wikimedia-dc May 2011

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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes - May 28
by Kirill Lokshin 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hello everyone, Attached is a preliminary version of the minutes from the May 28 meeting of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the May 7 meeting have been approved, and are now posted on our website (http://wikidc.org/wiki/Meetings). Regards, Kirill ----------------------------------------------------- Kirill Lokshin, Secretary Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc. http://wikidc.org

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program in DC (and me in DC right now, too!)
by Sage Ross 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hi DC folks! Two things. 1) The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for someone to be the Regional Ambassador for DC... essentially, coordinating the expansion of the ambassador program in the DC metro area. It doesn't require previous ambassador experience. Here's the basic description: ------------- "Regional Ambassadors are crucial leaders in the Wikipedia Ambassador program, and represent a huge step in efforts to transition more and more of the central leadership roles in the program from Wikimedia Foundation staff to Ambassadors. We have divided the U.S. into different "regions" based on expected Ambassador activity levels in different parts of the country (with focus on balancing the activity levels across all the regions as much as possible), and each region will be coordinated by one or two Regional Ambassadors responsible for that area. In a nutshell, Regional Ambassadors will be in charge of coordinating professor recruitment and check-in, coordinating Campus Ambassador recruitment and performance, and facilitating communication among different stakeholders (professors, Campus Ambassadors, Online Ambassadors, Wikimedia staff, etc.). This is a leadership role with great opportunities for developing team management, community organizing, and public outreach skills. It also provides participants with significant professional-networking opportunities, especially in the education community and the open-source community. The time commitment for this role is approximately 5 hours a week. ------------- If that sounds appealing, please let me know. There's a ton of potential for expanding the ambassador program in DC, and getting new ambassadors and instructors involved... especially from outside the current community... will be a great way to strengthen the DC community, and maybe feed into the GLAM work and other activities you've got going on. 2) I'm in DC right now, through Sunday morning, staying at the Washington Hilton. I'm here for the Association for Psychological Science convention; they are actively promoting Wikipedia editing to their ~25,000 members, and I'm here -- along with Piotr Konieczny (User:Piotrus) -- to connect people up with the ambassador program. We have a cool Wikipedia booth: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ragesoss/5762453080 If anyone wants to meet up, especially some evening, let me know. We are also tentatively planning to visit the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the National Arboretum on Sunday morning, around 10am, in case anyone wants to join us. (I'm hoping to make it to the board meeting on Saturday, but may not be able to.) -Sage Ross User:Ragesoss Online Facilitator, Public Policy Initiative Wikimedia Foundation

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Upcoming Board of Directors meeting on May 28
by Kirill Lokshin 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hello everyone, We'll be holding a meeting of the Wiki Society of Washington DC, Inc. Board of Directors at 2:00 PM on May 28, 2011. The meeting will be held at Starbucks Coffee, located at 5454 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD. The order of business for the meeting is attached. The meeting will be open to the public, and everyone on this list is welcome to participate. Please let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can pick out space appropriately. Thanks, Kirill ----------------------------------------------------- Kirill Lokshin Secretary Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc.

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Library data on books to go open source (OCLC)?
by K Anderson 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hello all, Here's a big opportunity heading our direction: Open source book metadata, possibly from OCLC. What will happen when open source data about books meets up with the Wikipedia format: a flexible way for anybody to link different material to a book or author: article text, summaries, categories, subjects, keywords, links to registries of people, places, things ... ? Immediate practical impact: easy input of book references is a big key to clearing up WP "no reliable source" problems. But there's more possibility ... Here's some background on the major players, to plant a seed with you and get your creative juices flowing: Everybody's Libraries, May 24, 2011 Open data’s role in transforming our bibliographic framework http://everybodyslibraries.com/2011/05/24/open-datas-role-in-transforming-o… How do we get OCLC to release its data? Any ideas? Cheers! Kristin

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Liam Wyatt @ NARA on Tuesday
by aude 25 May '11

25 May '11

Liam Wyatt, WMF cultural partnerships fellow and Australian Wikimedian, will be in DC this week. He's scheduled to speak at the National Archives (downtown) on Tuesday at 2:30 pm, and this is open to the public. Everyone is welcome to join us. http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-133.html Afterwards on Tuesday, at 5pm and on, there will be a social happy hour at RFD (810 7th St NW). Please join! Cheers, Katie http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-133.html -- Katie Filbert filbertk(a)gmail.com @filbertkm

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Professor/Educational Tips
by Sarah Stierch 16 May '11

16 May '11

Hi everyone, I'm the new Regional Ambassador the DC Region, I'll be overseeing the Campus Ambassador <http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Ambassador_Program> program and working towards furthering Wikimedia's relationships with higher education institutions through the District only. (Not Virginia or Maryland) I'm putting together a list of potential professors (anyone teaching is welcome, including PhD students) to work with for our Fall 2011 semester. And of course, we're always looking for those interested in being Campus Ambassadors (you /do not/ have to be a student!). I just wanted to send out a quick email to poke your brains about any professors that you think might be worth reaching out too. We are now seeking to expand our relationships /outside /of the Public Policy sector, and into all arenas of higher education. I am seeking potential relationships with people at the following institutions: * George Washington University * American University * The Catholic University * Corcoran College of Art and Design * Gallaudet * Georgetown (we do have relationships here, but always happy to expand!) * Howard University * University of DC I also know we have the Wesley Theological Seminary, I haven't quite tossed around this idea yet, but, any contacts is grand. Feel free to email me directly, or I suppose post it here if you'd like, and /thank you!/ (You can learn more about Regional Ambassadors here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Regional_Ambassadors) #wikilove, Sarah -- Wikipedia Regional Ambassador, D.C. Region Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> -- Sarah Stierch Consulting Historical, cultural & artistic research, advising & event planning. ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/

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DC Meetup #18 @ May 24
by aude 12 May '11

12 May '11

Mark your calendars for May 24, ~5:30 pm and on, for DC meetup #18 at a TBD downtown DC location. Come meet User:Wittylama (Liam Wyatt), former Wikipedian-in-Residence at the British Museum and current Wikimedia Foundation fellow, working on global GLAM outreach. He will be joined by NARA's new Wikipedian-in-Residence (User:Dominic), the Smithsonian Wikipedian-in-Residence (User:SarahStierch), and other NARA, Smithsonian and other DC-area GLAM staff. This will be a happy hour, chance to relax and talk / learn about GLAM outreach! No formal agenda. RSVP here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_18 This meetup is being co-organized by us and NARA. We will announce the location ASAP, but it will be some place downtown / Chinatown area. Cheers, Katie

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Wikis Take Embassies: Part 2
by aude 12 May '11

12 May '11

Last weekend, a group of us visited numerous European embassies around Dupont Circle and Embassy Row, which were part of the EU Open House day. Some embassies were super popular, like Portugal and Italy, and others had no line (e.g. Estonia, Cyprus). This Saturday, many of the non-European embassies are holding open houses, as part of Passport DC. If anyone is interested, let's meetup on Saturday for Wikis Take Embassies: Part 2! Unless there's strong interest in seeing particular embassies around Dupont Circle, how about we meet at the Van Ness metro station (UDC / west side of Conn Ave) at 11 AM and see embassies around there, which will have shorter or no lines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikis_Take_the_Embassies (RSVP here) http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/things-do-see/passport-dc Cheers, Katie

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Re: [Wikimedia-DC] Announce list (was: PO Box)
by Aude 11 May '11

11 May '11

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Gavin Baker <gavin(a)gavinbaker.com> wrote: > Not to be rude, but these discussions are exactly why I was hoping you'd > start an announce list. I'm interested in your events and major news but > not the decision-making. I suspect there are others like me. > +1 (I hear your concerns) Here's our request for the announce list: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28944 I'll bug people to get this implemented ASAP. Cheers, Katie > > On 05/11/2011 10:36 PM, Aude wrote: > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Kat Walsh <kat(a)mindspillage.org > > <mailto:kat@mindspillage.org>> wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:48 PM, James Hare <jamesmhare(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:jamesmhare@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > I suppose I would've caused much less outrage if I limited the > > > resolution to "The Treasurer is authorized to spend $96 to go rent > a > > > PO Box somewhere" but I think it's fair for people to know where > the > > > PO Box is and what exactly we're getting out of our money. > > Conversely, > > > if I had limited it to "we're getting the small PO Box at the > > > Friendship Post Office" then there would've been the question > > "but how > > > much does it cost?" There would also be the legal question of the > > > Treasurer being able to spend corporate dollars without being > > > explicitly authorized to do so (given the present lack of budget). > So > > > while the text of the resolution may be a bit ridiculous, I'm > trying > > > to be as specific as possible in the interest of transparency. By > > > debating the sausage making on the mailing list, we can use our > > > in-person meetings for things that are more important and more fun > > > than debating back-office matters. > > > > I do agree that it's good to make the details transparent, but I too > > think that this is more specific than you generally want for a > > resolution. > > > > Playing "what if": the Post Office has a budget crisis, and before > you > > go to actually get the box, prices are raised to $100 annually! The > > Friendship Heights post office moves next door and gets a new > address! > > The "small" boxes are being taken out for wall repairs, but they'll > > rent you a medium for the same price! You, being diligent in your > > duties, are on your way to rent the box--or renew it next year--when > > you discover one of these things, and now you are deeply concerned, > > because even though these are trivial matters, they're in conflict > and > > require the resolution to be amended. > > > > What I might do is resolve to rent the box and spend no more than, > > say, $110, without revisiting the resolution, and in the resolution > > refer to another document that contains the juicy^W less-important > > details: that the address of the box must be kept publicly on the > > website and in the org's records, what specific size and box number > > you actually got, etc. (You might also want to clarify whether "for a > > yearlong period" means "for this year only" or "indefinitely, for a > > year at a time, as long as the other conditions apply".) > > > > > > I support this and allowing a little bit of flexibility, such as "a Post > > Office in the District of Columbia, spending no more than $110". > > > > Cheers, > > Katie > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Kat > > > > > > -- > > Your donations keep Wikipedia online: http://donate.wikimedia.org/en > > Wikimedia, Press: kat(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:kat@wikimedia.org> * > > Personal: kat(a)mindspillage.org <mailto:kat@mindspillage.org> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mindspillage * (G)AIM:mindspillage > > IRC(freenode,OFTC):mindspillage * identi.ca:mindspillage * phone:ask > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-DC mailing list > > Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > <mailto:Wikimedia-DC@lists.wikimedia.org> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-DC mailing list > > Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-DC mailing list > Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc >

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PO Box
by James Hare 11 May '11

11 May '11

For the purposes of accepting registration by mail and other things, I propose that the Society register for a PO Box. Here is the draft of the motion: A motion to rent a Post Office box Moved by: BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1. The Board of Directors shall rent a 3 inch by 5.5 inch Post Office box at the Friendship Post Office at 4005 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016. 2. The Treasurer is authorized to spend $96.00 for the purpose of renting the Post Office box for a yearlong period. 3. Two keys shall be ordered for the Post Office box, with the Secretary and Treasurer each receiving one. -- James Hare

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