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JM
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia Conference North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next year's conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first day) Do you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia Conference North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next year's conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first day) Do you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
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I'm in Northern Idaho, but Seattle's close enough that I'd consider attending. I can also help by remote.
Christine User:Figureskatingfan
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 9:53 AM Raymond Leonard < raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com> wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
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I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The feeling I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of the USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver instead of Seattle or Portland.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
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Happy to help out, but not wanting to over commit myself yet :)
Judy
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________________________________ From: Wikimedia-Cascadia wikimedia-cascadia-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Luiza Wainer lu.wainer@gmail.com Sent: November 9, 2019 11:00 AM To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Wikipedia Conference 2020
I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The feeling I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of the USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver instead of Seattle or Portland.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
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An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early October before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire season).
The major universities in Seattle (UW) and Portland (PSU) are close to downtown, but Vancouver's (UBC or SFU) are remote and require bus transfers.
Any of the three would be fine, but note that Portland has fewer plane connections. There are trains and Intercity coach buses that connect the three, taking about 3.5 to 4 hours for Portland-Seattle and Seattle-Vancouver (including border customs).
I'd be happy to work on this if we can grab some local sponsors.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 14:09 Chan, Judy judy.chan@ubc.ca wrote:
Happy to help out, but not wanting to over commit myself yet :)
Judy
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From: Wikimedia-Cascadia wikimedia-cascadia-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Luiza Wainer lu.wainer@gmail.com Sent: November 9, 2019 11:00 AM To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Wikipedia Conference 2020
I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The feeling I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of the USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver instead of Seattle or Portland.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
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Do you know if UBC's facility at Robson Square in Vancouver might be in the running? Or is it too small and/or too busy?
JM
On 11/9/2019 5:26 PM, Bruce Englehardt wrote:
An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early October before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire season).
The major universities in Seattle (UW) and Portland (PSU) are close to downtown, but Vancouver's (UBC or SFU) are remote and require bus transfers.
Any of the three would be fine, but note that Portland has fewer plane connections. There are trains and Intercity coach buses that connect the three, taking about 3.5 to 4 hours for Portland-Seattle and Seattle-Vancouver (including border customs).
I'd be happy to work on this if we can grab some local sponsors.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 14:09 Chan, Judy judy.chan@ubc.ca wrote:
Happy to help out, but not wanting to over commit myself yet :)
Judy
Judy C. K. Chan, Ph. D. (she/her/hers) Educational Developer | Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology Faculty/CTLT Liaison | Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia | Vancouver 217 – 1961 East Mall | Musqueam Territory< https://www.mail.ubc.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=HVWU5Tzu5EuQcaQXM-Nkogcagjp_edEIYzj..., BC Canada V6T 1Z1 Phone 604 822 5811 | Fax 604 822 9826 Teaching Portfolio: blogs.ubc.ca/judychan Twitter: @judycchan
From: Wikimedia-Cascadia wikimedia-cascadia-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Luiza Wainer lu.wainer@gmail.com Sent: November 9, 2019 11:00 AM To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Wikipedia Conference 2020
I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The feeling I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of the USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver instead of Seattle or Portland.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
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I agree the main campuses of UBC and SFU are too far away from downtown and from accommodations.
UBC Robson Square might be big enough: https://robsonsquare.ubc.ca/event-conference-planning/
Other downtown options could be SFU’s downtown buildings, or BCIT’s downtown campus. See http://www.sfu.ca/mecs/vancouver-main.html and https://www.bcit.ca/rentals/downtown.shtml . SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialog is an incredible space aesthetically - I’m not sure if has enough of the right-sized rooms though.
Is there a list of the requirements, e.g. “at least one room that will fit 300 people and five other spaces that will hold 30 people each” kind of thing?
Su-Laine (currently at WikiConference NA - please find me and say hi if I haven’t met you yet)
On Nov 9, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
Do you know if UBC's facility at Robson Square in Vancouver might be in the running? Or is it too small and/or too busy?
JM
On 11/9/2019 5:26 PM, Bruce Englehardt wrote:
An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early October before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire season).
The major universities in Seattle (UW) and Portland (PSU) are close to downtown, but Vancouver's (UBC or SFU) are remote and require bus transfers.
Any of the three would be fine, but note that Portland has fewer plane connections. There are trains and Intercity coach buses that connect the three, taking about 3.5 to 4 hours for Portland-Seattle and Seattle-Vancouver (including border customs).
I'd be happy to work on this if we can grab some local sponsors.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 14:09 Chan, Judy judy.chan@ubc.ca wrote:
Happy to help out, but not wanting to over commit myself yet :)
Judy
Judy C. K. Chan, Ph. D. (she/her/hers) Educational Developer | Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology Faculty/CTLT Liaison | Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia | Vancouver 217 – 1961 East Mall | Musqueam Territory< https://www.mail.ubc.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=HVWU5Tzu5EuQcaQXM-Nkogcagjp_edEIYzj..., BC Canada V6T 1Z1 Phone 604 822 5811 | Fax 604 822 9826 Teaching Portfolio: blogs.ubc.ca/judychan Twitter: @judycchan
From: Wikimedia-Cascadia wikimedia-cascadia-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Luiza Wainer lu.wainer@gmail.com Sent: November 9, 2019 11:00 AM To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Wikipedia Conference 2020
I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The feeling I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of the USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver instead of Seattle or Portland.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99: > I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia Conference > North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next year's > conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do > you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough > members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed. > > Liz FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
-- Tapadh leabh, Mairi Dulaney.
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For those at WCNA currently, I suggest a lunchtime meeting today to apply for a Wikipedia Day grant for January. This is a rather smaller thing than hosting WCNA, but still substantial, and maybe a good intermediate step.
Technically, Nov 15 is the last day to apply, so I think it would be best to just do it at the conference when people are together:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Apply
You can apply for $500-$2,000, possibly you would have a single grant to cover two or three events in the Cascadia region.
Here are some examples from last year that you are free to borrow from and remix:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/L235/Stanford_Wikipedia...
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia_Day_Chicago_2...
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia_Day_NC_2019 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia_Day_LA,_2019
I will be glad to set up a fundraising-style banner for both editors and readers of Wikipedia and other projects, which should bring in a big enough crowd to justify it, and worked well for the other localities last year. The format is sort of a combined birthday party and one day mini-conference, with maybe a panel or two and heavy use of lightning talks.
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:10 AM Su-Laine Brodsky sulainey@gmail.com wrote:
I agree the main campuses of UBC and SFU are too far away from downtown and from accommodations.
UBC Robson Square might be big enough: https://robsonsquare.ubc.ca/event-conference-planning/
Other downtown options could be SFU’s downtown buildings, or BCIT’s downtown campus. See http://www.sfu.ca/mecs/vancouver-main.html and https://www.bcit.ca/rentals/downtown.shtml . SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialog is an incredible space aesthetically - I’m not sure if has enough of the right-sized rooms though.
Is there a list of the requirements, e.g. “at least one room that will fit 300 people and five other spaces that will hold 30 people each” kind of thing?
Su-Laine (currently at WikiConference NA - please find me and say hi if I haven’t met you yet)
On Nov 9, 2019, at 9:46 PM, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
Do you know if UBC's facility at Robson Square in Vancouver might be in
the running? Or is it too small and/or too busy?
JM
On 11/9/2019 5:26 PM, Bruce Englehardt wrote:
An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early
October
before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire
season).
The major universities in Seattle (UW) and Portland (PSU) are close to downtown, but Vancouver's (UBC or SFU) are remote and require bus
transfers.
Any of the three would be fine, but note that Portland has fewer plane connections. There are trains and Intercity coach buses that connect the three, taking about 3.5 to 4 hours for Portland-Seattle and Seattle-Vancouver (including border customs).
I'd be happy to work on this if we can grab some local sponsors.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 14:09 Chan, Judy judy.chan@ubc.ca wrote:
Happy to help out, but not wanting to over commit myself yet :)
Judy
Judy C. K. Chan, Ph. D. (she/her/hers) Educational Developer | Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology Faculty/CTLT Liaison | Faculty of Land and Food Systems The University of British Columbia | Vancouver 217 – 1961 East Mall | Musqueam Territory<
https://www.mail.ubc.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=HVWU5Tzu5EuQcaQXM-Nkogcagjp_edEIYzj...
,
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on behalf of Luiza Wainer lu.wainer@gmail.com Sent: November 9, 2019 11:00 AM To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Wikipedia Conference 2020
I know someone in Toronto who was going to suggest their city. The
feeling
I got talking to some folks is that they were trying to have it be more accessible to others, having the event either away from the coasts of
the
USA (some one mentioned Detroit) or in other North American countries (Canada, Mexico). In this case I'd love to see it happen in Vancouver instead of Seattle or Portland.
On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 at 10:39, Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
> On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99: >> I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia > Conference >> North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next > year's >> conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
> Do >> you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there
enough
>> members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed. >> >> Liz > FWIW, I'm interested in helping out. > > -- > Tapadh leabh, > Mairi Dulaney. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >
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<quote who="Bruce Englehardt" date="Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 08:26:44PM -0500">
An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early October before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire season).
The University of Washington is out of session basically all September. Space is very easy to come by during the period so I would definitely recommend that we target that period if we're going to do it in Seattle and we want to it host at UW.
Later, Mako
I am in to assist with organizing. I worked on previous Wikiconference grant applications including one for a 2016 proposal to host in Seattle. We talked about this some years ago and we have a sense of the labor commitment and logistics.
I have been out of the region some years but am still a Cascadian and ready to jump into discussions and regional planning.
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 12:03 PM Benj. Mako Hill mako@atdot.cc wrote:
<quote who="Bruce Englehardt" date="Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 08:26:44PM -0500"> > An event in the Northwest would be best during September or early October > before the weather turns (but after peak pricing and the wildfire season).
The University of Washington is out of session basically all September. Space is very easy to come by during the period so I would definitely recommend that we target that period if we're going to do it in Seattle and we want to it host at UW.
Later, Mako
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Hi,
I am happy to see the level of interest in this topic.
I don't know how much time commitment to expect from UW employees. I am aware of employees from a few areas (computer science, libraries, the law school, and communications) who have been involved in lightweight events that relate to technology and public service. However, a multi-day conference requires significant planning. If the WikiConference North America user group and local Wikimedians are willing to put in most of the time to plan the conference then I think that it would get moral support from multiple UW employees, but I recommend not counting on UW to provide free facilities or unpaid employee time.
I like Pharos' suggestion of first trying a Wikipedia Day one day event at UW before making what would be a much larger commitment for WCNA.
Personally, I would be happy to attend an event in Vancouver BC, Seattle, or Portland next year if my schedule allows.
Best wishes,
I think they said there were about 300 people here. I was told that there are some regular planners who could help with the programming & scholarships, they need locals to find a venue (often a college) and place for receptions, scope out the hotel situation & public transit. And the Foundation helps out with funding, I'm sure.
And Vancouver is a possibility!
Liz
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 1:39 PM Joe Mabel jmabel@joemabel.com wrote:
I'd certainly be in, though this is not necessarily the time of year people would most want to be in Seattle.
How many people "on the ground" do you think it requires? How big is this year's conference?
JM
On 11/9/2019 9:52 AM, Raymond Leonard wrote:
People attending from the NW include SounderBruce, Another Believer, RageSoss, & Peaceray, so I suggest taking with some of us. Let us not forget Vancouver, BC as well!
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 12:40 Dulaney jdulaney@gnu.org wrote:
On Samh 09, 2019 aig 12:13:24f -0500, sgrìobh Liz 99:
I'm not sure who to direct this message to but I'm at Wikipedia
Conference
North America & I've had 6 different people suggest to me that next
year's
conference be in Seattle or Portland (and that is just on the first
day)
Do
you think this would be of interest to this chapter? Are there enough members here to pull this off? Just planting a seed.
Liz
FWIW, I'm interested in helping out.
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<quote who="Liz 99" date="Sat, Nov 09, 2019 at 02:01:52PM -0500">
I think they said there were about 300 people here. I was told that there are some regular planners who could help with the programming & scholarships, they need locals to find a venue (often a college) and place for receptions, scope out the hotel situation & public transit. And the Foundation helps out with funding, I'm sure.
And Vancouver is a possibility!
I am a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. I likely won't be able to play a very active roll in day-to-day organizing but and am happy to help my name/support to hosting something at UW.
We looked into this a few years back, actually so I think I know the answers to obvious first set of questions.
Later, Mako
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