Hi Pine! I love the idea, so thanks for bringing it up. :)
As I said in the email - it is not mandatory that the talks are tech
related, however the point of these specific lightning talks are to be
mostly tech related. Kevin, Megan and I are all very involved in Wikimedia
Tech and are doing this specifically with the goal of spreading information
about ongoing tech projects. We will probably give priority to tech focused
talks for this series, but any extra space can go to whatever else wants to
participate.
If there is someone else (you!?) or another group who wants to run lighting
with the purpose of a broader range of topics I will be happy and willing
to share our lessons learned from these lightning talks. Keep in mind that
this is only our second round of talks so we still have lots of room to
learn, improve, document and change.
A goal of mine is to start documenting the organization process and lessons
from running these talks. Anything that gets written up will go here:
There is already a small amount of info, but not much. Check back for
updates! :)
Hope this helps!
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, nice idea. I'm just wondering if this concept
could be expanded to be
more explicitly inclusive of other kinds of activities like L&E, education,
GLAM, Legal, Comms, Research, affiliates, etc. I think that this could
increase participation.
Pine
On Aug 12, 2015 10:53 AM, "Rachel Farrand" <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
We (Kevin Leduc, Megan Nestler and I) will be
doing a second run of
lightning talks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk> on August
25. The first round had about 40 people viewing living bother remotely
and
in SF as well as another 45 views after the
talks.
~ More logistic details/signups found in the email below ~
These lightning talks are meant for anyone working on wikimedia tech and
are not limited to WMF engineers. If you would like to do a lightning
talk
on any project you are working on please feel
free to sign up. Make sure
to
include contact information (or email it to me)
so that we (the lightning
talk organizers) can coordinate with you. These lightning talks should be
relevant to something related to our movement and will mostly be focused
on
tech related projects however it is not mandatory
that they are related
to
tech.
These talks will continue every month until there is no longer interest.
A youtube stream will be sent out to this list just before the talks
start
so you can follow along, you can ask questions on
IRC, and the talks will
also be recorded so that you can watch them whenever you like.
We will adapt this process as we go to make it as interesting and useful
to
everyone as we can.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kevin Leduc <kevin(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:26 PM
Subject:
To: wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Engineering list <
engineering(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org>rg>, Megan Neisler <
mneisler(a)wikimedia.org>
Hello!
The next round of Lightning Talks are in two weeks. This effort will not
work without your participation...
Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ WMF & in the Community to
showcase a Quarterly Goal acheived, significant milestone, release, or
anything of significance to the rest of the foundation and the movement
as
a whole. These talks will be open to our
communities.
Each presentation will be 10 minutes or less, the formal part should be
not
be longer than 5 minutes and the remainder can be
used for questions.
Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your
lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk.
Second Round of Lightning Talks:
When: Tuesday August 25, 1800 UTC
<
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lightning+Talks+-+…
,
11am PDT
Where: 5th Floor
Remotees: On-Air google hangout will be provided just before the meeting
IRC: #wikimedia-tech
Sign up for a 10 minute slot here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks
With interest, this meeting will become a monthly event.
Thanks!
Kevin Leduc, Rachel Farrand, Megan Neisler
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