Dear Wikimedia colleagues,
I'm pleased to submit the 2023 annual report for the North Carolina
Wikipedians User Group:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/reports#2023
Highlights of the year include an uptick in in-person meetups, several
educational outreach activities, and the addition of new members to our
regular meetings.
Cheers,
Emily
Hello NC Wikipedian friends!
One last reminder about our in-person meetup tomorrow, Tuesday, 4/23, on
the lawn at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is
a casual, drop-in, happy-hour-style event. You can get drinks and/or dinner
inside the market and then join us on the lawn. Come and go as you
please! Full
details are here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NC/Earth_Day_2024>. Come
out and say hi! (And add your name to the list on the meetup page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NC/Earth_Day_2024> if
you'll be there!)
Less fun, but equally important: make any updates you'd like to our annual
report by tomorrow! (It's due next week.) A draft of the report so far is here
on our Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/reports#2023>.
Hope to see you tomorrow!
Emily
Hi everyone,
It’s time for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award!! 🎉
Tools play an essential role at Wikimedia, and so do the many volunteer
developers who experiment with new ideas, develop & maintain local & global
solutions, and enhance the experience for Wikimedia communities.
We’d like to invite you all to nominate your favourite & most used tools
and help us celebrate the people who create them!
To nominate your favourite tools, simply follow this link:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2024.
Feel free to submit multiple nominations by completing the form as many
times as you'd like. The deadline for Nomination is* May 10th 2024.*
For further details on the nomination and selection process, the Coolest
Tool Award Academy, and the upcoming award ceremony, please visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award.
The award is organized & selected by the Coolest Tool Academy. We plan to
award the coolest tools in a variety of categories (see last year’s
categories for an example). Excitingly, we're returning to an in-person
event for the first time since 2019, with winners set to be unveiled at
Wikimania 2024.
Thank you immensely for your participation and recommendations. Together,
let's celebrate innovation and collaboration within the Wikimedia community!
Regards,
On behalf of the Coolest Tool Academy 2024
Hello NC Wikipedian friends!
I'm writing with four updates:
- *Annual report: *Our user group's annual report is due at the end of
April. A draft of the report so far is here on our Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/reports#2023>.
If you have any additions or changes to make, please make them *by next
Tuesday, 4/23*, so we have time to review and finalize before submitting.
- *Live meetup next week!: *Our drop-in Earth Day meetup will take
place *next
Tuesday, 4/23*, on the lawn at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Full details are here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NC/Earth_Day_2024>. Come
out and say hi! (And here's one more gentle nudge to add your name to
the list on the meetup page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NC/Earth_Day_2024> if
you're planning to attend.)
- *Leadership changes: *At our last meeting, we agreed to a
collaborative leadership model for the upcoming year (May 2024 to April
2025). Members will take turns facilitating and taking notes for each
meeting. You can read more about that on our Etherpad installation here
<https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/North_Carolina_Wikipedians> or on our Meta
page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians#Leadership_Guide…>
.
- *Next meeting: *Our next meeting will take place *Tuesday, May 13, at
7pm*. Zoom link to come; mark your calendar!
Hope to see some of you next Tuesday at Weaver Street!
Emily
Hey NC Wikipedian friends!
At our last meeting we made plans to hold an informal, drop-in-style
meet-up at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro as an Earth Day event. It will
be outside on the lawn, and folks are invited to come and go as they
please. BYO laptop if you want to edit or ask questions about editing, but
it's also cool to just come and talk about whatever Wikimedia topics arise!
Hope y'all will join us!
- *Date:* Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- *Time:* 5:30pm–7:30pm
- *Location:* Weaver Street Market, Carrboro, on the lawn. (Look for the NC
Wikipedians sign!)
*More info here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NC/Earth_Day_2024>.*
*****
Also, our April meeting will take place Tuesday, April 9, at 7pm. That will
be our annual business meeting where we discuss our annual report (due at
the end of April) and next year's leadership. I hope to see you there!
(Zoom link to come).
Cheers,
Emily
I think we already have a plan for this, but just in case!
Cheers,
Gaurav
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] Online banners for Earth Day adjacent meetups in late April / early May
> Date: April 3, 2024 at 9:36:28 PM EDT
> To: "Wikimedia U.S. Chapter" <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Reply-To: "Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS)" <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
> Hi Wiki-North Americans,
>
> I have put up a proposal for Earth Day adjacent meetups in in late April / early May for particular places in North America, and to use the great power of the CentralNotice banner to help achieve this:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice/Request/Earth_Day_North_Ameri…
>
> Like Wikipedia Day, any date that's convenient locally is fair game.
>
> Wikimedia NYC also has some spare funding for ecological wiki events, that expires this June, so we may be able to help support some local meetups in other places.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
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