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Women's history month edit
by Proffitt,Merrilee 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Greetings, We are conducting a poll is being conducted to gauge interest in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Bay Area to mark Women's history month. We are trying to identify the date and location that would work best for attendees. If this is a topic that interests you or if you would like to help out, please fill out the poll. You should also feel free to post this to other lists. Please respond by this Friday! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K89J3ZM Best, Merrilee

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Innovate/Activate conference at UC Berkeley, April 20/21 2012
by Jay Walsh 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi folks, We were recently asked if WMF could provide some awareness/info sponsorship for a new conference being hosted by the UC Berkeley law school titled 'Innovate/Activate.' It's a conference about DIY Activism, Internet advocacy, IP issues, and how make more sharing happen in the world. The conference is being hosted Saturday, April 20 and Sunday April 21. Our own Wikimedia Board of Trustees member Kat Walsh will be attending, and it appears she may even run an awesome talk on the WP Blackout and SOPA. Other Wikimedia Foundation staff may be there. Wikimedia Foundation is an 'intellectual sponsor' of the event (what a charming way to describe ourselves), rather than a financial sponsor. We're spreading the world to people in the area and joining several other like-minded orgs. Of course we don't necessarily endorse the specific panel topics or activities, but the spirit of the event is in line with topics and issues we care about: free and open web, sharing, releasing information etc etc. More about the conference here: http://www.innovateactivate.org/ And if you're really feeling ambitious you can propose a relevant talk, although you may only have a few hours left to do so... Late notice is better than none... http://www.innovateactivate.org/getactivated Onpassing for your info! -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw

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New list announcement: Maker Faire planning
by Jon Davis 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

All, In order to prevent people from getting spamming on the SF list with Maker Faire planning and to assist in people actually getting some planning done in advance.... I'm pleased to announce we have a new mailing list dedicated to Maker Faire: wikimedia-sf-makerfaire https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf-makerfaire If you are even remotely interested/curious in participating/supporting/helping out/etc with Maker Faire then please subscribe to that list. We'll make an occasional announcement on the SF about the important information for Maker Faire. Otherwise I hope to see you on wm-sf-mf! -Jon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_20… -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/

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Women's History month action plan
by Karen Sue Rolph 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

Calling on women and others of all stripes, polka dots, and textures - Bay Area Women's History Month call to action and plan development Please see Fellow Sarah's beginning: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/SFWHM KS Rolph

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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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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wikimedia-SF Digest, Vol 41, Issue 3
by George Jay 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hello, all, To answer my own query: Given the fact we are already in Black History Month, and that there is no reply except for Sarah's kind offer, it is safe to assume that Wikipedia is not going to celebrate Black History Month 2012. Perhaps the movie ''Redtails'', which is about the [[Tuskegee Airmen]], will spark sufficient interest that Wikipedia will have a Black History Month 2013. George ________________________________ From: "wikimedia-sf-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedia-sf-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: Wikimedia-SF Digest, Vol 41, Issue 3 Send Wikimedia-SF mailing list submissions to wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimedia-sf-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimedia-sf-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-SF digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: International Women's History Month (Proffitt,Merrilee) 2. Re: Wikimedia-SF Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1 (Sarah Stierch) 3. Re: International Women's History Month (Sarah Stierch) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:42:29 -0500 From: "Proffitt,Merrilee" <proffitm(a)oclc.org> To: "San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians" <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] International Women's History Month Message-ID: <AA3DCFAA4E87BD40BBAA507B1C36CC3D06ECD091(a)OAEXCH4SERVER.oa.oclc.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi all, I'm Merrilee, and I work at a non profit that supports libraries - we are based in Central Ohio, but also have an office in San Mateo. I'd be happy to host an edit-a-thon and to reach out to our members that have archival and library collections featuring women (particularly those that have online content in the public domain) to provide fodder. I am a Wikipedia newbie, but we are hoping to develop a Wikipedian in Residence position this summer. I would love to work with a local partner to do something. So Asaf, I'd be interested in being a partner in crime! Best, Merrilee Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer OCLC Research From: wikimedia-sf-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-sf-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Asaf Bartov Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:15 PM To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] International Women's History Month I don't have time to actually _produce_ or plan anything, but I'm happy to help out if someone else is. I can deliver outreach talks on a variety of topics, or co-tutor at a practical workshop. Cheers, Asaf On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi everyone, I finally joined this list the other day! So hello! I'm Sarah, a long time Wikipedian and I'm serving as a community fellow at the Foundation, focusing on gender gap work. I actually split my time between Washington DC and San Francisco, where my family lives. I'm wrapping up my master's here in DC and will be moving back to the Bay Area come early June. Anyhoo, enough about me. March is International Women's History Month and I'm just curious if anyone on list have anything planned to celebrate in regards to outreach events. We'll be having an edit-a-thon here in Washington, DC related to women in science! I'd love to see something taking place in San Francisco, of course, and have Wikimedians regardless of gender inspire one another to contribute to women's history coverage on any language and project. Of course, outreach events that bring new users would be fabulous as well! I'd like to provide support anyway I can, please let me know if you'd like assistance in making something wonderful happen in your area. I'll be developing a page on Wiki to celebrate events, and it'd be wonderful to have events to fill it up with, of course! This could be as simple as having an edit-a-thon with friends at your house, to having a more structured event. I'd also love to see some outreach events that involve photographs of historical landmarks related to women's history. I look forward to hearing from you, and feel free to forward this message to any appropriate people or parties! -Sarah -- Sarah Stierch Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow >>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today <http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=WMFJA085/en/US&utm_sou rce=WMdonate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=20110130SB003&language=en&u selang=en&country=US&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwikimediafoundation.org%2Fwik i%2FHome> << _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

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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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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wikimedia-SF Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1
by George Jay 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

Isn't there anything going for Black History Month? ________________________________ From: "wikimedia-sf-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedia-sf-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:00 AM Subject: Wikimedia-SF Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1 Send Wikimedia-SF mailing list submissions to wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wikimedia-sf-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at wikimedia-sf-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-SF digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: International Women's History Month (Asaf Bartov) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:14:52 -0800 From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] International Women's History Month Message-ID: <CAAmrcwe7zqj1=1YyUbFqpO7jbTPPefeBApCPdpshj7sFiMoo7Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I don't have time to actually _produce_ or plan anything, but I'm happy to help out if someone else is. I can deliver outreach talks on a variety of topics, or co-tutor at a practical workshop. Cheers, Asaf On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I *finally* joined this list the other day! So hello! I'm Sarah, a long > time Wikipedian and I'm serving as a community fellow at the Foundation, > focusing on gender gap work. I actually split my time between Washington DC > and San Francisco, where my family lives. I'm wrapping up my master's here > in DC and will be moving back to the Bay Area come early June. Anyhoo, > enough about me. > > March is International Women's History Month and I'm just curious if > anyone on list have anything planned to celebrate in regards to outreach > events. We'll be having an edit-a-thon here in Washington, DC related to > women in science! I'd love to see something taking place in San Francisco, > of course, and have Wikimedians regardless of gender inspire one another to > contribute to women's history coverage on any language and project. > > Of course, outreach events that bring new users would be fabulous as well! > > I'd like to provide support anyway I can, please let me know if you'd like > assistance in making something wonderful happen in your area. > > I'll be developing a page on Wiki to celebrate events, and it'd be > wonderful to have events to fill it up with, of course! This could be as > simple as having an edit-a-thon with friends at your house, to having a > more structured event. I'd also love to see some outreach events that > involve photographs of historical landmarks related to women's history. > > I look forward to hearing from you, and feel free to forward this message > to any appropriate people or parties! > > -Sarah > > > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* > >>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=WMFJA085/en/US&utm_source=…> > << > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation

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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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