Now that I have power for my laptop again *cough*, I'd just like to shout out a thanks and congratulations to everybody who made it for the meetup Saturday.
I know it was short notice and not the easiest location to get to, but I think we all had a good time, there was some great discussion, and it was a really great chance both to see some of the Internet Archive's cool gadgets and to show off some Wikipedians to the camera. :)
And let's all give a thanks to IA for graciously hosting us at the last minute!
The current thought is that we'll try to set something up at the San Francisco Public Library main branch for most future meetings -- closer to the center of town near bus and rail lines, it'll be much easier for both in-town commuters and BARTers.
I'd recommend we try to organize a relatively regular monthly meet; not everybody's going to be able to make it every time, so making them more frequent and with more warning should make it easier to get something going for most people most of the time. :)
-- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
On 2/25/08, Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'd recommend we try to organize a relatively regular monthly meet; not everybody's going to be able to make it every time, so making them more frequent and with more warning should make it easier to get something going for most people most of the time. :)
As someone nearing one year on Wikipedia who has yet to make it to a meetup, perhaps I shouldn't venture a comment, but this sounds great to me. Also, (40 email messages later) I'm wondering why we as wiki habitues would resort to using email to collaboratively organize a lunch meeting? Wasn't there formerly an on-wiki project page for such? If there's some way I can help with that, I hereby volunteer.
Teresa sfmammamia
Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org wrote:
The current thought is that we'll try to set something up at the San Francisco Public Library main branch for most future meetings...
Too bad it's in the ghetto!
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