As well as beefing up the main page, I first reported this here after being asked to do the first workshop, which really got me thinking about training. (Besides what I'd been reading about discussing on the GenderGap wikimedia mailing list)
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_District_of_Columbia/Local_outreach

Discussed in person and via email with Katie F. and created a One Day Workshop outline which we used during the workhop (now updated to be more general):
http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/One_day_training

I then reported here on it, text below:
http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Talk:One_day_training

We had 11 new editors show, only two with accounts or some editing experience. While they appreciated the overview of Wikipedia policies and procedures, they also were hot to try to edit. Most wanted to and did create accounts and were very interested in creating a sandbox and/or personal cheat sheet page.

So I can see the need to integrate simple exercises earlier in the program. Going through one tutorial page at a time probably a good idea. Getting them to try do it at home before the workshop even a better idea! So I'll study those more and how to integrate them. I made a few changes to outline for now to make it more generic and will do more soon.

They are a group of people involved in a network of groups that work on civil liberties articles, especially about high profile individuals they feel were entrapped into crime. Katie and I stressed how important it is to put the interest of the encyclopedia first and to work on different types of articles, and that's one way to ensure you are a better editor on the articles of interest to you and to keep from getting frustrated with those. I gave them tips on how to work together on Wikiprojects like Wikipedia:WikiProject Human rights. I will continue helping them to do that. Hope to do another one in later February for a more general interest type of potential editor, hopefully computer-savvy retired individuals (especially professionals) looking for something to do in their spare time. Will start looking for recruits in various ways soon. (end report)

Also inspired by the workshop was the idea of strongly encouraging newbie editors to go through the whole tutorial before the workshop and having at least two veteran editors/trainers helping newer editors with issues on their laptops.

I also noticed Feb 4th is a proposed day for a workshop, but since I see there's a board meeting the next day and time is getting short, probably the next week is better.  I'd propose doing a meetup that at least is partially training for new editors and/or a discussion of how we can organizing out reach and training.  I'm particularly interested in outreaching to some of the thousands of DC area recent retirees who are computer savvy and looking for fun activities to fill their time, as well as to women and to the hundreds of activists on my various lists, some of whom doubtless are already editing and not doing a sufficiently NPOV job.

So that's what I have to say for now, but am still exploring the various existing Wikimedia outreach and training programs to beef up the WikiDC page(s). 

Carol in dc

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