I think the IP editor is a vandal, but I think this question is good for us to discuss anyway.
We are discussing two points about the affiliation agreement with Affcom and WMF Legal that I hope will be resolved favorably early next week. I am also waiting for more information from two potential board members. Hopefully we can set up our first board meeting in the next few weeks.
For our next regular Seattle meetup we can plan on the second Tuesday in October at Allegro.
Pine On Sep 20, 2014 11:03 PM, "Raymond Leonard" raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com wrote:
While I think that the effort to host WikiConference USA would help Cascadia Wikimedians itself scale up regardless of the year, I also believe that an anonymous edit adding Seattle to the list of Wikimania 2016 bidders is unconscionable without first getting a consensus within the user group. Even with a consensus, there should be no IP posts "volunteering" Seattle, anyway. That's just avoiding taking responsibility.
BTW, does anybody have any thoughts about when & where to have the first Cascadia Wikimedians user group meeting?
Peaceray
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
We've discussed hosting WikiConference USA in 2016, but someone using an IP went a step further and added Seattle to the list of potential bidders for Wikimania 2016. I understand how scaling up makes sense, especially if we have strong U.W. support and are able to hire an event planner, but the main reason I have not suggested scaling up the event is that we are a young group and we need to grow in a sustainable way; Wikimania is a very large event that may distract us from the kinds of work we have already planned to pursue like forming local partnerships, so I feel that Wikimania would be a more appropriate event for us to host in 2017 or 2018 when we have a firmer foundation and perhaps more numerous local Wikimedians and partners who will assist with coordinating the event. Thoughts?
Pine
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I highly doubt the IP editor who added the Wikimania 2016 proposal redlink was being malicious; likely it's just a momentarily enthusiastic Seattleite who stumbled across the page on meta, and probably has never heard of the Cascadia usergroup or even local meetups before.
I watch these Wikimania bidding pages regularly, and good-faith but ill-informed additions are common and harmless, and can help spark positive discussion by the regular editors/organizers.
Thanks, Pharos
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I think the IP editor is a vandal, but I think this question is good for us to discuss anyway.
We are discussing two points about the affiliation agreement with Affcom and WMF Legal that I hope will be resolved favorably early next week. I am also waiting for more information from two potential board members. Hopefully we can set up our first board meeting in the next few weeks.
For our next regular Seattle meetup we can plan on the second Tuesday in October at Allegro.
Pine On Sep 20, 2014 11:03 PM, "Raymond Leonard" < raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com> wrote:
While I think that the effort to host WikiConference USA would help Cascadia Wikimedians itself scale up regardless of the year, I also believe that an anonymous edit adding Seattle to the list of Wikimania 2016 bidders is unconscionable without first getting a consensus within the user group. Even with a consensus, there should be no IP posts "volunteering" Seattle, anyway. That's just avoiding taking responsibility.
BTW, does anybody have any thoughts about when & where to have the first Cascadia Wikimedians user group meeting?
Peaceray
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
We've discussed hosting WikiConference USA in 2016, but someone using an IP went a step further and added Seattle to the list of potential bidders for Wikimania 2016. I understand how scaling up makes sense, especially if we have strong U.W. support and are able to hire an event planner, but the main reason I have not suggested scaling up the event is that we are a young group and we need to grow in a sustainable way; Wikimania is a very large event that may distract us from the kinds of work we have already planned to pursue like forming local partnerships, so I feel that Wikimania would be a more appropriate event for us to host in 2017 or 2018 when we have a firmer foundation and perhaps more numerous local Wikimedians and partners who will assist with coordinating the event. Thoughts?
Pine
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