this summer.
We'll need a venue. It sounds like the kind of event where we want a conference room at a college or library, and I would suggest somewhere in Boston proper is probably better than Cambridge. I can work on this, but if anyone else has a good idea, please chime in.
Dominic
On 3/16/12 11:07 AM, Tim Pierce wrote:
I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows
I've never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when I'll be in California for work :-)
--t.
On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote:
Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia New England founding meeting sometime in April?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England
We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences.
Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012
And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
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This of course appears to be the most expensive weekend in all of April to fly out :P (by like double) :)
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net wrote:
Oops, minor detail! I meant Saturday, April 21. Thanks, now fixed.
Dominic
On 3/21/12 9:56 PM, David Lawrence wrote:
April 22nd is not a Saturday.
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*From:* Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net dmcdevit@cox.net *To:* Tim Pierce twp@unchi.org twp@unchi.org; Boston Wikipedians wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.orgwikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:34 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikimedia New England founding meeting in April?
In the interest of getting the ball rolling, I have gone ahead and created a meetup page and selected Saturday, April 22 as our target date. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England
The idea here is that we haven't a well-attended event (like NYC's Wikipedia Day mini-conference) in Boston in a long time. It would be good to get as many people together as we can, and try to create momentum for the future. For example, do we want to hold a Wiknic in two months' time (from the meetup date)? What can we do to make sure New England is active in this year's US Wiki Loves Monuments campaign? And we want to raise awareness among the community about ongoing initiatives like the education program and GLAM, and about the upcoming Wikimania in DC this summer.
We'll need a venue. It sounds like the kind of event where we want a conference room at a college or library, and I would suggest somewhere in Boston proper is probably better than Cambridge. I can work on this, but if anyone else has a good idea, please chime in.
Dominic
On 3/16/12 11:07 AM, Tim Pierce wrote:
I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows I've
never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when I'll be in California for work :-)
--t.
On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote:
Hi Wiki-Pilgrims,
I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia New England founding meeting sometime in April?
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England
We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences.
Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012
And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC:
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
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The date's not set in stone. In fact, it happens to be the same weekend as the Free Culture Summit in SF, too, but I'm not sure if that really affects many people.
Any later, though, and I'm afraid we're getting into finals time and then summer for students (and, on a personal note, I'll be traveling); make it earlier and we're giving people that much less notice. (Also, not to seem indifferent to your situation, I imagine almost everyone else traveling from outside New England is coming from relatively nearby on the East Coast.) So, that's why I originally picked it, at least.
Dominic
On 3/21/12 11:08 PM, James Alexander wrote:
This of course appears to be the most expensive weekend in all of April to fly out :P (by like double) :)
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Dominic <dmcdevit@cox.net mailto:dmcdevit@cox.net> wrote:
Oops, minor detail! I meant Saturday, April 21. Thanks, now fixed. Dominic On 3/21/12 9:56 PM, David Lawrence wrote:April 22nd is not a Saturday. David Lawrence | President, MVF Associates, Inc. | Enterprise Data Architecture Services | Office: 617-576-1864 <tel:617-576-1864> View David Lawrence's profile on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlawrence> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlawrence> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Dominic <dmcdevit@cox.net> <mailto:dmcdevit@cox.net> *To:* Tim Pierce <twp@unchi.org> <mailto:twp@unchi.org>; Boston Wikipedians <wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> <mailto:wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:34 PM *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikimedia New England founding meeting in April? In the interest of getting the ball rolling, I have gone ahead and created a meetup page and selected Saturday, April 22 as our target date. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England The idea here is that we haven't a well-attended event (like NYC's Wikipedia Day mini-conference) in Boston in a long time. It would be good to get as many people together as we can, and try to create momentum for the future. For example, do we want to hold a Wiknic in two months' time (from the meetup date)? What can we do to make sure New England is active in this year's US Wiki Loves Monuments campaign? And we want to raise awareness among the community about ongoing initiatives like the education program and GLAM, and about the upcoming Wikimania in DC this summer. We'll need a venue. It sounds like the kind of event where we want a conference room at a college or library, and I would suggest somewhere in Boston proper is probably better than Cambridge. I can work on this, but if anyone else has a good idea, please chime in. Dominic On 3/16/12 11:07 AM, Tim Pierce wrote: > I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows I've never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when I'll be in California for work :-) > > --t. > > On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote: >> Hi Wiki-Pilgrims, >> >> I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia >> New England founding meeting sometime in April? >> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England >> >> We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, >> and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences. >> >> Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11: >> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012 >> >> And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow >> Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC: >> >> http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> (User:Pharos) >> Wikimedia NYC >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >> Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston_______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston-- James Alexander jamesofur@gmail.com mailto:jamesofur@gmail.com
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net wrote:
The date's not set in stone. In fact, it happens to be the same weekend as the Free Culture Summit in SF, too, but I'm not sure if that really affects many people.
Any later, though, and I'm afraid we're getting into finals time and then summer for students (and, on a personal note, I'll be traveling); make it earlier and we're giving people that much less notice. (Also, not to seem indifferent to your situation, I imagine almost everyone else traveling from outside New England is coming from relatively nearby on the East Coast.) So, that's why I originally picked it, at least.
I have a potential conflict that weekend. Is the previous Saturday also an option? You could post two dates on the page to see who is available when, and put the word out. I've been telling people it is the 21st, though :-) It's good to have a date.
Thoughts on a Boston venue: if it's nice out, we could hold it outside on the Commons...
SJ
If it's nice out, I'd also like the idea of holding an event in the Commons. The obvious drawback with an outdoor event is that weather makes attendance a real gamble. Last year, turnout in Boston Common for the Great American Wiknichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston#June_26.2C_2011_.28Sunday.29_.E2.80.93_The_Great_American_Wiknicgot dampened by rain, and last-minute weather developments threatened plans for Wikipedia Takes Bostonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston(fortunately it turned out to be sunny).
If I can help make calls to potential venues, please let me know. Boston Public Library asks that reservation requests be submitted at least 4 weeks prior to the event (see here http://www.bpl.org/central/meetingrooms.htm), so if we want to meet there we should act quickly. Once a date and venue is firmly set it'd be great to set up a geonotice. If we'd like to boost turnout more, we could also leave notifications on the talk pages of all the Wikipedians in New Englandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_New_England .
Cheers, Eric
P.S.: I've signed uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England#Sign_upto attend on Saturday 4/21, but could also do Sunday 4/22 or Sunday 4/15. I wouldn't be able to make Saturday 4/14, Saturday 4/28 or Sunday 4/29.
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net wrote:
The date's not set in stone. In fact, it happens to be the same weekend as the Free Culture Summit in SF, too, but I'm not sure if that really affects many people.
Any later, though, and I'm afraid we're getting into finals time and then summer for students (and, on a personal note, I'll be traveling); make it earlier and we're giving people that much less notice. (Also, not to seem indifferent to your situation, I imagine almost everyone else traveling from outside New England is coming from relatively nearby on the East Coast.) So, that's why I originally picked it, at least.
I have a potential conflict that weekend. Is the previous Saturday also an option? You could post two dates on the page to see who is available when, and put the word out. I've been telling people it is the 21st, though :-) It's good to have a date.
Thoughts on a Boston venue: if it's nice out, we could hold it outside on the Commons...
SJ
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"It's good to have a date" was my theory in picking an arbitrary one to begin with, rather than "TBD". If it happens to be a bad one, though, I don't want that to stand in our way. I added a section on the meetup page for people to list their other preferences for dates.
I love having events outside, but I'm not sure it will work for what I hope we're trying to do this time. I think we'll want AV equipment, for example. Maybe the Second Annual Great American Wiknic? :-) For my part, I can inquire at Simmons College about a room, and I am also working my connections to see if there is any chance the JFK library would host us (which I think would be incredible). But the BPL would also be great, and even a little more central. Do you think you could find out what their availability is for the 21st or other weekends?
Dominic
On 3/24/12 10:55 AM, emw wrote:
If it's nice out, I'd also like the idea of holding an event in the Commons. The obvious drawback with an outdoor event is that weather makes attendance a real gamble. Last year, turnout in Boston Common for the Great American Wiknic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston#June_26.2C_2011_.28Sunday.29_.E2.80.93_The_Great_American_Wiknic got dampened by rain, and last-minute weather developments threatened plans for Wikipedia Takes Boston http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston (fortunately it turned out to be sunny).
If I can help make calls to potential venues, please let me know. Boston Public Library asks that reservation requests be submitted at least 4 weeks prior to the event (see here http://www.bpl.org/central/meetingrooms.htm), so if we want to meet there we should act quickly. Once a date and venue is firmly set it'd be great to set up a geonotice. If we'd like to boost turnout more, we could also leave notifications on the talk pages of all the Wikipedians in New England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_New_England.
Cheers, Eric
P.S.: I've signed up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England#Sign_up to attend on Saturday 4/21, but could also do Sunday 4/22 or Sunday 4/15. I wouldn't be able to make Saturday 4/14, Saturday 4/28 or Sunday 4/29.
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dominic <dmcdevit@cox.net <mailto:dmcdevit@cox.net>> wrote: The date's not set in stone. In fact, it happens to be the same weekend as the Free Culture Summit in SF, too, but I'm not sure if that really affects many people. Any later, though, and I'm afraid we're getting into finals time and then summer for students (and, on a personal note, I'll be traveling); make it earlier and we're giving people that much less notice. (Also, not to seem indifferent to your situation, I imagine almost everyone else traveling from outside New England is coming from relatively nearby on the East Coast.) So, that's why I originally picked it, at least. I have a potential conflict that weekend. Is the previous Saturday also an option? You could post two dates on the page to see who is available when, and put the word out. I've been telling people it is the 21st, though :-) It's good to have a date. Thoughts on a Boston venue: if it's nice out, we could hold it outside on the Commons... SJ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
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