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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 03 Dec '10

03 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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west coast wikiconference
by phoebe ayers 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Hello all! As you all know, January 15 is fast approaching! And with it, the west coast wikiconference. I know there hasn't been much recent movement on this .... which is as much my fault as anyone's :) I'm assuming, however, that we're still enthusiastic about making this thing happen as a community :) So... ==venue and essential questions== * do we want a 1 or 2 day event? * do we want to stay in the women's center? (Eugene, what is our status with them?) Or, * given that we haven't done much to plan this thing, do we want to move into a smaller (cheaper) venue? (I am thinking the SoMa hub, which I believe is available during the day on Jan. 15, though not the evening: http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/space.html. We were concerned about it being too small, but I'm not sure if we should worry about that at this point. I would like to get the venue confirmed by the beginning of December, no later. * Money: Eugene has offered Wiser Earth as a fiscal sponsor. If that doesn't work out, I will offer to manage the money for the conference, including putting the money up front for a venue deposit. ==planning meeting== I think it would be good to have an online or in-person planning meeting soon. I know next weekend is the holiday weekend, but what about on IRC planning meeting on Saturday? Let me know what you think -- let's get the ball rolling on this again :) best, Phoebe -- phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com | http://phoebeayers.info support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org

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Fwd: Wikimedia meetup at Out The Door (level C basement) 5pm-5:30 Saturday
by James Salsman 24 Oct '10

24 Oct '10

Late update: if rain permits, SJ has asked this be moved to Samovar. Sameer Verma says we must be out of the fifth floor SJSU area by 5:45. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "James Salsman" <jim(a)talknicer.com> Date: Oct 23, 2010 3:19 PM Subject: Wikimedia meetup at Out The Door (level C basement) 5pm-5:30 Saturday To: <olpc-social(a)googlegroups.com> The Out The Door resturant is holding at least 15 seats for a 5pm meetup of OLPCians and Wikimedians. Wikimedia and OLPC board member SJ Klein and I should both be there. Topics for discussion may include project overlap. http://westfield.com/sanfrancisco/find/detail/dining?category=2043&retailer… under "Wikimedia" -- feel free to call to edit yourself into the reservation. It is raining, and the OLPC event sold out and is packed, but the people are all very warm. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "olpc-social" group. To post to this group, send email to olpc-social(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to olpc-social+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<olpc-social%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-social?hl=en.

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Meetup ?
by Cary Bass 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi all, So, it's been a while since we've had a meetup. And there was a Wikiconference theoretically in the planning. So, any updates that haven't made it to this list of which I've not been informed? Cary

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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 06 Sep '10

06 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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