Meeting Minutes-13 October 2015

Attendees:

Shannon Eichelberger (SE)

Eugene Eichelberger (EE)

Rebecca O’Neill (RO)

Sharon Flynn (SF)

Joseph Quinn (JQ)

User Group

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No News

Edit-a-thons

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IYOD Limerick-we had a successful event with a large amount of edits. We also made a contact at University of Limerick who is interested in holding more events. -

PRONI-JQ’s contact there is changing. We are looking at a possible date in February.

Conferences

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SCI:COM 15-8 December-One of the speakers will be presenting about their experience with a Wikimedian in Residence. It was decided that we should have a presence there. SE will write a grant requesting WMF cover the conference charge and transport and accommodation.

WLM

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Presort has been completed and the list has been sent to the judges. They will return their top 15 for the semi final round by 24 October. The semi-final list will then be compiled and returned to the judges for their final top 10 to be returned by 31 October. -

RO has completed the invite. It will be shared on Facebook, Twitter, and the mailing list.

Other Events

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Science Gallery-No news

Misc

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Vicipéid-We received an email from a researcher looking for information on Vicipéid. RO will look for some relevant papers. SF will be the point of contacts. -

Education Program-RO will send an email inquiring about changes to the application process before we move forward. -

Wikipedia Library-RO is starting to collect free sources.

The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 21 October at 6:30pm in Dublin. If you would like to attend, either in person or via Google Hangouts, please send an email to wikimediaireland@gmail.com