Wikimedia-SF January 2012

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SF meetup 17!
by Steven Walling 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

Hey Bay Area Wikimedians, I just wanted to let you know that the Community Dept will be hosting a Saturday lunch at the Foundation offices. It's been too long since we had an SF meetup, and we never had a proper Wikipedia Day celebration in the office. So please come if you can, and spread the word because we're hoping to get people from the Bay Area and California who don't normally attend. As a side note, that Saturday the Board of Trustees will be in the office, so some of them may join us on their lunch break. Details and signup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_17 Steven Walling

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Time for a wiki conference on the west coast?
by Pete Forsyth 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hey all, Recently, the idea of a RecentChangesCamp in Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, or elsewhere on the west coast has popped up on the RCC-planning mailing list. For those who don't know, RCC is one of the longer-standing wiki conferences, and has been held in Portland more than anywhere else. The last Portland one was in 2008; it's also been held in Montreal (x2), Camberra, Australia (x2), Boston, and Palo Alto. I think it's fantastic that this community remembers Portland so fondly, and is so interested in having a conference there. And there's clearly a very fertile soil in SF as well. From past experience, this conference only happens if there is strong local will to pull it off. But if that exists, there is a good core, international group of volunteers who will help out, and provide insights from past events. At the same time, it seems to me that the wiki world has evolved since RCC was first held. There are now several similar models, including the WikiConference (the Wikimedia movement's name for regional conferences; one was held last year in San Francisco); WikiSym (an academic conference about online collaboration, which has grown to include an Open Space component like RCC). Also, the PortlandWiki grown up since the last one, and has found some solid allies and beneficiaries in independent groups like Occupy and Portland Afoot. So, my question is: do people feel like putting together a wiki conference in 2012? And is RCC a good model for doing that? I'd highly recommend joining the RCC-planning email list and discussing there, so that we don't get separate discussions going. https://groups.google.com/group/rcc-planning -Pete p.s. As an aside, I recently set up an IRC channel : #wikimedia-westcoast. While I know that many of you are more "wiki" people than "Wikimedia" people, I hope this is a useful tool for networking -- if you're an IRC user, please join us and say hi sometime!

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Maker Faire 2012
by Jon Davis 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

First: *Save the dates for Maker Faire Bay Area: May 19 & 20 2012* Ok, now that's out of the way... Phoebe and I have been nominally in charge of the WMF booth for the last few years. Not that we both don't LOVE Maker Faire and love every second we are there... but it's exhausting... and we need some time off. So before we get too close to Maker Faire, Phoebe and I are officially handing off the reigns to "The List" (IE You guys and gals). *We'd love for someone to speak up and take charge of the Maker Faire booth organization this year. * We're happy to help out (as normal people), but someone else needs to take the lead. If you're interested in Maker Faire (or trying to figure out what the heck I'm talking about) please see: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_20… - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_20… So far as I can tell, Maker registration is not open yet. So we've still got time to make plans and make them good! Also, for your planning enjoyment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_20… Thanks -Jon (And Phoebe, who cannot be blamed for my terrible writing) -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/

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Access to 3D-scanner
by Eugene Zelenko 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hi! Does anybody in area has access to 3D scanner? I want to scan some coins for Commons, but this is still in planning stage. Related questions: * How long scanning of single coin's side could take? * Is there open format for such images which could satisfy Commons requirements? Question of viewing aside for awhile :-) Eugene.

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Opting back in to the John O'Connell, World Peace Campaign-"Time Out for Peace!" mailing list
by John O'Connell, World Peace Campaign-Time Out for Peace! 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

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SF Hackathon already overbooked
by Karen Sue Rolph 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

This is uncool. I got the SF Hackathon email moments ago, and there is no more space. Lag time on list, or what? ksrolph

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01 Jan '12

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