Wikimedia-SF January 2010

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Feb. 6 meetup -- space questions
by phoebe ayers 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Hi all, As you know we're planning a meetup for Feb. 6... however, someone mentioned to me they thought the WMF offices would not be available that day due to another meeting. Can someone from the office confirm if the space is available or not? If it's not, do ya'll want to .... 1) reschedule (back to) January 30 ? 2) meet somewhere else? Thanks! -- Phoebe

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] hosting Wikimania?
by James Salsman 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

When people mentioned Stanford last night, I asked their Open Source Lab's event mailing list, and found a couple people willing to help, one of whom (Todd Davies) is willing to act as an academic sponsor. So I created a bid page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Stanford All we need is to sign up local sponsors (e.g. Google, Oracle, who else?) to pay for the venues and as much on campus room and board as possible, if we want to be sure to beat Montreal and Tokyo. I hope we can talk about that at the Meetup on the 6th. I'm not partial to whether this is a 2011 or a 2012 bid, but the instructions said that a 2011 bid was still likely feasible. I would prefer Stanford to UCSC because it's closer to me, but I would also wholeheartedly support a UC Berkeley, UCSF, USF, etc. bids. Those are closer still to me, but logistically they seem more problematic in terms of accommodations, parking, raising sponsorship funds, etc. I would prefer to avoid conference facilities without libraries. Cheers, James

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hosting Wikimania?
by phoebe ayers 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Hi all, I was asked if the SF-area Wikimedia group had any interest in putting in a bid for Wikimania 2011: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011 The deadline to do so is February 8 -- two weeks away (just to list the bidding city's name; the deadline for full bid info is March 29). If that's too hard, there's an unofficial page for 2012 already as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012 If you don't know what Wikimania is, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania or http://en.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania. What do y'all think? -- phoebe - http://phoebeayers.info | phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Feb. 6 meetup -- space questions
by Sue Gardner 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

I think it's the board meeting February 6, right Cary? So that would be bad, in that the meetup wouldn't be able to use the big room, but good, in that the meetup people and the board might get to spend a little time together. On the general issue, I'm pretty sure we could accommodate the meetup any time -- I can't think of any dates that would be completely unworkable. Thanks, Sue ------Original Message------ From: Cary Bass Sender: wikimedia-sf-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org To: San Francisco Wikimedians ReplyTo: San Francisco Wikimedians Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Feb. 6 meetup -- space questions Sent: 19 Jan 2010 9:41 AM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 phoebe ayers wrote: > Hi all, > > As you know we're planning a meetup for Feb. 6... however, someone > mentioned to me they thought the WMF offices would not be available > that day due to another meeting. Can someone from the office > confirm if the space is available or not? > > If it's not, do ya'll want to .... 1) reschedule (back to) January > 30 ? 2) meet somewhere else? > > Thanks! -- Phoebe There is definitely another meeting going on that day. Whether or not it will impact our ability to have a meetup is another matter entirely. There's a small chance it may work to the benefit of the meetup (in the fact that resources going to keeping the office open are not being duplicated another week). - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktV7rkACgkQyQg4JSymDYnOOQCgk143lDXI4YRDX/nQaa0Z0EPh wSAAoIpUS8nb+aAoI0HmfWhzM4c2aS2F =q6Mi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup! -- change to February 6th
by phoebe ayers 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

OK, to accommodate a few folks who couldn't make it on the 30th, let's have the meetup on: * Saturday, February 6 * Wikimedia Foundation offices, 149 New Montgomery St., SF [assuming someone from the office can attend] * 3pm-ish; feel free to suggest alternate times This also gives us an extra week to all come up with: * Awesome ideas for Maker Faire * Ideas for meetups and projects (fieldtrips, SF loves art, ??? -- think about what you'd be willing to help coordinate) * More agenda items PLEASE sign up on the wiki if you intend to come, so that a) we can plan for snacks; b) someone can let you in the door. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 11 -- Phoebe On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Jon Davis <wiki(a)konsoletek.com> wrote: > Ok troops, since no one has complained, it has been decided. Meetup! >

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup! -- change to February 6th
by Luca de Alfaro 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

I am very much looking forward to the meet-up! Luca --- Sent from mobile device On Jan 15, 2010 5:10 PM, "Jon Davis" <wiki(a)konsoletek.com> wrote: I would also like to state for the record that the wikimedia-sf list is not Foundation-L. You are not limited to a specific number of posts a month, and no one is going to smite you too badly for saying "me too!". I mainly say this because we _NEED_ more people to respond, if not on list at least on wiki. Granted the goal for this year is to make these affairs more regular, so that missing one wont be such a "big deal", but it is extremely helpful to the meetup organizers to have some idea of what others things. Either that, or we go back to the Shakata-tatorship model, which I'm cool with. I do love having peons. ^_^ On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 16:58, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, to accommodat... -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] http://snowulf.com/ - Blog http://snowulf.imagekind.com/ - Pictures This has been a test of the emergency sig system. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf

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meetup!
by phoebe ayers 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

Dear all, It's been too long! Let's have a meetup. I added a list of possible dates here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_11 Please indicate which works best for you (or proposed different dates) and propose locations and agenda items. Suggested agenda items so far: * planning for Maker Faire (which I'm super excited about!) * potential spring field trips * recruiting more bay area editors to meetups cheers, Phoebe

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup!
by Sue Gardner 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

I'm free both days right now, so let's assume either's fine. And if I can't do it, I'm sure someone else on the staff would :-) ------Original Message------ From: Phoebe Ayers Sender: brassratgirl(a)gmail.com To: Sue Gardner GMail To: San Francisco Wikimedians Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup! Sent: 10 Jan 2010 10:54 PM If the Foundation is willing to have us that would be awesome :) I'll subsidize snacks! Any preferences on a day? It sounds like Jan. 30 or Feb. 6 are shaping up as the best days. -- phoebe On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Sue Gardner <susanpgardner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Don't forget -- you can do it at the Wikimedia offices now, if you want. Our space is close to BART, and big enough to host a meetup. > > 149 New Montgomery (New Montgomery and Howard). Someone from the staff would need to be there to let people in, etc. --- but I'm sure of me, Cary, Pete, Ariel, etc., somebody would be willing :-) > > ------Original Message------ > From: Robert Rohde > Sender: wikimedia-sf-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To: San Francisco Wikimedians > ReplyTo: San Francisco Wikimedians > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup! > Sent: 10 Jan 2010 8:53 PM > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Jon Davis <wiki(a)konsoletek.com> wrote: >> Just as a heads up. The weekend of February 13th is presidents day, so >> probably not the best idea. > > There is also another holiday that weekend that some of us may be more > inclined to think about than President's Day. > >> My personal vote is lets just meet at the tea thinger and do it in January. >> Worse comes to worse, it is a smaller "planning" meeting for bigger and more >> fun things later in the year. Maybe we can even get people to volunteer to >> "take charge" of planning one future meeting each. > > I'd actually prefer somewhere other than the tea place. I wasn't so > impressed with it last time. > > -Robert Rohde

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup!
by Sue Gardner 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Don't forget -- you can do it at the Wikimedia offices now, if you want. Our space is close to BART, and big enough to host a meetup. 149 New Montgomery (New Montgomery and Howard). Someone from the staff would need to be there to let people in, etc. --- but I'm sure of me, Cary, Pete, Ariel, etc., somebody would be willing :-) ------Original Message------ From: Robert Rohde Sender: wikimedia-sf-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org To: San Francisco Wikimedians ReplyTo: San Francisco Wikimedians Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup! Sent: 10 Jan 2010 8:53 PM On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Jon Davis <wiki(a)konsoletek.com> wrote: > Just as a heads up. The weekend of February 13th is presidents day, so > probably not the best idea. There is also another holiday that weekend that some of us may be more inclined to think about than President's Day. > My personal vote is lets just meet at the tea thinger and do it in January. > Worse comes to worse, it is a smaller "planning" meeting for bigger and more > fun things later in the year. Maybe we can even get people to volunteer to > "take charge" of planning one future meeting each. I'd actually prefer somewhere other than the tea place. I wasn't so impressed with it last time. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf

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Maker Faire 2010
by Jon Davis 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

I know you're all reading that subject line, thinking to yourselves "What the hell, a little early?" (Or, ya know, maybe that's just me). Anyways, I received a mailing from the Maker people with a little flier and such, essentially "inviting" us back for 2010. Not much in the way of information other than it is May 22 & 23 (weekend before Memorial day) and once again at the San Mateo County Event Center. For those that don't know: http://makerfaire.com/ For those that weren't involved last year (or have forgotten): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire And because asking this group if anyone "wants" to go is silly... I jumped directly to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2010 -Jon -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] http://snowulf.com/ - Blog http://snowulf.imagekind.com/ - Pictures This has been a test of the emergency sig system.

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