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 -
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
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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.
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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
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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
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RO was contacted about taking part in a program about Wikipedians in reference to her PhD research.
--Shannon Eichelberger, Chair ---------------------- Wikimedia Community Ireland Chair - Shannon Eichelberger Project Coordinator - Rebecca O'Neill
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