Hi fellow Wiki-Americans,
We'll meet for a pan-USA Wikimedia local activists chat tomorrow on Monday,
February 11 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Big topics of discussion include Wikipedia Day, Black History Month and
Art+Feminism!
Agenda, feel free to edit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/February_2019
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/248280924
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Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
My fellow Wiki-Americans,
The WMF is seeking strategy liaisons both from individual affiliates and
also from "regional collaboratives" (e.g. the Latin America and Eastern
Europe meta-groups).
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/…
The WALRUS / US affiliates community is another important meta-group, and I
thought it important that we be represented as well, as a legitimate part
of the global community.
If people are ok with it, I would like to volunteer for this position, as I
think I have some good connections with the different US chapters,
usergroups, and informal meetups, and also have a pulse on the US community
and its interests.
The deadline for picking liaisons is actually tomorrow, so would appreciate
some feedback from fellow WALRUSes. Also, note that all of the usergroups
are entitled to designate a strategy liaison representing their individual
group.
Thoughts, is it ok if I go ahead with this process?
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hi fellow Wiki-Americans,
We'll meet for a pan-USA Wikimedia local activists chat on Monday, March 11
at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern.
Big topics of discussion include Art + Feminism
editathons, Affiliate-selected Board seats, and the "Wikimedia"/"Wikipedia"
brand survey!
Agenda, feel free to edit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/March_2019
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:
https://zoom.us/j/530334935
Or iPhone one-tap :
+16468769923,,530334935# US (New York)
+16699006833,,530334935# US (San Jose)
Or Telephone:
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 530 334 935
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/agcOMmoE4
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Forwarding an event announcement.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Robert West <west(a)cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 4:51 PM
Subject: [Wiki-research-l] Full-day event on the Future of the Open Web at
The Web Conference 2019, San Francisco, May 16
To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities <
wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Please join us for a special full-day event on
*THE FUTURE OF THE OPEN WEB*
to be held at
*THE WEB CONFERENCE*
in San Francisco on May 16, 2019.
https://www2019.thewebconf.org/event-future-open-web
The Web has seen tremendous growth thanks to some of the technical and
social decisions that were made in the Web’s formation. Many of these
decisions reflect public, cooperative principles—an Open Web—rather than a
network that is exclusive, walled, private, and proprietary. However, many
questions about the governance and state of the Web have shifted or
remained unanswered over time. In this conversation, we will ask what the
future of the Web should say about our values, what our values should say
about the future of the Web, and how our hopes for an ideal Web of the
future might pan out in practice.
An exciting line-up of speakers already bodes well for the discussion (and
more speakers will be announced soon):
- Lawrence Lessig (Harvard University)
- Marietje Schaake (Member of European Parliament)
- Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive)
- Nadia Eghbal (Protocol Labs)
- Tim Smith (CERN)
- Alexandra Elbakyan (SciHub)
- Adam Knight (University of Oxford)
- Jan Gerlach (Wikimedia Foundation)
As a reminder, the early-bird registration deadline for The Web Conference
is coming up soon -- on March 6 -- so get your tickets soon!
https://www2019.thewebconf.org/registration
Bob West, EPFL
Stephen LaPorte, Wikimedia Foundation
Luc Henry, EPFL
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On January 31st, the Triangle Wikipedians hosted a Wikipedia Birthday party
for NC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Triangle_Wikipedians/Wikiped…>.
We had 50 people drop in to listen to the 7 presentations that were
scheduled for the day. There were cupcakes for everyone, and we were able
to share the cupcakes with another group hosting an event at the same
location. This introduced about 100 more people to the local user group,
maybe some will attend our event next year. About 10 people from that other
group came to one of our talks before cycling back out to the other event,
so there was some crossover.
We are beginning to expand relationships with area universities, libraries,
and the broader community. The birthday party allowed us to highlight some
of the area initiatives and expand awareness of the user group activities.
The follow up for this event will be monthly meetings in February and March
to set a leadership team and coordinate group events for the rest of the
year.
Thanks,
Frank