If Keilana can come to Seattle, I think a good time for a workshop with her would be prior to, or in conjuction with, the edit-a-thon that is in planning for early 2015 at UW.
Some info about Wikiconference USA 2015: Harej says that WMDC is willing to be the fiscal sponsor for the event anywhere in the US, and he is in discussions about setting up a team of organizers. The location is still to be determined. I like the idea of co-locating the event with the OpenStreetMap event at the United Nations in NYC, as well as the idea of co-locating the event with a librarian conference in San Francisco. More info here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_USA
Pine
On Nov 9, 2014 11:07 PM, "Raymond Leonard" raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com wrote:
Emily,
First, I am not sure what happened with [Wikimedia Cascadia], but there
were a number of emails that were delayed until this evening including yours. Forgive us therefore for not responding to you sooner.
Second, others will need to weigh in, but in MHO, I think that the best
means would be to have someone come to us _and_ sessions at WikiConf. I think that between edit-a-thons that have been held in Portland, OR, interest in doing edit-a-thons in the Seattle area, & professors at University of Washington who have had students edit Wikipedia as part of the class, I think that there would be more effective to have you come from DC than to have a few of us come from Seattle.
Third, I think that having sessions at WikiConf USA is an excellent idea
that would benefit us nationally. From what I hear, it is likely that 2015's WikiConf USA may well be a follow-on to Wiki Education Foundation's efforts. If this is true, I think that training in best practices of workshop facilitation would be a natural fit.
Yours, Peaceray
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Keilana keilanawiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Cascadians!
I've been talking to Pine for the last couple of days about training
some of you in the best practices of workshop facilitation. We've been discussing several options for this, including coming to you all, having some of you come to DC for one of our formal sessions, or attending sessions at WikiConf USA. Who would be interested and what format do you think would work for you?
Best, Emily Temple-Wood Vice President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
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