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Wiki-Conference New York- opportunity for US Wikimedia Chapters
by Pharos 23 May '09

23 May '09

Hi folks, I would like to invite everyone on this list to our 'Wiki-Conference New York' event this July at NYU, where we can all meet and hopefully further work and discussion among interested and organized wiki-volunteers from across the US and Canada, and beyond. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference_2009 Hopefully this can also be a framework where can begin to develop a 'Wikimedia United States Chapters Council' among aspirant US chapter organizers. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_Chapters_Council Let me know if you folks have any questions about this event, which is still in its formative stages. Sign up if you're interested! Thanks, Pharos Wikimedia NYC

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] updated lists
by gburling＠hevanet.com 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

> good morning > To quote a spammer who found this list. Which now raises the question: 1. Is there a moderator for this list? If so, you know what to do. 2. Considering that these two way-off-topic emails comprise the only traffic this list has had in many months, should this list be closed down & should everyone admit that there is no serious interest in creating a US Wikimedia chapter? Geoff

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updated lists
by ronald kowalsky 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

good morning i was wondering if you have an up dted lists so i can ask if they have any info for senior citizens

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by ronald kowalsky 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

i am vp of senior housing with 214 below povert level and wish any help to contact any leal resources

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Washington, DC meetup: Saturday, July 21
by Kat Walsh 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Since this list came out of a DC meetup it seems appropriate to announce the next here! 5 pm, venue TBD. Meet our lovely new legal counsel, Mike Godwin (yes, *that* Godwin). No venue yet -- if you know of something with inexpensive food, able to seat a bunch of people so they can all hear each other, all ages, and Metro-accessible, Be Bold and edit the page -- otherwise I will choose something lame in the next day or so just so the plans are set! Suggested conversation topics include: welcoming Mike, local chapters in the US, thoughts and ideas for the people going to Wikimania to bring with them, your idea here... Suggestions for pre-meetup outings welcome too. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_2 Cheers, Kat -- Wikimedia needs you: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mindspillage | (G)AIM:Mindspillage mindspillage or mind|wandering on irc.freenode.net | email for phone

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] US Wikimedia gatherings (was: Wikimedia Pennsylvania)
by SJ Klein 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Related notes for the wikimediaus list (to wikify!): Some interesting discussions about how to develop local / US wikipedia communities over the course of the year have included: * using on-wiki alternatives to Meetup.com, improving the [[Meetup]] pages on en.wp and meta, and their synchronization * organizing local outings, parties, knowledge gathering and wiki capture (of photos, from library jams, through distributed research projects) * working with Universities: getting WP clubs set up, petitioning schools to become more wiki aware: starting school-wide wikis, using wikis in classes. Having a core of students who can talk about WP and how it works to classes on technology, collaborative writing, group creation, cyberlaw, and more. * working with local non-profits and tech groups that want to get to know wikis in general, mediawiki in particular, and Wikipedia as a community and a plcae to contribute knowledge about the topics they encounter or care about. * organizing speakers and presentations at local libraries, high school and middle schools. * organizing groups of language enthusiasts to contribute to and maintain a multilingual portal representing smaller languages present within the US, and identify language presence -- primary and secondary language usage, oral and written. * Talking to education and cultural preservation groups that might have content drives or curatorial projects; helping them understand how to integrate these with Wikipedia, and licensing in general These are mostly general enough that we could start making a global "local initiatives" set of ideas on meta, for all chapters and enthusiast groups, formal and informal... but we should also work out how to do these things specifically within the US. Questions: - where are upcoming conferences that might love wp and appreciate a presence? - where are local university departments already investigating and researching and prominently using WP and sister projects? - where are local groups of mediawiki hackers and users, who might be interested in wikipedia meetings as well? - who currently talks about wikipedia in their meanderings? literature search + contact email ===> sponsors for local clubs and orgs - where are there spaces dedicated to free knowledge, free-content writing or media creation, and the like? [For instance, start with the community television orgs (which until recently had lots of national funding to provide everyone access to tools to create media). How can their current efforts integrate better with WP / do they have space to host meetings / do they already have regular meetings that could be extended somehow?] SJ On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Brion Vibber wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > SJ Klein wrote: >> Whether or not this is the right formal structure, it is a good idea >> to help get local wikipedia groups organized, on campuses and at >> coffeehouses; promote local languages; &c. > > Amen! We already have legal presence in the US (WMF!), the relevant part > is local organization -- get people to meet face to face and *do* things. > > - -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGk9kZwRnhpk1wk44RAln8AJ0T5xSOOKtmJvP9K+c/6/CcJh5QOQCgqJmk > NLhSv6egqLAf0oePf8oInI4= > =9Wzv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >

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Newcomer
by Luna 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

Hey, there. Just signed up for this particular mailing list, checking for signs of life. Are people still about? Are people still interested in this? What needs to happen to make things happen? -Luna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Luna_Santin

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] US chapter discussions today/tomorrow
by gburling＠hevanet.com 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

> The board panel today is ending at 12:30. > > Today at lunch : a general "future of Wikimedia" discussion is planned > for Pound 200; starting at 1:00. > > We will have a short 15-min Wikimedia-US discussion at 12:35 in Pound > 201; if you care to join, please GET LUNCH EARLY -- leave the board > panel on time -- come to 201; then we will join the rest of the > wikimedia discussion afterwards. > > Tomorrow morning around 10:00 (time to be confirmed) we will have a > longer WM-US discussion for those who are still around (and also on > IRC). > So, for those of us who either found out about these meetings too late to attend -- or were unable to attend -- is there a transcript or summary of what was discussed? Geoff (aka llywrch)

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US chapter discussions today/tomorrow
by Samuel Klein 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

The board panel today is ending at 12:30. Today at lunch : a general "future of Wikimedia" discussion is planned for Pound 200; starting at 1:00. We will have a short 15-min Wikimedia-US discussion at 12:35 in Pound 201; if you care to join, please GET LUNCH EARLY -- leave the board panel on time -- come to 201; then we will join the rest of the wikimedia discussion afterwards. Tomorrow morning around 10:00 (time to be confirmed) we will have a longer WM-US discussion for those who are still around (and also on IRC). Cheers, SJ On 8/5/06, alex756(a)nyc.rr.com <alex756(a)nyc.rr.com> wrote: > Tomorrow noon time would be fine with me. > > Alex T Roshuk > > > Sent from my BlackBerry(r) wireless handheld > > -----Original Message----- > From: Samuel Klein <sjklein(a)hcs.harvard.edu> > Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:55:37 > To:alex756@nyc.rr.com > Cc:Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com>,Jimbo Wales <jwales(a)wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: Discuss regional chapter > > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, alex756(a)nyc.rr.com wrote: > > > Sorry no one clued me in on that or I would have scheduled myself to be > > here Monday. Sorry if I did not know about your mailing list. If you > > guys need more volunteer legal assistance let me know. Thank you. > > I wrote back to your last email about the regional chapters cc:ing that > list and encouraging everyone to join it... that was also when I said > that we needed your help drafting some legal aspects of setting up a > chapter. Sorry if this got lost! > > Why don't we meet for a short time during lunch tomorrow? > > SJ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Samuel Klein <sjklein(a)hcs.harvard.edu> > > Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:33:48 > > To:alex756@nyc.rr.com > > Cc:Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com>,Jimbo Wales <jwales(a)wikimedia.org> > > Subject: Re: Discuss regional chapter > > > > > > I think the wikimediaus-l list decided we'd talk about this Monday. > > > > Perhaps we can also gather briefly at 12:30 tomorrow during lunch > > for those who will be gone then? > > > > Cheers, > > SJ > > > > > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, alex756(a)nyc.rr.com wrote: > > > >> Sj - > >> > >> I know you are very busy but perhaps we can find a few minutes to discuss the regional chapter idea. > >> > >> My cell is. 646-552-1196 > >> > >> Alex T Roshuk alex756 > >> Sent from my BlackBerry(r) wireless handheld > > >

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Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Creating a Regional Wikimedia Chapter
by Samuel Klein 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

There have been a few disjoint discussions about US chapter formation recently. Austin mentioned this in a foundation-l thread last month; Alex756 yesterday mentioned the idea of a regional chapter, and I note he had started a page about "wikimedia new york", reminding me that there is a [dormant] mailing list for such discussions. Those who are interested, please sign up for the mailing list, and use Meta, so the discussions do not get too fragmented. Outstanding issues : Does it make sense to have regional chapters? How could a national chapter work in a large country with distributed clusters of users? What are the legal issues involved? (Alex can help here). What are possible projects to take on? http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_of_America http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York Cheers, SJ [cc:ing others who have recently brought up related ideas but aren't yet on that list.]

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