Meeting Minutes-19 May 2015

Attendees:

Shannon Eichelberger (SE)

Eugene Eichelberger (EE)

Sharon Flynn (SF)

Rebecca O’Neill (RO)

Emma Clarke (EC)

User Group

No news on the domain name transfer, though there is still discussion going on.

Edit-a-thons

WITS-Women in STEM-4 June

The event page has been created.

WITS and Science Gallery will be sharing it in their newsletters.

SF recieved an email about organising edit-a-thons using Vicipéid in Gaelscoil in the area. She will have a meeting next week.

Conferences

No new news.

WLM

Meath Heritage website sent email asking about API and copyright. EE will respond.

RO will talk to her contact about reaching out to local photography clubs.

SE will craft an email to nationwide photo clubs about conducting presentations about the contest.

The group will discuss running an event about the contest at Science Gallery.

Misc

EE and RO met with the assistant event organiser at Science Gallery proposing a series of Citizen Science event co sponsored by the group. The agreement is as follows:

We agreed to run at least 4 event per year coinciding with the Science Gallery exhibitions. For 2015 that will include 2 exhibitions: Secret August-November and Trauma November-February 2016.

They have given us blanket permission to use the theatre for other events with prior notice.

We will aim to have 2-3 speakers for each event, preferably in person but with the option for someone to Skype in. For the Secret exhibition we will focus on Women in Cryptology, the women of Bletchley Park, and possibly a cryptology workshop. We will confirm participants within the next few weeks. For Trauma we will focus on the trauma surrounding the 1916 Easter Rising.  

The next meeting will take place on 27 May 2015 at 6:30 pm in Dublin. If you would like to attend, either in person or via Google Hangouts, please send an email to wikimediaireland@gmail.com