Hi everybody! I’ve set up a user group page at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Colorado, which I think of as a first step to setting up an official "Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado”. I pretty much only need two more things to fill out the application form at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contact/affcomusergroup — (1) An official description of the group: I’m going to go with the description at the top of the user group page, so please edit and improve it! (2) Three active Wikimedians as group leaders: please reply to the mailing list if you’re interested! I’m happy to be a group leader during the setup phase, but it looks likely that I’m going to move out of Colorado this fall, so we’re going to need active leaders to keep the group going and to continue to organise events into the next year. You need to have at least 300 contributions on any Wikimedia project and have an account that’s older than six months old to be a group leader. The main advantages of becoming an official user group are: (1) recognition by Wikimedia, so maybe increasing our profile with organization interested with working with Wikipedia in the area, (2) free Wikimedia merchandise for use in activities and outreach activities, and (3) one scholarship to attend the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups#why). I know Buaidh has been thinking about setting up an official organization for our area for a while now, and I think this might be the best way to go about it! cheers, Gaurav _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co

On 23 Jan 2016, at 5:55 PM, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote: Gaurav, Who told you that you were allowed to move out of here? :) We'll most certainly have to get together before you do, in any case.

I suppose I'm an active enough Wikimedian, and I'd love to have a group here, so I'd be willing to help out leading it.

Todd On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote: Thanks, Gaurav! I'd be happy to be a group leader. Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 04:29:26PM -0700, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co

On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:22 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote: I think these all would work according to the guidelines. The first one is already the name of our group at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo and it seems to have the easiest name to deal with, including a fine acronym. WIC: Wikimedians in Colorado WCUGC: Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado WCUG: Wikimedians of Colorado User Group CUW: Colorado Users of Wikimedia CEW: Colorado Editors of Wikimedia CUGW: Colorado Users Group for Wikimedia WOCCUG: Wikimedians of Colorado Community User Group WITFR: Wikimedians in the Front Range WOTFR: Wikimedians of the Front Range FRUGW: Front Range User Group for Wikimedians But let's keep brainstorming for a bit more….

Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 11:46:41PM -0700, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co

Nice ideas! I like "Wikimedians of the Front Range”, "Wikimedians in Colorado”, "Wikimedians of Colorado User Group” and "Colorado Users Group for Wikimedia”, in that in order. Thanks for volunteering, Isarra! I don’t know if we can just enter four names into the form. I’ll see! cheers, Gaurav

> Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 11:46:41PM -0700, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >>> On 23 Jan 2016, at 5:55 PM, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Gaurav, >>> >>> Who told you that you were allowed to move out of here? :) We'll most certainly have to get together before you do, in any case. >> My PhD advisor did, that’s his job! :) I’m not leaving until September, so there’s tons of time to do that — and I’ll definitely organise myself a Wikipedia meetup before I go! >> >>> I suppose I'm an active enough Wikimedian, and I'd love to have a group here, so I'd be willing to help out leading it. >> Yay! Could you please add your name to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Colorado? It’d be nice to have as many people listed on there as possible! >> >> Also: should we be “Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado” or "Wikimedians of Colorado User Group”? Other suggestions for names welcome — the guidelines are up at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Name_guidelines#examp…! >> >> cheers, >> Gaurav >> >>> Todd >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Neal McBurnett <neal(a)bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote: >>> Thanks, Gaurav! I'd be happy to be a group leader. >>> >>> Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 04:29:26PM -0700, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >>>> Hi everybody! >>>> >>>> I’ve set up a user group page at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Colorado, which I think of as a first step to setting up an official "Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado”. I pretty much only need two more things to fill out the application form at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contact/affcomusergroup — >>>> >>>> (1) An official description of the group: I’m going to go with the description at the top of the user group page, so please edit and improve it! >>>> (2) Three active Wikimedians as group leaders: please reply to the mailing list if you’re interested! >>>> >>>> I’m happy to be a group leader during the setup phase, but it looks likely that I’m going to move out of Colorado this fall, so we’re going to need active leaders to keep the group going and to continue to organise events into the next year. You need to have at least 300 contributions on any Wikimedia project and have an account that’s older than six months old to be a group leader. >>>> >>>> The main advantages of becoming an official user group are: (1) recognition by Wikimedia, so maybe increasing our profile with organization interested with working with Wikipedia in the area, (2) free Wikimedia merchandise for use in activities and outreach activities, and (3) one scholarship to attend the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups#why). I know Buaidh has been thinking about setting up an official organization for our area for a while now, and I think this might be the best way to go about it! >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> Gaurav >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >>>> Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >>> Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >>> Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list >> Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > Wikimedia-US-CO(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co