Meeting Minutes-16 May 2017
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Eugene Eichelberger (EE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
User Group
WLM Contractor
Interviews were conducted by EE, SE and RO and a candidate has been chosen. It is hoped that he will begin work next week.
Project Coordinator Update (RO)
DRI meeting-possible joint training event on how data can be reused.
NLI meeting-created a document with plan for a training event about open licensing for staff.
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.
Set up a meeting with Foras na Gaeilge to discuss open licensing and the possibility of funding a Wikipedian in Residence.
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.
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.
Accountant meeting-will be sending information on getting the books up to date shortly.
Metrics from past events have now been inputted to the Metrics Dashboard.
Website
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
Upcoming Workshops
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.
August-UCC event.
Possible Future Events
Vicipéid Workshop-Galway-SF has someone who would be willing to learn how to lead a workshop in Irish. RO offered to train.
Conferences
21 June-DBpedia Annual Meeting-Galway-SF will look into attending.
5-6 July-Edinburgh, Scotland-Celtic Knot Conference-RO to attend.
23-25 August-Open Sym Conference-Galway-attendance is open to the group. Contact SE if interested.
Misc
RO was contacted about taking part in a program about Wikipedians in reference to her PhD research.