Meeting Minutes-16 May 2017
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Eugene Eichelberger (EE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
User Group
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WLM Contractor
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Interviews were conducted by EE, SE and RO and a candidate has been
chosen. It is hoped that he will begin work next week.
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Project Coordinator Update (RO)
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DRI meeting-possible joint training event on how data can be reused.
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NLI meeting-created a document with plan for a training event about
open licensing for staff.
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Vicipéid meeting-met with a participant from the DCU event to chat
about sources that would be useful for editing Vicipéid and
about technical
issues.
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Set up a meeting with Foras na Gaeilge to discuss open licensing and
the possibility of funding a Wikipedian in Residence.
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Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers-met to discuss positive imagery
and current crafting imagery on Commons. Discussed attending workshops to
take more pictures for use on Commons.
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Met with UCD Professor about continuing to use Wikipedia in the
classroom. Discussed past issues, a new theme for this year, having
students report issues, and submitting articles to ‘Did You Know?’ or ‘On
This Day’ to boost coverage.
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Accountant meeting-will be sending information on getting the books
up to date shortly.
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Metrics from past events have now been inputted to the Metrics
Dashboard.
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Website
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It has been decided that we will use a Wordpress Site that is
externally hosted to replace the Meta page. EE will set it up and RO will
maintain it.
Workshops
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Upcoming Workshops
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24 May-Trinity College Dublin-Terry Pratchet Workshop-RO will create
a page on the Dashboard. The event is open to staff at the college.
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August-UCC event.
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Possible Future Events
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Vicipéid Workshop-Galway-SF has someone who would be willing to learn
how to lead a workshop in Irish. RO offered to train.
Conferences
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21 June-DBpedia Annual Meeting-Galway-SF will look into attending.
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5-6 July-Edinburgh, Scotland-Celtic Knot Conference-RO to attend.
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23-25 August-Open Sym Conference-Galway-attendance is open to the group.
Contact SE if interested.
Misc
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RO was contacted about taking part in a program about Wikipedians in
reference to her PhD research.
--Shannon Eichelberger, Chair
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