Meeting Minutes-25 January 2017 - WikimediaIE

30 Jan 2017


      Meeting Minutes-25 January 2017
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Eugene Eichelberger (EE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
Kelly Fitzgerald (KF)
User Group
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Simple APG
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SE, EE and RO will be meeting with the Simple APG committee on Friday
      27 January or Monday 30 January to answer any questions about the grant
      before a decision is made. EE will handle any question pertaining to
      copyright and WLM data; RO will handle any questions pertaining to
      education; SE will handle any other questions that arise.
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It was decided by those attending that the contract positions, if
      approved, will require very specific jobs descriptions before
going out to
      tender. SE and EE will create the job specifications. It was also decided
      that the following criteria must be included:
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WLM-Wiki editing ability mandatory; must be willing to travel to
         Dublin to meet with government officials
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WLE-event management experience mandatory
Edit-a-thon/Workshops
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Upcoming Schedule:
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28 February-DCU Library-2-5-This is being organised by the librarian
      at DCU with assistance from Rebecca. It will focus on creating/expanding
      articles on notable people, place and things at DCU. Students and staff
      will be welcome.
      -
March-Trinity College Library-workshop celebrating the 50th
      anniversary of the Berkeley Library. The event will focus on the
      architecture of the library and will be open to Librarians and
students. RO
      has already created a list of suggested articles. (moved from February)
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9 March-NUI Galway-International Women’s Day-All Day drop-in. The
      venue has been confirmed as the ALice Perry Building which will be
      officially dedicated that day. SF has created a page for the event which
      can be viewed here
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ireland_wikiwomenIE_2017.
      It is already being advertised on campus and participants are being asked
      to recommend articles for inclusion in the event.
      -
Week of 6 March-NUI Maynooth-Possible International Women’s Day
      workshop
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Week of 6 March-Accenture/WITS-possible Art + Feminism workshop
Conferences
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No news
WLM
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No news
-- Shannon Eichelberger
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