Cool, thanks for the info! Field trips are definitely good ideas. I'm also
hoping that we can convince the OpenStreetMap volunteers around Seattle to
take photographs as they work and upload the photos to Commons.
Pine
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Dennis Bratland <dennis.bratland(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
That was actually the press/VIP tour of the Ballard
Locks that they do in
the fall and spring when they drain the water tunnels for cleaning. The
Underground Tour is open to the public; you just buy a ticket. I think
you’d have to get a press credential and then get on the Army Corps of
Engineers press contacts list with ample lead time so that you’d get an
invite whenever they drain the locks.
With other press events, it’s the same: got to get your name on the list
so they invite you.
Dennis Bratland
Dennis.Bratland(a)gmail.com
On Jun 8, 2014, at 12:56 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
One thing I have been thinking about is if it would make sense to base a
number of
programs that we have in various stages of development in
Wikimedia Cascadia instead of developing and running them as an individual.
For example, personally I am involved with Cameras for Commons
Photographers,
which is currently in development as a grants program in
IdeaLab. Someone needs someone to run it if WMF funds it. Other chapters
apparently have similar programs. Would people be open to the idea of
running this as a local, or global, program out of Wikimedia Cascadia?
Another project that I have in mind is transforming the presentation
that I have
been drafting into a series of well-polished instructional
videos about Wikipedia that could be posted on Commons for use by
professors or researchers. I am currently thinking about requesting a WMF
grant to make this happen, but I think it would be great to develop and run
the program through Wikimedia Cascadia so there are more people involved.
For example, I think it would be great to have a diversity of presenters
for different modules, and we have some good diversity of highly skilled
Wikimedians here in Cascadia who I hope would be interested in
participating.
Another Seattle Wikimedian, and I forget exactly who proposed this,
suggested that
we could use our Wikimedia affiliation to get a greater
level of access to areas that are interesting to photograph for Commons,
for example underground tours of Seattle where we might be able to get
press-level access.
Last but not least, I hear that we have some existing GLAM and cultural
outreach
projects in the Portland area, and I think it would be great to
see if affiliating those projects more directly with Cascadia and the
Wikimedia brand would be beneficial. For example, we might be able to get
support for micro-grants for bus fares to enable more people to attend our
events.
Thoughts about programs? Obviously we are very early in our development
as an
organization but I would love to hear ideas for projects or feedback
about the ones mentioned already.
Thanks,
Pine
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