Wikimedia-Cascadia November 2015

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Membership Application and Upcoming Elections
by Jason Moore 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Greetings, Cascadians, Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, an independent affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, is accepting membership applications. Membership is not required to participate in most public activities; however, only members elect the Board of Directors and have certain privileges. The dues for membership are *$5* for a calendar year. If you would like to join, please visit the following link to view and print a membership application. Mail your application with payment by *November 28, 2015* so that you can vote in the upcoming Board election: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVklXiiR8yBWoC5PEODojelxpTK4TX3pUNKDZfO… *Notice of Annual Membership Meeting and Upcoming Elections* An election of the Board of Directors will take place at the Annual Membership Meeting on *Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 3 PM in the University of Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA*. The election shall fill up to nine seats on the Board of Directors; please see our bylaws for details on how Board members are elected. Please view the above link to additional information about the election. Thank you, Jason (User:Another Believer)

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Wikipedia Lab this evening
by Pine W 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Hi all, Today we have our last fall quarter Wikipedia Lab with UW, focusing on "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Economy of the Pacific Northwest". If anyone would like to turn in a CWUG membership application and dues, I can collect them at the event. I will be at UW soon, and with a working laptop this time. Pine (:

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Doodle poll: scheduling for Wikipedia 15 celebration mini-conference
by Pine W 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Hi California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (and possibly elsewhere in the US for those interested): Please indicate your preferences regarding the scheduling of a one day (or partial day) celebration and mini-conference for Wikipedia's 15th birthday in January 2016. The current plan is to have the event in multiple physical locations via Google Hangouts. Possible meetup locations (still to be determined) for concurrent online participation: * WMF office in San Francisco, CA * Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR * University of Washington, Seattle, WA * Other sites in the United States and Canada TBD. Possible locations include Colorado, Idaho, and British Columbia. * New York and Washington DC may have their own event(s) which they partially sync with us Please participate here: http://doodle.com/poll/4zhyiksqebx7uxqr. The times shown are PST by default. Thanks! Pine

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Reminder: deadline for Cascadia Wikimedians membership applications
by Pine W 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

If you have yet to mail your membership form and dues, you can mail them tomorrow OR hand them to me at Least Squares (Sunday) or our last UW WikipediaLab for the fall (Monday). Membership is required for those who want to vote in Board elections as well as anyone who would like to serve on the Board. Thanks! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. Pine

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Fwd: Video: "Wikipedia, an introduction - Erasmus Prize 2015"
by Pine W 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Beautiful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p8wFdnPfVw Pine

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Fwd: Re: [GLAM] OpenStreetMap on Wikipedia
by Pine W 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Olaf Janssen" <Olaf.Janssen(a)kb.nl> Date: Nov 24, 2015 3:59 AM Subject: Re: [GLAM] GLAM Digest, Vol 52, Issue 9 To: "glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Hi Maarten, Thanks, those overlays looks pretty nice! I'll check out the warper as well Best, Olaf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:43:54 +0100 From: Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl> To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hi Olaf, That looks like a nice collection of maps! I added a couple to the Wikimaps Warper. See for example https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/221#Preview_tab . For people who want to play around with the Warper too: * Go to https://warper.wmflabs.org and login. Select Oauth Wikimedia Commons * Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_Tweede_Kam… and pick a map * Edit the source, change "| warped = " to "| warped = 1" and save it * You'll now have a link "View the georeferenced map in the Wikimaps Warper", click it * Go to the "Rectify" tab * You'll get two maps. On the left the old map, on the right the current OpenStreetMap (https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/221#Rectify_tab) * Put a point on the same location on both maps (for example a city) and click "Add Control Point" * Do this for at least three points, but more is better. Try to spread them around the map * Click "Warp image" and wait * Go to the "Preview" tab to see your work (https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/221#Preview_tab) Maarten Op 20-11-2015 om 15:42 schreef Olaf Janssen: > > Hi, > > This might be interesting for those interested in Dutch (colonial) > history: last week I did an donation of 512 maps and images from the > proceedings of the Dutch Parliament (the so-called States General > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:States_General_of_the_Netherlands>. > They are from the period 1885-1995. > > The images are in Category:Media contributed by Tweede Kamer > < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_Tweede_Kam… >. > Every image has geo coordinates for the map centre. > > The set has some unique content, not only about the Netherlands, but > also about its former colonies Dutch East-Indies (now Indonesia) and > Suriname. Themes include the Delta Works, polders, land reclamation > and the construction of roads, railways, and ports. > > To foster reuse, I started assigning thematic categories to some > images, for example Eastern Scheldt > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Scheldt>, Delta > Works <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delta_Works>, > Canals in Friesland > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Canals_in_Friesland>, > IJsselmeer <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IJsselmeer> > and Railway lines in the Netherlands > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Railway_lines_in_the_Neth > erlands> > > Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards > > Olaf Janssen > > Wikipedia & open data coordinator > > Koninklijke Bibliotheek- National Library of the Netherlands > olaf.janssen(a)kb.nl <mailto:olaf.janssen@kb.nl> > > +31 (0)70 3140 388 > @ookgezellig > > www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL > <http://www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL> > > > Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands > Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 | 2595 BE Den Haag Postbus 90407 | 2509 > LK Den Haag | (070) 314 09 11 | www.kb.nl > <http://www.kb.nl/> > > English version <http://www.kb.nl/en/email> | Disclaimer > <http://www.kb.nl/disclaimer> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

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Tonight's WikipediaLab: Water, Ecology & Sustainability
by Pine W 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

Reminder that we'll be at the UW Research Commons tonight at 4:30 PM. Our theme is Water, Ecology & Sustainability. See you there! Pine

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Charity status update for Cascadia Wikimedians
by Pine W 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Hi all, Cascadia Wikimedians is currently registered as a nonprofit in Washington State. Our next step for fundraising purposes will be to register as a "charity" in Washington State. We have started this process with a request for relevant records from the state Attorney General's Office. After we receive a reply from the AGO, we can complete the remaining steps to become a charity under state law. Charity status will allow us to conduct fundraising activities among the general public in Washington State. Further down the road is our 501(c)(3) application. We have requested grant funds for the IRS filing fee and for the professional services of an attorney or CPA to assist us with this process. Hopefully we will complete this process in 2016. Please let me know if you have any questions. Full speed ahead, Pine

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Planning for Cascadia celebrations of Wikipedia's 15th birthday
by Raymond Leonard 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Wikipedia Day is Friday, January 15, 2016. I wanted to find out who is interested in holding observances in our Cascadian bioregion. At a minimum, we should have some sort of meetups & perhaps a Wikicake. If there is interest, we could plan for something on the weekend days. User:Pharos has indicated that the New York City event for Wikipedia Day will probably be an unconference format, with possible video links from other regions & international cities. He asks should we do something on Friday January 15, or that perhaps more conveniently that weekend, Saturday January 16 or Sunday January 17? Some folks have talked about doing celebrations in two or more Cascadian cities on different days, so some can do a mini-road tour. What are your thoughts & suggestions? Here are some relevant links: - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15 - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_15/Events - https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaus-l/2015-October/000375.html Yours, Peaceray

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Evaluation report: under what conditions are US university students likely to edit Wikipedia?
by Pine W 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Recent info thanks to Wiki Ed and WMF Eval that will inform future endeavors at Cascadia Wikimedians: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2015/2/6#Aweso… Comments welcome! Pine

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