All,
We've talked about the idea of having a "mini-conference" over a couple
different meetups, most notably in the February meetup at the Foundation
offices. It just so happens that it came up again at today's meetup and
we've finally decided: we're going to do it.
We're aiming for an unconference style gathering, bigger than a meetup,
smaller than Wikimania. Hopefully in the 100 people range. It will be here
in the Bay Area, but we're calling it the "West Coast Conference" because
we're hoping to attract people from beyond our little neck of the woods. We
hope to get a few decent keynotes in there, and some of the "unconference"
talks pre-planned. That way people will have be able to see what is going
on (partially) in advance and know if they want to come. Obviously this is
still very much in the planning stage, but that being said it will be held
January 15 & 16, 2011. This is MLK Jr weekend, and it also happens to
coincide with Wikipedia Day.
More details will be sent out as we figure them out, and posted to the Wiki
page (on meta, link below). Phoebe will also be sending out her half of the
information in the next day or so (She actually takes notes, handy).
Additionally, since some people get upset with the SF list gets busy with
chatter they aren't interested in, we've setup a separate mailing list. If
you're interested in the on-goings of this conference, want to help get
involved, etc... please sign up for the list (link below). Some
"Announcements" will still be sent to the SF list about this topic, for
those not terribly interested.
Thanks-
-Jon
Wiki Page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/WCWC11
Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/wcwc11
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I thought I could make 1pm, but my commitments later in the afternoon
involve some preparation I didn't know about, which will take such
that I can't really be in SF past 1:30, so I'm going to skip this one.
Here's an update on my assignments for the Maker Faire things. First,
time lapse article videos: I wasn't able to make them, but I found
some which are suitable:
http://vimeo.com/6463465 (this one is fairly legible, unlike most of the rest)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCQ9dUsfqUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8O-hv3w-MUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIUiYMU_NHMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BET04GR8Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5tr4ZxXvc
Some of the YouTube videos have higher-than-default resolutions in
which they are somewhat legible, and they are all probably useful for
showing the gist of how an article evolves.
As for the globe donation jar, I still have an inquiry out on a 25cm
clear plastic globe which I need to follow up on because so far
there's been no reply. If that fall though, do people think these
4-inch globes are too small:
http://www.partypalooza.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code…
Those are inexpensive enough I will probably just get a couple to have
just in case, but I'm concerned they are too small to be practical.
I do have pages for handouts which need to be printed on colored card
stock at Kinkos and sliced up into handouts, and a template for
notecards which we can hand out to passers by asking them to write
short "articles" on the other Maker Faire exhibits, and return them to
the booth to help create a "MakerFairePedia" on Wikisource; I'll send
the files for those things to Jon later on.
Sorry I can't be there.
Regards,
James Salsman
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Jon Davis <wiki(a)konsoletek.com> wrote:
> Pizza. 1pm
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_14
>
> -Jon
>
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 15:33, Stephen LaPorte <stephen.laporte(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> If you like Indian food, Little Dehli is only a short walk from Powell
>> BART.
>> On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Jon Davis wrote:
>>
>> Ok. 1 PM (1300) tomorrow. Lunch time. Anyone who actually lives in San
>> Francisco have a suggestion for somewhere near BART/Downtown that we can go
>> for food?
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 17:47, Micah Alpern <alpern(a)yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Guys, I have a wedding in Yosemite this weekend so I won’t be able to
>>> attend.
>>>
>>> Feel free to assign me task (not too big please J ) and I’ll try to help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Micah
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: wikimedia-sf-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>> [mailto:wikimedia-sf-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jon Davis
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:40 PM
>>> To: phoebe ayers
>>> Cc: San Francisco Wikimedians
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup 14: potential time change?
>>>
>>>
>>> I have no issues changing the time. I just suggested 3 as a random
>>> starting point.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 14:47, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> we're planning a meetup this Saturday, May 1st, in SF:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_14
>>>
>>> There hasn't been much interest yet. So:
>>>
>>> * if you are interested please sign up!
>>> * time change: how would you feel about a time change to be earlier --
>>> perhaps 1 pm for a lunch get-together? I can't make it at the current
>>> time of 3pm unfortunately (I need to be in Sacramento at 6).
>>>
>>> If that doesn't work let me know.
>>>
>>> Phoebe
>>>
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>>>
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