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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] West Coast WikiCon 2011: You're invited!
by WJhonson＠aol.com 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Participant created. Did we actually vote on inviting Ward Cunningham then? Or am I just being a bit too literal

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West Coast WikiCon 2011: You're invited!
by Phoebe Ayers 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Dear all, The San Francisco get together to celebrate Wikipedia's 10th anniversary is finally coming together! Please join us for the (1st?) West Coast Wiki Conference, on January 15, 2011 -- "Wikipedia Day". We'll have a participant-created conference schedule all day, and will have some very special guests and speakers including Ward Cunningham, developer of wiki technology. We will celebrate wikis and Wikipedia, brainstorm on topics of participant interest, and talk about what we imagine for the next 10 years of Wikipedia and the collaborative web. The conference will be in San Francisco, at the HUB SoMa: an art and technology co-working space that features lots of reconfigurable space and is very easily accessible by public transit. In the evening, we'll finish up with a very special 10th anniversary party hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation (details coming soon). Tickets are $25, which covers lunch and morning snacks and the rent on the conference space. You can reserve a spot through EventBrite:http://wcwc2011.eventbrite.com/ <%20http://wcwc2011.eventbrite.com/%20> There's only room for about 100 people, so please register today. For more on the event, to volunteer (we need help!), or to start brainstorming about program topics, please visit our wiki at http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org. This event is a volunteer-led, participant created effort brought to you by members of the informal San Francisco Wikimedia meetup group. To get involved in the meetup group, you can join our mailing list at: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf Questions on any of the above? Please contact me: phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com Happy editing, Phoebe -- phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com | http://phoebeayers.info support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org <http://wikisym.org/ws2010>

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Notes from anniversary conference planning
by Steven Walling 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Hi everyone, So Phoebe, Eugene Eric Kim and I had a planning meeting for next steps on the conference and afterparty for January 15th, the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia. I know this not make perfect sense to everyone, but I took notes and wanted to distribute them to everyone. Keynotes: Ask Ward and Kevin by Monday. Keep Joi as backup Other ideas: Erin McKean, Jane McGonigal, Other minorities Other ideas: Video at the party? Record keynotes? Party: Party left in capable hands of WMF (Jay, Steven, etc.) Food/drink: We have caterer contacts in the works Budget: 3k for space and food together? Fill out grant proposal on the wiki WiserEarth paperwork needs doing (Eugene) Facilitation: Eugene is taking care of it

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party notes
by Eugene Eric Kim 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

Hi all, We had a good IRC meeting yesterday. Phoebe will post notes soon. I seeded the Party page with ideas generated at the meeting. http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/wiki/Party Would love other people's ideas as well. =Eugene -- ====================================================================== Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/ ======================================================================

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west coast wiki con meeting notes
by phoebe ayers 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

Hi all, Below are notes from the last West Coast Wikiconference Planning meeting. Our next meeting is *tomorrow, Saturday 3rd, 11am, IRC*: freenode#wikimedia-sf. Join us! *Venue: * We are running short on time and so decided to go for the HUB, http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/space__Hub%20SoMa.html which is an easier and cheaper space to manage, and is close to the office. Eugene has now reserved this space for us, and will confirm this with the HUB. We also decided to go for a one day conference: any objections to this plan? If a lot of people sign up we could go for two days instead. *Party* If we want a party on the evening of the 15th, we need a separate space to hold this in. The WMF is going to help with this as well. The HUB is available on the evening of the 16th if we'd rather have a party then instead. *Swag * Steven Walling confirms that the WMF will be supplying boxes of 10th anniversary swag, including t-shirts. (We should consider whether to put our own t-shirts together as well). *Money* We need money for the venue, for food and a facilitator. Estimated cost is $3K, without a party. We agreed to charge for tickets and to ask for sponsors at a tiered rate: $1K, $500, $300. We are not going to bother with a fiscal sponsor given the short notice; Phoebe offered to front the deposit money. We agreed to use Eventbrite to sell tickets. A ticket site is now set up: http://wcwc2011.eventbrite.com/ We can change the cost if needed. If we all agree $25 seems reasonable (will cover food and most of the venue costs) let's leave it as is, and people can go ahead and register. Please speak up if you think $25 is too high/too low/not the right amount. *Speaker* We talked about having a keynote speaker to kick things off. Suggestions made: * stewart brand * ward cunningham * john perry barlow * joi ito (if he's in town) * erin mckean Please add to this list. *To do: * * Eugene to reserve HUB -- DONE; also confirm that we don't still have the women's center reserved * Phoebe to look into finances -- partially done (set up tickets site) * Steven to talk to WMF people about a party * Eugene to ask Stewart Brand if he's available Next meeting: tomorrow, Saturday. Please join us! -- Phoebe

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Hub availability
by Eugene Eric Kim 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

In our Wikipedia 10th anniversary planning meeting this morning, we decided to do a one day event rather than two. I checked to see if the Hub was still available for either January 15 or 16. They're available on both days. However, they're currently unavailable on the evening of the 15th, although that event is not confirmed, so it may open up if we want to do a party there. They're free on the evening of the 16th. I'll put a hold on the space for now, so we should be good to go until we figure out everything else. I'm also going to see if they'll be willing to cut us a break as sponsors of the event. In the meantime, I recommend that we seek an alternative site for the party (we discussed some possibilities today). Let me know if you have any thoughts. Phoebe will be sending out some other notes on our meeting in the next few days. =Eugene -- ====================================================================== Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/ ======================================================================

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