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From: Kevin Payravi <kevinpayravi(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 10:19 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WCNA 2019: Nov 8-11 in Boston / Submissions +
Scholarships open!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello,
For those interested, WikiConference North America 2019 will be taking
place in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, November 8 through Monday,
November 11!
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Main_Page
Plans are under way for our annual Culture Crawl, hackathon and programming
days. We're also teaming up with and are thrilled to have the support of
the Credibility Coalition to put on a great event with reliability as a
central theme.
Session proposals are open: We are pleased to announce that we are
accepting submissions for WCNA lectures, panels, workshops, etc. Visit our
submissions page on the conference wiki to learn more and start your
submission. Submissions are due by September 20th (or September 27th for
academic proposals).
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Submissions
Scholarship applications are also open: You can apply for a scholarship
through September 20th. Everything you need to know about the scholarship
-the criteria, application timeline, evaluation process, a FAQ section, as
well as a link to the application form- are available on our scholarship
page.
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Scholarships
If you'd like to stay tuned on social media, you can follow us on Facebook
or Twitter.
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On behalf of WikiConference North America,
Kevin Payravi
SuperHamster on-wiki
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Hello Cascadia Wikimedian User Group,
The Labor Archives of Washington and UW Libraries Research Commons are planning an edit a thon (tentatively for Saturday November 2, 2019.) I am contacting your group to ask about how to involve the Cascadia Wikimedian User Group.
Themes: Labor themes, including women, people of color and historically underrepresented communities that lack Wikipedia entries. There will be an emphasis on The Seattle General Strike, Centralia Tragedy of 1919 and related entries because 2019 is the centennial of these events.
We are starting to meet to plan in advance of the edit a thon, and we want to actively involve Wikipedians in the area and learn from your experience. Is there still a monthly meetup happening at Café Allegra where I can consult/announce? Would a rep be interested in attending our next planning meeting or vice versa?
Thank you for considering it,
Conor Casey
Conor M. Casey
MA, MLIS, CA
Labor Archivist (Directing Archivist and Curator)
University of Washington Libraries
Special Collections
Labor Archives of Washington
Allen Library South, Basement/B81D
office: 206.685.3976 | cmcasey(a)uw.edu
mobile 415.728.1819
fax 206.543.1931
Mail: Box 352900, Seattle, WA 98195
http://www.laborarchives.org
Want to schedule a meeting with me?
Please use this tool: https://calendly.com/cmcasey
My office is in Seattle, in the Pacific time zone
My pronouns are he/his/him
Social Media
Twitter @LaborArchivesWA
Facebook, Labor Archivist http://www.facebook.com/cmclaborarchivist
Facebook, Labor Archives http://www.facebook.com/laborarchives
Instagram
@laborarchiveswa
Collection Tools
Full List of Labor Collections http://guides.lib.washington.edu/laborarchives
Digital Collections Portal http://content.lib.washington.edu/portals/law/
Archived Labor Websites http://www.archive-it.org/collections/3988
Donating & Preserving Records http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/laws/preserving-and-donati…
Hi everyone,
(cross-posted to Cascadian and Canadian Wikipedia mailing lists)
An August long weekend get together is on, this Sunday from 10 to noon! We will meet at the designated picnic area at the north end of Queen Elizabeth Park, where the picnic table icon appears on this map: https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/queen-elizabeth-park-map(1).pdf . If you'd like to bring some snacks to share, that would be lovely. If not, don’t worry about it.
Everyone is welcome in accordance with the standard WMF Friendly Space Policy (https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy). Hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Su-Laine
(604) 723-9182
Hi everyone,
Five terrific Wikipedians made it to last April’s meetup in Vancouver. We had a good informal gathering, and we would like to meet more regularly. The next Vancouver meetup will be on Sunday, June 9. We will meet at 10 AM at Kafka's Coffee and Tea, 2525 Main Street. I hope to see you there.
Jean-Philippe, if you could please put this on the Wikimedia Canada calendar, that would be great.
Cheers,
Su-Laine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clayoquot
Cascadia Wikimedians,
My apologies if you have already seen the forwarded email, & for not
getting this out sooner.
As a user group, Cascadia Wikimedians will have a vote in the next 1½
months for two of the Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board.
Here is the timeline of the process:
- Nominations from 15 to 30 April.
- Reviewing and screening by the community from 1 to 7 May.
- Voting for nominees by Affiliates from 8 to 31 May.
- Results by the end of June
"Each affiliate organization is responsible for selecting one person as its
voting delegate." I anticipate that the Wikimedia Cascadians board will
designate this person. Each user group will have a vote; there will be no
individuals voting in this election.
If you are interested, please review the material in the links below. Even
if you are not a member of Cascadia Wikimedians, we would like your input.
Before the nomination period closes, if anyone is interested in discussing
this, I could meet you at Cafe Allegro on one of the weeknights next week,
4/22 through 4/25, talk by phone or Zoom, or correspond by email. Let me
know by personal email if you are interested. I am not expecting that we as
a user group will nominate anyone; I am sure that there will be plenty of
qualified candidates.
I will schedule a meetup for Tuesday, May 14th, to discuss for whom we
should vote. If anyone needs to participate remotely, please let me know so
I can set up a Zoom call.
Yours,
Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>
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From: Erica Litrenta <elitrenta(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 1:53 AM
Subject: [All-affiliates] ASBS 2019: Nominations now open
To: Wikimedia Affiliates <all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone, and apologies for "cross-posting":
- The Resolution
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2…>
has
been approved
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_…>
by the Board of Trustees;
- *Nominations phase is now open, from April 15 00:00 UTC to April 30
23:59 UTC. See the Call for Candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Call_fo…>
and Nominations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Nominat…>
pages*
;
- Community members may ask questions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Questio…>
of
the candidates;
- Your main representative has just received an email to confirm that
they are indeed the primary contact and will perform official actions on
behalf of your group (such as endorsing candidates and then voting). Some
groups also need to verify their eligibility status in due time
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports>, as explained in the email;
- New content is available to spread awareness around the process - the
infographic I am attaching has clickable links and can be translated
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Infogra…>,
and a primer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Primer_…>
is
available, that we hope will be particularly helpful to those new to such a
process;
- Finally, *you are welcome to help with translations*! Pick one page
from the ASBS category
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_201…>
and,
in the next couple of weeks, please consider translating profiles of the
candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_201…>
in
particular.
Thanks for your attention from myself and the Facilitators for ASBS 2019,
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Manager, Community Relations Specialists
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Elitre_(WMF)
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Hi everyone,
I’m organizing an informal get-together in Vancouver for Sunday, April 14. It’s been a very long time since our last one.
We’ll meet at 10 AM at 49th Parallel Coffee, which is at 2902 Main Street (https://www.yelp.ca/biz/49th-parallel-coffee-vancouver-3). There’s no particular topic or agenda. I'm doing some research about Wikipedia group dynamics and would like to chat about your editing experiences, if anyone wants to share. If you can’t make it but can get together some other time, please let me know.
Hope to see some of you there :)
Cheers,
Su-Laine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clayoquot
sulainey(a)gmail.com
Good day all,
For those of you on the Canadian side of the border (or those of you
interested in activities in the Canadian side), I would like to invite you
to join our new mailing list for wiki activities in Canada:
https://discussions.wikimedia.ca/lists/listinfo/general
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions,
Thank you,
Jean-Philippe Béland
Wikimedia Canada
Hello, first an apology; I have been away for conferences the last two
weekends, & the initial email notification came during the first, the
second during the second conference. I did not see this until yesterday
upon my return from the Wikimedia Summit 2019 in Berlin.
On Saturday, April 6, 2019 , 1–5pm, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the UW
Seattle campus is hosting an Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon. You can find details
at these links:
-
https://art.washington.edu/jacob-lawrence-gallery-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view…
- https://www.facebook.com/events/615621532236261/
After two weekends away, including travel to and from Berlin, I am planning
a quiet weekend with friends. If any of you in the Seattle area can come to
the edit-a-thon so that we can have a Cascadia Wikimedia presence and
experienced Wikipedians, that would be great! In particular, any one who
happens to have, or who can get, the Event Coordinator role might be
helpful.
I will add this event to the on-wiki Seattle meetup page this evening.
Yours,
Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>
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