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Check out the Meta-Wiki Cascadia talk page
by Blurpeace 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Hey all, After some discussion at WikiConference USA, there was some movement among Wikimedians in the Pacific Northwest toward forming a formal user group affiliated with the WMF. The discussion is ongoing and taking place here: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Sign_on_to_be_a_F…>. We've also been discussing what precisely our name should be, going forward: <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Our_name >. Check both out! And all the best for your guys' summers. Best, Roman

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Upcoming Seattle events, June 12 regular and July 6 Wicnik
by ENWP Pine 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

>From early feedback it sounds like Thursday, June 12 will be our next regular meetup at Cafe Allegro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle Wicnik will be Sunday, July 6, tentatively planned 12pm - 3pm at the Arboretum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Wiknic/2014 Please sign up! Pine

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Upcoming TA3M events
by ENWP Pine 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hi Blibbet, Are there open slots for presentations at your June meeting? I am working on a Wikimedia presentation and might be able to present a portion of it, and save the remainder for a future meeting. I think the last I heard is that J-Mo is planning to present his introduction to editing in July. Also, please note that the annual Seattle Wikipedia picnic, called Wicnik, is tentatively scheduled for July 5 or 6 at the Arboretum. TA3M members who want to join the picnic are welcome. Pine

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Seattle meetup in June
by ENWP Pine 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hi all, I would like to propose Thursday, June 12 for our next meetup at Cafe Allegro from 6-9 PM approximately. Does that work for those who would like to come? Also, I would like to invite our two new Individual Engagement Grant grantees from the University of Washington to join us. Mssemantics is researching Women and Wikipedia and will be a guest lecturer with J-Mo at UW classes. Libcub has a master's degree in library and information sciences and is researching the category system on English Wikipedia. Both are Ph.D. candidates in the Information School. I am hoping they can join us and we can cross-pollinate some ideas. We can also discuss our ongoing efforts to form the Cascadia Wikimedians user group. And we must discuss Wicnik! The current proposal is to have Wicnik on June 5 or 6 at the Arboretum. Please post to the list about your availability for June 12 or contact me off-list if you have other suggestions. Pine

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Work in progress
by ENWP Pine 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Since I know we have fellow Cascadians interested in health care, I thought I'd let you know that I started this article and am working toward getting it to DYK and GA. It's currently in the DYK review queue. This is *not* a request to participate in the DYK nomination but I would appreciate assistance with the content of the article from any of our health care experts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Health_Administration_scandal_of_2014 I think the article is a good candidate for GA but I will wait to nominate it until the content is a little more stable. I am reading the ongoing discussions on this list and elsewhere about Cascadia and I hope to respond to them later today or in the coming days. Thanks, Pine

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Wikipedia presentations
by ENWP Pine 26 May '14

26 May '14

Blibbet has invited Wikipedia presentations for TA3M and I think Jonathan is working on a presentation to introduce tech-savvy non-Wikipedians to Wikipedia editing. I have started to draft a presentation that gives a high-level overview of Wikimedia and Wikipedia that could be presented to TA3M and other technology, academic, or commercial audiences. Here's an abbreviated version of the outline. Comments would be appreciated. *Introduction: Wikimedia by the numbers *Who does Wikipedia serve? *Who creates and edits Wikipedia? *What do people do on Wikipedia? *How is Wikipedia curated and organized? *How does communication happen on Wikipedia? *Technology of Wikipedia *Legal, privacy, and conflict-of-interest issues *Fundraising and budget *Grant programs *Major online events, initiatives, and projects *Major offline events, initiatives, and projects *Wikipedia's sister projects *The future Pine

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Portland events
by ENWP Pine 25 May '14

25 May '14

Hello Cascadia, It's great to have a way to communicate with the Oregon and Washington groups together! The Washington group has interests in global health, motorcycling, technical work, and editor growth. I hope that we can grow our group of Seattle participants. What has Oregon learned about how to attract participants? It looks like Oregon attracts participants to cultural documentation and edit-a-thon events. Thanks, Pine

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Seattle Wiknic
by ENWP Pine 19 May '14

19 May '14

Where would everyone like to have Seattle Wiknic this year? The scheduled date is June 22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic Wiknics have happened at Golden Gardens and Gasworks Park in the past. This year I would like to propose that we meet at the Arboretum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park_Arboretum, with an exact location in the Arboretum to be determined. It is possible to rent the Visitors Center and if the cost is reasonable we could ask to rent part of the center for the afternoon, which would also provide us some cover in the event of rain and give us enough room to have laptops etc available for us to do outreach. We could ask for a small grant from WMF to cover the costs. What does everyone think? Pine

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Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list and Seattle meetup...
by Lane Rasberry 14 May '14

14 May '14

Hello, There is now a mailing list for Wikimedia Cascadia, a community group for Wikipedia enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest. Right now this list will mostly be used to send out announcements of Wikipedia meetups in Seattle and Portland. Please subscribe to this list if you wish to stay connected to the Wikipedia community in this region! To join this mailing list please go to <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia> and subscribe. To communicate with everyone on this list write to < wikimedia-cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org>. The next Seattle Wikipedia meetup is Monday, May 19, 2014 at 6 PM at Black Coffee Coop, 501 E. Pine St; Seattle, WA 98122. The meeting is open to the public. At 7 PM everyone will be invited to the Techno Activism 3rd Monday (TA3M) meeting in the same coffee shop. TA3M members have been invited to come early to participate in the Wikimedia portion. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle> The next Portland Wikipedia meetup is not scheduled, but will be a photo hunt in the Hollywood neighborhood. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Hollywood> All messages sent to this list are archived publicly for anyone to see at <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/> Thanks! -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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