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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Draft logos for Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
by Brian Henry 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

I also like the logo in the upper right. The designer should refine this and tell us if it will work to try to refine the tree shape. We need to be OK with a blocky logo design if it is to be used at many different scales.

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Draft logos for Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
by Pine W 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Hi Cascadians, Please check out these logos and voice your preferences. The early favorite from tonight's discussion is the logo in the upper right corner of this image file. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6S0XrzfcwHKeDlrd0dMeTlMNGJqcU1tOG1PbGtCcm5… We need a decision by end of day Wednesday so that the website can be updated Thursday, and so that I can print business cards on Thursday, in advance of the workshops on Friday and Saturday. Thanks! Pine

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Mailing address and registered agent
by Pine W 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hi all, I am happy to report that Cascadia Wikimedians User Group now has a mailing address and a registered agent. Please use this address for all mail, unless there is legal service of process involved: *Cascadia Wikimedians User Group* *Attn: 3026* *555 116th Ave NE, #242* *Bellevue, WA 98004* Notes and reminders: * Our phone number is 206-659-7420 * We can use our allotment of two in-office days per month at the Seattle and Bellevue Impact HUB locations. * The Bellevue location is offering a temporary 40% discount for our dues while they are doing upgrades to their physical layout. It appears that they will be doing upgrades for at least a few more months. The savings will be passed on to WMDC for the first two months in the form of lower expenditures for the rent that they agreed to fund via the startup grant. * I am currently listed as the subscriber for Impact HUB. We can have guests and meetings but people will need to be with me for the subscription rate to apply, otherwise we may be charged a per-use fee. If you need to have an event at Impact HUB when I am not present then please let me know ahead of time so that I can ask Impact HUB to accommodate the request. * Our subscription rate applies only for use during daytime business hours. <206-659-7420> * Impact HUB provides some member benefits and discounts. The one that looks most interesting to me is a program that connects nonprofits and social enterprises with free legal services by attorneys who join this network: http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/. Considering that the law firm that I contacted about our interest in having our 501(c)(3) application reviewed has been largely unresponsive in the last week, I am thinking that TrustLaw may be the way to go. We might also ask them to review our bylaws to ensure that there are no compliance issues between our bylaws and Washington State laws for nonprofits. I will look into this in more detail when we get closer to assembling a 501(c)(3) application. Here is our registered information information, *to be used only for legal service of process*: Patty Henry, Paralegal 520 Kirkland Way, Suite 400 Kirkland, WA 98033 I plan to set up our government registrations this week, and once that is done then I can set up our banking services at BECU, hopefully by the end of next week. 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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Wiki Education Foundation meetup tomorrow (Wednesday, Febuary 4)
by Sage Ross 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hello Cascadians! My colleague from Wiki Education Foundation, LiAnna Davis, is going to be in Seattle on Wednesday evening. (We're doing a research and planning sprint for a our technical projects.) Would anyone be interested in hanging out with me and LiAnna, talking about Wikimedia education stuff and Cascadia stuff, and (optionally) having some drinks? It would probably be somewhere in Fremont, maybe around 6pm. This would be a nice chance to get a clearer shared understanding of how education projects will figure into Wikimedia Cascadia's program plans. -Sage

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Calendar reminders
by Pine W 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

We have a lot happening this month. # Possible meetup with LiAnna from WikiEd tomorrow. # Monthly social at Cafe Allegro on Tuesday. No formal agenda. # Workshops at UW on the 13th and 14th. See [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle]]. Cheers, Pine

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[Invitation] three upcoming Wikipedia events, please circulate!
by Monika Sengul-Jones 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Dear Cascadians, You are invited to circulate and share three exciting events taking place at the University of Washington on Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14: *-- Editing Workshop: Learn to Contribute to Wikipedia!** Friday, Feb. 13, 2-4pm, Research Commons *-- Wikipedia Editing Facilitation Training Workshop*, Friday, 6-8pm, Mary Gates Hall 430 *-- 'I Love To You: A Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-thon**, Saturday, Feb. 14, 9:30am - 1:30pm, Research Commons * (Link to RSVP below!)* *Recommended pre-session for I Love To You Details for each event are pasted below,and will circulate in separate emails as well Best, Monika Sengul-Jones Co-Host, I Love To You, Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-thon <http://www.ilovetoyou.wordpress.com> ------ *Editing Workshop: Learn to Contribute to Wikipedia!* Friday, Feb. 13, 2pm-4pm at the University of Washington Research Commons <http://commons.lib.washington.edu/about/location-1>, Green Room A <http://commons.lib.washington.edu/resources/green-a> Hosted by Wikimedia DC and Wikimedia Cascadia User Group Learn to be an editor on Wikipedia! Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia. Anyone can learn to contribute. Get signed up, learn the markup language, and how to avoid common pitfalls. Whether you're completely new, or you've written or edited in the past, the workshop will cover the basic skill set. Experienced Wikipedia editors will be on hand to answer questions. This workshop is open to anyone who wishes to attend. Bring your own laptops & power cords. (Guest access to UW WiFi will be available.) The Wikipedia Editing Workshop is recommended as a pre-session for participants in 'I Love To You': Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-thon <http://www.ilovetoyou.wordpress.com/>, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2013. ----- *Wikipedia Facilitator Training Workshop* Friday, Feb. 13, 6-8pm Mary Gates Hall <http://www.css.washington.edu/MGH_Directions>430 Led by James Hare, from Wikimedia DC, this workshop covers best practices on teaching new Wikipedia editors. In his words: "Knowing these best practices allows you to translate your expertise in Wikipedia into something an audience with a modest amount of technical literacy can understand." This workshop is open to anyone interested in learning how to host an edit-a-thons or other Wikipedia editing event or activity for newcomers. Bring your own laptops & power cords. (Guest access to UW WiFi will be available.) ----- *'I Love To You': Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-thon * Valentine's Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, 9:30am - 1:30pm UW Research Commons <http://commons.lib.washington.edu/> 'I Love To You' will bring dialogues in feminist theory to a hands-on editing workshop to build community and critically engage with Wikipedia. Cost: Free! Anyone who wishes to attend this event is welcome. Bring your own laptops & power cords. (Guest access to UW WiFi will be available.) Bring your own coffee mugs and water bottles to enjoy delicious refreshments sustainably. 'I Love To You' would like offer free childcare to participants who RSVP and indicate their childcare needs by 5pm on Friday, January 23, 2015. RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GAwZP22RTC0MDMgLtgzcuYeO6QO_t4yQvvcny7wc_0…> ! https://ilovetoyouedit.wordpress.com/ Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/386485468200575 Twitter: #ilovetoyouedit Affiliated Sponsors: UW Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; UW Research Commons; UW Simpson Center for Humanities; Wikimedia Washington DC; UW iSchool; UW Human Centered Design and Engineering; UW Comparative History of Ideas; UW Department of Communication; UW Pipeline Project; Cascadia Wikimedia User Group Hosted by Monika Sengul-Jones <http://monikasengul.com/> and Amanda Menking <http://www.amandamenking.com/>. ~~~~~ “I love to you means I maintain a relation of indirection to you. I do not subjugate you or consume you. I respect you (as irreducible). I hail you: in you I hail. I praise you: in you I praise. I give you thanks: to you I give thanks for … I bless you. […] "The 'to' is the guarantor of indirection. The "to" prevents the relation of transitivity, bereft of the other's irreducibility and potential reciprocity. The "to" maintains intransitivity between persons, between the interpersonal question, speech or gift: I speak to you, I ask of you, I give to you (and not: I give you to another). The "to" is the sign of non-immediacy, of mediation between us.” ~ Luce Irigaray. *I Love To You: Sketch of a Possible Felicity in History*. Translated by Alison Martin. Routledge: New York, NY. 1996. pp. 109-110

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CWUG Annual Plan grant request has been posted
by Pine W 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Cascadia Wikimedians User Group's 2015 Annual Plan funding proposal is now live with the Grants Advisory Committee. Please note: * After our officer selection (5) plus our proposed two temporary part-time outreach workers, that brings the number of people who get the higher level of background check to 7, so I moved 2 budgeted background checks from standard to enhanced. * Dependent care costs: budgeted at $600 with an estimate of 4 events, at $150 each for 4 hours each. More detail may be forthcoming if I get a return phone call from a childcare agency. * Some calendared events are moved from February to March due to GAC estimated review of 6 weeks. Some February activities are contingent on approval from WMDC and/or other donations, otherwise they will wait until March. * Scholarship, travel, and award policy development added as Board action items for March. Link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/UG_US-CWUG/2015_Annual_Plan. Questions, comments and endorsements would be appreciated. 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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Announcement: Cascadia Wikimedians User Group board and officers
by Raymond Leonard 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Dear Wikimedians, Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, which focuses on the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia, had our first two board meetings this month. Our initial board members are: Another Believer Brianhe Mako Peaceray Pine Ragesoss The following appointments have been made: President: Peaceray Vice President: Mako Secretary: Another Believer Treasurer: Brianhe Executive Director: Pine Thanks to everyone for their efforts at organizing the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, with a special shout out to Pine! Yours, Peaceray President of Cascadia Wikimedians User Group Another Believer Secretary of Cascadia Wikimedians User Group

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Getting set up for the meeting
by Pine W 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

I'm at the library. I'll send out a Hangouts link in a few minutes. It is a dark and stormy night in Seattle so people may arrive a little late. Pine

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Travel Policy
by Pine W 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Note for board members, the Awards Policy was getting scope creep into travel policy, so I moved Travel Policy to a separate document and made modifications. The draft policy is based on WMF's travel policy. It's OK if we don't have time to discuss travel policy tonight, since it is a lower priority than other items that we have on the agenda. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iM-PxtYwElZ2NCLD5zVODBwXDXq_K-mko03bvoy… 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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