Good to hear!  I signed up too.

Also I had a substantial conversation with Jami Mathewson and the Simons Foundation.  It is good to be partners with them.  (It was a surprise that they stepped in on "our" event, but they were boldly trying to move the agenda forward so I try to remember to be flexible.  Now we are partners which is fine.)
They had funding and were able to reserve a large room so now there is room for 25 attendees to edit in each of the four sessions, and as many as five Wikimedians to walk around to help.
We will also have presenters to show beginners how to get going.  We may have enough, or not -- not clear yet.
So I encourage you Wikimedians with an interest in science or science policy to sign up.  If selected, you can attend the rest of this otherwise expensive AAAS conference.

Sign up here on the AAAS site to "moderate" (help):  http://meetings.aaas.org/wikipedia/   (regular attendees of the conference will also sign up to join us at a different form there)
Please do that by Feb. 3.
Optionally, put to-do items on the event page:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AAAS2016   (but that doesn't get you admitted).
Same links are on our chapter calendar at http://wikidc.org.   Questions?   Write to me.  -- peter m

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Tuszynski, Jarek W. <JAROSLAW.W.TUSZYNSKI@leidos.com> wrote:

I am signing up for Session 3 and 4. Did anybody else signed up to help with edit-a-thons?

 

Jarek T.

(user:Jarekt)

 

From: wikimedia-dc [mailto:wikimedia-dc-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jami Mathewson
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:30 PM
To: wikimedia-dc@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [wikimedia-dc] Looking for moderators for AAAS Wikipedia edit-a-thons, February 13–14

 

Hi Wikimedia DC folks, 

 

As a part of the Year of Science, the Wiki Education Foundation will join the Simons Foundation at the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), on February 13th and 14th in DC, where they will host several Wikipedia edit-a-thons.

 

They're looking for DC-area community members who are interested in attending the event to moderate 1–4 of the sessions. The Simons Foundation will cover the registration cost for any moderators, so you'll also be able to attend other parts of the conference that weekend. 

 

Location

 

Schedule

  • Session 1: February 13th, 10am–1pm
  • Session 2: February 13th, 1:30pm–4:30pm
  • Session 3: February 14th, 10am–1pm
  • Session 4: February 14th, 1:30pm–4:30pm

Interested parties can find more information about the events and how to apply to be a moderator on the AAAS website. 

 

I hope to see you in DC in a few weeks to bring more scientists to Wikipedia! 

Jami


 

--

Jami Mathewson

Educational Partnerships Manager

Wiki Education Foundation

 


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