Good Morning!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of Ireland's 2016 Wiki Loves
Monuments Contest. The winning images can be viewed here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2016_winners#Ireland
Congratulations to all the winners! We would like to invite everyone to our
awards celebration night. It will be held on 22 November at the Liquor
Rooms in Dublin beginning at 7pm. The winning images, as well as the
winning 1916 images, will be on display and prizes will be awrded. We hope
to see everyone there!
We are attempting to get into contact with the winners. If you are one of
the winners, or know someone who is, please have them contact us at
wikimediaireland(a)gmail.com
Cheers,
-- Shannon Eichelberger
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
Online: Wikimedia Community Ireland
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_Ireland>
On Twitter: @WikimediaIE <https://twitter.com/WikimediaIE>
Meeting Minutes-1 November 2016
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Eugene Eichelberger (EE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
Kelly Fitzgerald (KF)
Gabriel Beecham (GB)
User Group
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APG Grant
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After initial talks with WMF, the Simple APG grant submission has
been postponed until 1 January 2017.
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EE, RO, and SE will continue working to re-work the budget and
schedule. They will report their progress at the next meeting.
Edit-a-thon/Workshops
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NUI Galway
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SF held a Wikipedia Familiarization workshop at NUI Galway.
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8 participants registered accounts and uploaded images of the campus
to Wikimedia Commons.
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SF will follow up with the participants over the coming weeks.
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Upcoming Events:
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DCU Conference Workshop-12 November
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UCD workshop-23 November
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Maynooth-Women’s International Day Workshop-8 March 2017
Conferences
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No News
WLM
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The writing workshop was held at Science galley. SE and EE assisted a
new editor having issues with notability. SE and RO will continue to assist
the editor.
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The awards celebration will be held during the week of 16 November or
the week of 23 November. RO is working on a venue.
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Writing contest-total of 3 entrants with 13 articles. RO will create a
rubric and recruit judges.
-- Shannon Eichelberger
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Wikimedia Community Ireland
Online: Wikimedia Community Ireland
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_Ireland>
On Twitter: @WikimediaIE <https://twitter.com/WikimediaIE>