Wikimedia-Cascadia December 2014

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Follow-ups to community data science workshops
by Pine W 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Following up on the semi-annual community data science workshops at UW: would there be interest in having our user group support periodic one-day events for people to gather for workshops to teach data science skills, teach Wikimedia skills, and present data science and/or open source projects? I am thinking that this might be fun, and would nicely interface with existing groups and interests at UW and in the Seattle area. These might be one-day workshops that we hold quarterly. If there is interest, we could add this to our projects that we're considering supporting in our annual plan. What do others think? Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Trademark agreement, and publication of user group agreement
by Pine W 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Stephen, Can you provide an update about when we're likely to hear back from you about the trademark agreement? Also, can we get a copy of the final user group agreement for us, with signatures and any other sensitive personal info redacted, that can be posted to Commons under a Commons-compatible license? As I mentioned, a Cascadia board member who was not one of the signatories has asked to see the agreement. Thanks, Pine

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December TA3M & Cascadia Wikimedian's holiday party!
by Christopher Sheats 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello everyone! Monday, December 15th is two weeks away! This meeting is special because two local groups are coming together: Seattle TA3M and the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group will have a joint holiday party. The meeting space of this event will be held in downtown Seattle at Surf Incubator, located at: WELLS FARGO BUILDING 999 Third Ave. Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98104 Surf is a start-up incubator, and the time/space is being donated by a couple of donations (including Surf). Parking and access instructions will be emailed out within the following week. My proposed schedule is currently: 6:30-7:00 ... Welcome & eat 7:00-8:00 ... Flash talks (6-12 talks pending) 8:00-9:00 ... Wikimedia IdeaLab: Editing w/ Tor discussion 9:00-9:30 ... Social + PGP key-signing Food, probably pizza, and a selection of natural sodas will be provided. If you would like to hahve a 5 or 10 minute flash talk, please sign up using this Google doc: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18n6zddEPldPtpvw0yU2NnF3x4kRLJlCfxcwbzjGHff… Lane Rasberry graciously wrote a Wikimedia IdeaLab page for, one day, hopefully, editing Wikipedia via the Tor network (below). I will be giving a brief talk about the history behind this issue, then as a group we should discuss the various options, pros, cons, and document them on the page to push this issue forward. This meeting is a rare opportunity where Wikimedian's and privacy/security experts will be getting together! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_156#Proposal:_C… Because of space and food budget limitations, we are limiting the event to 50 participants. Please be sure to indicate if you are willing to provide a lightning talk of 5 or 10 minutes about a topic related to open source or information privacy/security. When registrations are confirmed, further information will be emailed to you at the email address that you send through the Google form. Cheers! Christopher -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUfW60AAoJEL6vFCBSOutGYyYQAKSaRsPyL/vULqOUwulyRlZP UJkbHAeh8PZU9F3hf9dQq71cCBMIkDY3L7I0h+0c1QEsRCqZBoQQRnwDvip49ljH klvAnR0tZSFBnCA+oI7vPJ/No1gJ7wfUkADNPsWuGCVFcL3y+4UBGDenBV9y+gcm jeYtEaQzcZ82UNe/kjvWWZ8INAsBvOtmTcDHqkK7u6qeE9+JVTRWyzOfS3NANpKO 0hE5iRFiPDllzqvb3yrrQt58hZyHQN9GQs5ExlQ/Y9ph8uwSGY01UtD/2RfvpuBs kk00cbnQf6ZyhYEQ3prGyrgYCLlYFgSWHd7z/kUPNtFEO6sYUoCVlQqOOgbvVPfJ M6MT6sAcqvOjIcgzJHGqVyBUR2uyMxcTq+WT+XBVcbGHr7L84ZZ4wyTVBzWbRz7K dghqqyl+MiRsPezOawcocrRjlNJLFFc38L2/6iX/1uA6luyoKf12Es3ElgTf88Ue F+64wUyeg1Ctm24J1hhPl0sX6rEKyxnpRxrCwH2/2hYYzt47BpK0o27h0ipGVVck W/Xcjr32dZQQqwHbpoll2hmf7TPdHmrgaUQlFBC0i7Cuo865qtn/G0tXH90ycbvU hAUqYP4hFNuxdhsrDokxclIissugoCJPguXKflKq8Mmhsf8XbnUP9yn7r3OdsUlO kcakupXDxbzoWOyiM7mB =0acw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Invitation: TA3M & Wikimedian's holiday party! @ Tue Dec 9, 2014 18:30 - 21:30 (Richard's personal cal)
by Ricardo Decal 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

You have been invited to the following event. Title: TA3M & Wikimedian's holiday party! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello everyone! Monday, December 15th is two weeks away! This meeting is special because two local groups are coming together: Seattle TA3M and the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group will have a joint holiday party. The meeting space of this event will be held in downtown Seattle at Surf Incubator, located at: WELLS FARGO BUILDING 999 Third Ave. Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98104 Surf is a start-up incubator, and the time/space is being donated by a couple of donations (including Surf). Parking and access instructions will be emailed out within the following week. My proposed schedule is currently: 6:30-7:00 ... Welcome & eat 7:00-8:00 ... Flash talks (6-12 talks pending) 8:00-9:00 ... Wikimedia IdeaLab: Editing w/ Tor discussion... When: Tue Dec 9, 2014 18:30 - 21:30 Pacific Time Where: WELLS FARGO BUILDING 999 Third Ave. Suite 700 Calendar: Richard's personal cal Who: * Ricardo Decal - organizer * rdecal.ba18c0d(a)m.evernote.com * ta3m-seattle(a)lists.openitp.org * wikimedia-cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org * seattleprivacy(a)lists.riseup.net * yawnbox(a)riseup.net Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NnZnaXVvMTF0djMyb3RyN… Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account wikimedia-cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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Draft startup budget
by Pine W 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Cascadians and Alex, Please comment on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Draft_startup_bud… I especially hope that our Board members will voice their views. A majority of supportive comments from Board members would signal that we can proceed with submitting this request to GAC for PEG funding. Thanks! Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Bylaw and grant drafting meetup on December 13
by Pine W 07 Dec '14

07 Dec '14

Hi Cascadians, At least two of us will meet at noon on Saturday, December 13 at the Kirkland Library to work on our initial small grant request for GAC/PEG startup funding including the December food budget. We will also study the bylaws of other Wikimedia affiliates and potentially start to draft bylaws. If you want to get involved, please join us. Final proposals for bylaws will most likely be discussed in January or February, and there will be more opportunities to participate between now and then. I am hoping to have the initial small grant request ready for our Board to review sometime in the next few weeks so that it can be submitted to WMF by the end of December. The larger grant that funds programs for next year will be drafted after we have finalized a list of which programs we want to run, so that grant request will likely be drafted in January or February after the first Board meeting. I hope that the Board will finalize the bylaws by the end of February. Cheers, Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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December 15 event, and Wikimedia GAC grant request
by Pine W 01 Dec '14

01 Dec '14

Hi Cascadians and Alex, I sent a reminder to the Seattle TA3M coordinators to ask them if they'd sent an invitation to their members to fill out the form for the December 15 event yet. I'm starting to get a little concerned because about 2.5 weeks away from the event and we still need to get the speakers lined up and the logistics finalized. I am hoping that the TA3M coordinators will send an announcement soon. I'm planning on driving to the event with the food. I'm planning to get a variety of pizzas and some single-use tableware. I have a question about the budget, and I'd like to get Alex's and the group's input about this. I was thinking rather optimistically that we might be able to get all of the food and supplies for about $150 total, with TA3M paying half and with us/me (via a GAC grant that we will retroactively apply for, after we have $500 worth of grants to request) paying the other half. However, having called around to a few pizza places, I think we could easily exceed that amount if we actually have 50 people sign up. In any case, I want to make sure that GAC will be ok with us expanding the budget. I will keep copies of the receipts. Alex, is this ok? I am avoiding the high-end pizzas that cost $30 each, but even so the math goes something like this: * $22 per pizza * Each pizza serves about 4 people * So if we have 50 people we will need about 12 pizzas * 12 * $22 = $264 * Plus tableware, estimate at $1 per person x 50 people = $50 * $264 + $50 = $314 That's a significantly higher amount than I was anticipating, and I will make efforts to keep the costs down, but I want to make sure that if I submit a grant request to GAC for $314 that GAC would pay, since spending $314 out of my own pocket and getting only a partial or no reimbursement from GAC would be a big deal. Another option would be to combine this $314 possible budget with expenses that we know that we're likely to need anyway, like $100 or so for a registered agent for one year, the $50 cost of registering ourselves with the State, and the cost of getting a P.O. box (price varies depending on size and location). Would the group be ok with me combining a $314 food budget request (maximum) with some of these other expenses that we know we're likely going to need anyway, so that I can submit a grant request that's over the $500 minimum for a GAC request? Alex, would that be ok with you? By saying yes, people would be trusting me to handle money and receipts on behalf of the group, at least until we have a designated bank account; I want to make sure that people are comfortable with this. The assurances that I can offer is that the grant request will be publicly documented, the actual amount spent and the amount returned to WMF will be documented, WMF can see copies of receipts if it wants them, other board members can see copies of receipts if they want to see them, and WMF already knows how to find me because of my internship; if something goes wrong then Alex can call Anasuya, and after Anasuya makes a phone call or two, there might be some people with uniforms and badges knocking on my door. (: But it's important that people feel comfortable with this idea, and unfortunately we have only 2.5 weeks between now and the event to make some decisions and hopefully get GAC to approve a request (I'm not sure if they approve requests in 2.5 weeks; if they don't then we may need to consider other options like WMDC). Thanks, and I'm sorry if anyone feels rushed, including Alex and GAC. Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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