Wikimedia-SF September 2010

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fiscal sponsorship for upcoming Wiki Conference
by Eugene Eric Kim 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

Hi everyone, I'm on the board of WiserEarth <http://www.wiserearth.org/>, which is a 501(c)3 that is well-aligned with Wikimedia's mission. I talked to the ED, and she very graciously agreed to act as a fiscal sponsor for our upcoming conference! We still need to work out the paperwork and get official board approval, but what it basically means is that WiserEarth will process payments and disburse checks. It will also take a 3% overhead on sponsorships, which is very small. This also means we'll be able to accept sponsors soon. Which means we should start looking for some. :-) Unfortunately, I won't be able to do the leg work on this. I'm literally leaving town next week and will be off-grid for the better part of October. Before I go, I'd love to work with some volunteers interested in going out and getting sponsorships, and I'm happy to make introductions where I can. At minimum, we should apply for a Wikimedia Foundation grant soon. Who's in? :-) =Eugene -- ====================================================================== Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/ ======================================================================

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Free Stuff!
by Jon Davis 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Howdy All, I'll be brief. Roughly a year ago the Foundation moved to a new office in San Francisco and inherited a "server room" full of equipment. Some of it has been put to use over the last year, some of it hasn't. I do contract work for the Foundation and one of my side projects is cleaning up the space. We'd love to make it more useful, and we can't do that with a bunch of gear sitting about. As such, I've made a sizeable list of gear that the Foundation would love to donate to a good home. Right now the list contains an assortment server related goodies, including 2 post rack shelves (count 60+), CAT5 patch panels, wire dividers, 42U Racks and some other goodies. You can find the entire list on Meta [1] (which I hope is an acceptable place to keep it). As noted, all the equipment is located here in San Francisco, and unfortunately there isn't time (or space) to pack it up for shipping - so it is available by pickup only (hence why I'm only mailing sf & ca lists). I'm happy as long as the equipment finds a home, but If you happen to know a non-profit that might be interested (even better!), please forward this message along to them - or let me know. I'll be happy to try and work it out with them. Thanks -Jon [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ShakataGaNai/WMF_equipment_giveaway -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/

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San Francisco Meetup 16?
by Cary Bass 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

We need to schedule a meeting. We have some stuff to discuss with the WikiConference West Coast. It's now late August, and January is just around the corner. I'm sure there are some other things we can talk about too, perhaps discuss the WikiConference NYC, and how it wen this time? :) Maybe we should meet up in the East Bay. How does Berkeley sound? Cary

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] WikiConference updates -- budget
by James Salsman 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Thanks, William. As for fiscal sponsors, someone official should put out a request for quotation to wepay.com, paypal, and moneybookers, in a way in which all three understand that they are getting the same RFQ (e.g., by a simultanious email to the official address of all of them.) You should put an request for sponsorship in the RFQ. There are some ideas about a raising sponsorships with various forms of recognition and perks locally at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stanford#Securing_s… On Sep 6, 2010 4:42 PM, "William Pietri" <william(a)scissor.com> wrote: > Jon, > > Venture capitalists sponsor public events just like any other > organizations which want ... Absolutely. In particular, they like to get their name in front of promising entrepreneurs, as finding interesting companies is essential for their business. So if you pitch them, I'd try to find some reason they can see it as a useful marketing expense. Alternatively, rather than pitching venture capital funds, it might be worth talking to individual venture capitalists, who are just the sort of person to be fascinated by Wikis. For example, Mitch Kapor and Vinod Khosla are both tech investors and major Wikipedia donors. William _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikime...

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WikiConference updates -- budget
by phoebe ayers 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Hi all, Based on our discussions at the last meeting, and my back-of-the-envelope calculations from organizing similar events, I posted our notes on a draft budget here: http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/wiki/Budget We have multiple steps to do, including: * refining the budget -- for instance, we may decide we can't raise so much, or that we want a sliding registration fee * determining sponsorship levels and potential sponsors * asking sponsors for money * finding a fiscal sponsor who can host our bank account and any monies received from sponsors CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: We need 2-3 (or more) dedicated volunteers to work on the above tasks! Please post on the wiki if you are interested in working on this aspect of the conference. You won't be alone: Eugene Kim and I have both volunteered to work on this, and we both have conference financial planning experience. But we don't want to do it by ourselves! So if you want to take it on, great, and you're interested but unsure what to do we will help you out. It's not as scary as it seems! Let me know/post on the wiki if you're interested. -- phoebe

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WikiConference updates -- Venue (was Re: San Francisco Meetup 16?)
by phoebe ayers 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Hi all, Here's an update on the status of West Coast WikiConference planning! This is part 1: about the venue. I'll be sending Part 2: about the budget soon. After doing a fair amount of online research into various venues, last month during our meeting a small group of us went to tour the Women's Building in the Mission District of SF. It seems like an appropriately sized, affordable and fun space that could work well for us. Eugene called them and put a hold in for the days of Jan 15 & 16, but haven't put a deposit down. VENUE VOTE: Since we don't have a "planning committee" per se can everyone interested in WikiConf planning check out the details on the venue page: http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/wiki/Venue And indicate if you are ok with using the Women's Building, or if you have objections? If there seems to be consensus I think we should go ahead with declaring this our venue so we can start making other plans. best, Phoebe On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Eugene Eric Kim <eekim(a)blueoxen.com> wrote: > A good reminder: I followed up with both The Women's Building and The > California Endowment, and updated the wiki accordingly: > > http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/wiki/Venue > > The short summary: TCE is out, but The Women's Building is still in, > and they have us tentatively down for January 15 and 16 (although we > have to put down a $700 deposit to make it official). > > Steven, any updates on the East Bay Community Foundation building? > > =Eugene > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Cary Bass <cary(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > We need to schedule a meeting. > > > > We have some stuff to discuss with the WikiConference West Coast. It's > > now late August, and January is just around the corner. > > > > I'm sure there are some other things we can talk about too, perhaps > > discuss the WikiConference NYC, and how it wen this time? :) > > > > Maybe we should meet up in the East Bay. How does Berkeley sound? > > > > Cary > > -- > ====================================================================== > Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim > Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/ > ====================================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >

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