Re: [Wikitech-l] Lightning Talks August 25

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 &lt;kevin(a)wikimedia.org&gt; Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:26 PM Subject: To: wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Engineering list < engineering(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Cc: Rachel Farrand &lt;rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org&gt;rg>, Megan Neisler < mneisler(a)wikimedia.org&gt; 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+-+August&iso=20150825T18&p1=1440&ah=1>, 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