I think that's a good idea. It's just deciding when...and topics? and what we seek to achieve in these "meetings", unless that's not a necessity.....? The whole IRC meeting concept is rather new to me, so I'm not sure how organized/micromanaged it needs to be.
n00b, Sarah On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Brandon Harris <[email protected]>wrote: > > We already have #wikimedia-office for this type of stuff; we could > just > use that. > > I think that Ryan has the right of it here. We can have topical > meetings for a while, and if there is clear and sufficient interest, a > channel could be created. > > > On 8/19/11 1:36 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > > Rather than just set up a channel and hope that people show up, why > > don't we try a weekly IRC meeting at a specific day and time. I guess > > #wikimedia-gendergap would be the logical channel name (unless someone > > has another idea). Any suggestion for a day and time? Should we log the > > discussion to post elsewhere or keep it "off-the-record"? > > > > Ryan Kaldari > > > > On 8/19/11 12:10 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Well, it is an excellent opportunity to talk without thinking and > get > >> into trouble, but as I seldom bother with IRC, I would generally be > a > >> no-show. I would go ahead, but unless a regular crew of women > >> shows up it > >> will be a bust. > >> > >> > >> Again, the point is to encourage dialogue and partnership with all > >> genders. I'm quite impressed with how diverse IRC actually is. And if > >> you're not participating, then you need not worry ;) It's also another > >> tool for female editors to utilize, and once you show people how to > >> use IRC (I hadn't used it in over 10 years, until yesterday, and all I > >> needed was a little guidance), it's just another place for people to > >> have community. > >> > >> I just think it'd be cool to have a place called home for those of us > >> interested. Just like we have this mailing list (which seems rather > >> male dominated, too!). :) > >> > >> Sarah > >> > >> -- > >> GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation > >> <http://www.glamwiki.org> > >> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art > >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> > >> and > >> Sarah Stierch Consulting > >> /Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising./ > >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >> http://www.sarahstierch.com/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/
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