Meeting Minutes-1 November 2016

Attendees:

Shannon Eichelberger (SE)

Eugene Eichelberger (EE)

Rebecca O’Neill (RO)

Sharon Flynn (SF)

Kelly Fitzgerald (KF)

Gabriel Beecham (GB)

User Group

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APG Grant -

After initial talks with WMF, the Simple APG grant submission has been postponed until 1 January 2017. -

EE, RO, and SE will continue working to re-work the budget and schedule. They will report their progress at the next meeting.

Edit-a-thon/Workshops

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NUI Galway -

SF held a Wikipedia Familiarization workshop at NUI Galway. -

8 participants registered accounts and uploaded images of the campus to Wikimedia Commons. -

SF will follow up with the participants over the coming weeks. -

Upcoming Events: -

DCU Conference Workshop-12 November -

UCD workshop-23 November -

Maynooth-Women’s International Day Workshop-8 March 2017

Conferences

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No News

WLM

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The writing workshop was held at Science galley. SE and EE assisted a new editor having issues with notability. SE and RO will continue to assist the editor. -

The awards celebration will be held during the week of 16 November or the week of 23 November. RO is working on a venue. -

Writing contest-total of 3 entrants with 13 articles. RO will create a rubric and recruit judges.

-- Shannon Eichelberger ---------------------- Wikimedia Community Ireland

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