[Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire 2012
First: *Save the dates for Maker Faire Bay Area: May 19 20 2012* Ok, now that's out of the way... Phoebe and I have been nominally in charge of the WMF booth for the last few years. Not that we both don't LOVE Maker Faire and love every second we are there... but it's exhausting... and we need some time off. So before we get too close to Maker Faire, Phoebe and I are officially handing off the reigns to The List (IE You guys and gals). *We'd love for someone to speak up and take charge of the Maker Faire booth organization this year. * We're happy to help out (as normal people), but someone else needs to take the lead. If you're interested in Maker Faire (or trying to figure out what the heck I'm talking about) please see: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2010 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2011 So far as I can tell, Maker registration is not open yet. So we've still got time to make plans and make them good! Also, for your planning enjoyment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2012 Thanks -Jon (And Phoebe, who cannot be blamed for my terrible writing) -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] new list members; and a reminder about Maker Faire
Yay! Maker Faire! I'll be gathering much electronics, but they won't be of much good unless people have some content to put on them. Suggestions for apps are on the wiki [1]. I think I might even be able to convince the merchandise masters at the Foundation to toss in some swag for volunteers, but we won't know how much if you don't sign up. -Jon [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2011#Game_.26_viz_list On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 19:43, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I just added several new list members -- welcome, everyone! If I subscribed you it's either because you signed up at the West Coast Wiki Conference or told me at another event that you wanted to be added. This is the informal coordinating and announcement list for Bay Area Wikimedians/Wikipedians; if you have any questions about it, please contact me (phoebe.ay...@gmail.com). For all the new list members (and a reminder for everyone else): our next event is Maker Faire, which is *next weekend*, Saturday Sunday in San Mateo! The fair is a great time, highly recommended if you can make it. And if you are able to volunteer a few hours at our booth, even better -- the signup sheet (and list of things to bring) is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2011 Please sign up ASAP so we can get your name on the list. This is the fourth (!) year that we will be at Maker Faire, and it's always a blast -- thousands of people who are fans of wikipedia and are delighted to talk to you about it (and fire-breathing robots as a bonus!) -- phoebe -- support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] maker faire this year
What can I say? Its no fun if my notes make sense to anyone else. Let me explicate: - people thought our stickers were tatoos. They actually really wanted em as such. Lil late to explore that at this point but I can ask jay - someone thought a jimmy side scroller (Ala Mario) would be fun. Vandals instead of koombas. Use your imagination. Also probably too much work for now - citation needed game was a theory for some sort of true/false game. Like how en.WP homepage is all real facts on april 1? Take those plus some actual lies (and some easier facts) and put them into a webish format game. Cake for a programmer, but we'd need to collect the info for em - we need some offline presentations to give, in case we lose internet access. The wifi got murdered last year and we were effectivly offline for half of saturday until they got us ethernet. - aux internet is exactly what it sounds like. Jack from wiki how brought a cellmodem and shared access with us for a while My 2 cents? Give people games/interactive activities and have handouts. We've done this for 3 years now and almost never get people to edit. Lets be honest, its maker fire...you get to play with cool toys and watch cupcake cars go chasing about...no one wants to sit about and edit. I think the best we can do is educate them about the other projects (the WMF Trading Card went over fairly decently) and that they _can_ edit (with a how to and maybe some suggestions on places to start, like home town) 3 weeks? This is gonna be fun- -Jon On Apr 30, 2011 6:04 PM, Stephen LaPorte stephen.lapo...@gmail.com wrote: Good news, we have a spot for Maker Faire on May 21 and 22! This gives us ~3 weeks to plan an amazing booth. Since this is a '''Maker''' faire, I think we should should brainstorm some simple opportunities to allow people to make/build/contribute at our booth! Last year we had computers with Wikipedia games (the language guessing game and the article race game), a larger screen with a map of recent changes, and volunteers talked to people and answered questions. Simple and interactive work best. It can be noisy and crowded, but that article race game last year had people engaged. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_12 for last year's planning notes. If you have any ideas, stories from previous years, or are interested in volunteering, please let me know and/or share on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2011 Cheers, Stephen PS, ...here are some bizarre/practical suggestions for this year, from Jon circa 2010: Temporary tattoo's, new games (Jimmy side scroller, Citation Needed - guess the fact), Offline Presentations Auxiliary internet access methods. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:29 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Awesome! Thanks Stephen! phoebe On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Stephen LaPorte stephen.lapo...@gmail.com wrote: Phoebe, I just submitted a late application for Maker Faire, and I will keep everyone updated if we get space! Cheers, Stephen On Apr 7, 2011, at 5:07 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: Hi SF, As you know Wikimedia-SF has had a booth at Maker Faire the past three years. Maker Faire is awesome! It's a fair amount of work to put together, however. Last year Jon Davis and I coordinated the booth. Unfortunately this year we have both been super busy all spring, and we missed the deadline for sending in the registration form. If anyone else is interested in leading the Maker Faire efforts, we could still ask if there are any last-minute places. But we would need to act very quickly -- so please speak up if you want to do this (or just do it -- contact info is on the website). And if no one is interested in leading the booth, we will take a break from Maker Faire this year (and return triumphantly next year???) best, Phoebe p.s. How would people feel about a get-together in a couple weeks ... the weekend of the 23rd? Maybe Sunday the 24th? It's been a long time since we've had a casual meetup. -- support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] west coast wikiconference
I'm thinking that one day and evening should be sufficient (Smaller/cheaper/shorter). Multi-day event is probably a little much, but we can do a single day. We can have some interesting activities going on, maybe a little more partyesque into the evening? -Jon On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 21:28, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all! As you all know, January 15 is fast approaching! And with it, the west coast wikiconference. I know there hasn't been much recent movement on this which is as much my fault as anyone's :) I'm assuming, however, that we're still enthusiastic about making this thing happen as a community :) So... ==venue and essential questions== * do we want a 1 or 2 day event? * do we want to stay in the women's center? (Eugene, what is our status with them?) Or, * given that we haven't done much to plan this thing, do we want to move into a smaller (cheaper) venue? (I am thinking the SoMa hub, which I believe is available during the day on Jan. 15, though not the evening: http://bayarea.the-hub.net/public/space.html. We were concerned about it being too small, but I'm not sure if we should worry about that at this point. I would like to get the venue confirmed by the beginning of December, no later. * Money: Eugene has offered Wiser Earth as a fiscal sponsor. If that doesn't work out, I will offer to manage the money for the conference, including putting the money up front for a venue deposit. ==planning meeting== I think it would be good to have an online or in-person planning meeting soon. I know next weekend is the holiday weekend, but what about on IRC planning meeting on Saturday? Let me know what you think -- let's get the ball rolling on this again :) best, Phoebe -- phoebe.ay...@gmail.com | http://phoebeayers.info support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] Free Stuff!
Howdy All, I'll be brief. Roughly a year ago the Foundation moved to a new office in San Francisco and inherited a server room full of equipment. Some of it has been put to use over the last year, some of it hasn't. I do contract work for the Foundation and one of my side projects is cleaning up the space. We'd love to make it more useful, and we can't do that with a bunch of gear sitting about. As such, I've made a sizeable list of gear that the Foundation would love to donate to a good home. Right now the list contains an assortment server related goodies, including 2 post rack shelves (count 60+), CAT5 patch panels, wire dividers, 42U Racks and some other goodies. You can find the entire list on Meta [1] (which I hope is an acceptable place to keep it). As noted, all the equipment is located here in San Francisco, and unfortunately there isn't time (or space) to pack it up for shipping - so it is available by pickup only (hence why I'm only mailing sf ca lists). I'm happy as long as the equipment finds a home, but If you happen to know a non-profit that might be interested (even better!), please forward this message along to them - or let me know. I'll be happy to try and work it out with them. Thanks -Jon [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ShakataGaNai/WMF_equipment_giveaway -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] [Wikimedia-california] San Francisco Meetup 16?
I vote this weekend (the 11th)! That way we can decided on the WCWC11 venue (And maybe I'll remember to come!) -Jon On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:22, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: We need to schedule a meeting. We have some stuff to discuss with the WikiConference West Coast. It's now late August, and January is just around the corner. I'm sure there are some other things we can talk about too, perhaps discuss the WikiConference NYC, and how it wen this time? :) Maybe we should meet up in the East Bay. How does Berkeley sound? Berkeley is definitely good for me, since I live on that side of the Bay. However, depending on when it ends up being scheduled I could end up being in the UK at the time, so it wouldn't matter anyway. When were people thinking of meeting? -Robert Rohde Hi all, Let's coordinate a day here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_16 Back in the spring I raised an idea that we start meeting consistently on, say, the 1st Saturday of the month. So if you can't make it -- at least you know that there'll be another meeting the following month. Of course we just zoomed by the first Saturday of the month for Sept and I don't know that we want to wait all the way to October. But what do people think of this idea? Also: should we have a separate conference planning meeting in addition to the regular meetup? best, Phoebe ___ Wikimedia-california mailing list wikimedia-califor...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-california -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] WikiConference updates -- budget
James, I think you may have misunderstood. We're looking for sponsors to DONATE money. Venture Capitalists [1] _do not_ give away money, they invest it in promising start ups. They are all about making more money, sort of the antithesis of what we're doing. -Jon [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capitalist On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:57, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: * determining sponsorship levels and potential sponsors These are the lists of potential sponsors for the Stanford Wikimania bid: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/mng-ba.mercurynews/quote/components/dashboard/largest?Symbol=%24SV150 http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13840964 (way out of date now; they publish these every quarter) http://trends.techcrunch.com/2009/10/19/techcrunch-dealmaker-rankings-the-top-25-most-active-vcs-in-the-third-quarter/ (likewise) ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Meetup 15 -- August 7
So the end all, be all, is that I screwed up in planning. This is the first time we ever scheduled a meet that wasn't something small. No one (except Cary) thought to define a specific point, and I didn't see the Facebook notice myself until after the fact. Now we know that in the future, any meetups in locations bigger than a restaurant - should have a very specific location. How about we get some GPS coordinates going too? We could have a Geocache'd [1] wikimeet, or maybe a radio foxhunt [2]. If you can find the meetup, you can participate!!! -Jon [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmitter_hunting On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 18:13, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: snip The Facebook page mentioned 19th and Delores (which I put in myself, knowing that Delores Park is a big park and often takes some time to find people). What Facebook page? Since when is there a Facebook page? Neither this email thread nor the page on Wikipedia [1] mention the corner of 19th and Dolores, and that's the only discussion of meetups I was aware of. -Robert Rohde [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_15 ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Meetup 15 -- August 7
I know it is scary, but unplugging once in a while _might_ be a good thing. I repeat, might. Now the sun on the other hand, we know that's a bad thing. Park it is. Say 2pm? That way people can have lunch before they come in? -Jon On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:53, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 8/2/2010 8:22 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Hi all, Thanks Jon for choosing a date :) So... don't forget about the meetup next Saturday (Aug 7): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_15 We still need to set a location and time. Please make suggestions, along with adding agenda items, to the meetup page above. Brion mentioned Delores Park. I think that's a great idea, although difficult for internet access (who needs their computers anyway!). There are any number of restaurants nearby. Cary ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Meetup 15?
The date shall be August 7th. The first Saturday of the month. Put it on your calendars. (Where is TBD) -Jon On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 19:43, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Yes definitely! Let's have a meetup soon. Agenda items could include: * reporting on wikisym/wikimania * sharing updates on projects -- for instance if anyone wants to give an update on wikimedia california etc * planning the west coast wikiconference! (the january event) What do people think of a meetup either next weekend or the weekend after that? I think it'd be great to get in the habit of monthly meetings on the 1st or 2nd saturday of the month (for instance). please discuss dates and locations here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_15 -- phoebe -- phoebe.ay...@gmail.com | http://phoebeayers.info support Wikimedia: http://donate.wikimedia.org On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: Often times, after big events like Wikimania, we have a tendency to let things fall by the wayside. I know, however, that it was our intention to plan regular meetups--notably as we've got a tentative conference scheduled for January (). Anyone want to move forward? - - Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxGA8IACgkQyQg4JSymDYk60wCfUI4qduDMq4vuaqUA2Jxh6Uzj LucAoIUS8K4I3ZQlD8vmcPsY6ZD+Zm33 =Dbx2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] West Coast Wiki Conference 2011 - New Site
It came to our attention this weekend that User:Slaporte made a totally kick ass logo for the WCWC2011, so we decided it was about time to move off of meta and on to our own site. So if you're interested in Participating/Attending/Helping Organize (or generally anything) -- please stop by the new site and sign up for the mailing list while your at it (so I can stop writing to 3 different lists at once). http://2011.westcoastwikicon.org/ -Jon -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire Wrap Up
This evening brought another years Maker Faire to a close, for better or worse. It wasn't a perfectly smooth operation, but we managed to get done what we needed to and have some fun while we were at it. For everyone that had trouble getting there/getting in/finding the gate/etc, I'm sorry. We thought we had everything figured out, but Maker Faire loves to change things up on us, I guess that is part of the adventure. It was a rather long weekend, but we answered lots of questions and only had a few instances of the Thorium Protocol. Best of all, we got a rather decent sum of donations. It wasn't no $10 million, but it was about 50% more than we got last year. All in all, a job well done - To those of you that helped us in the planning and preparation stages for the last few months, it was worth it. - To the each and every volunteer and foundation staff that spent a shift at the booth: __Thank you s much__. The shift system might have seemed a little crazy, but it worked out - To Brion, for making us a new (Offline) Guess The Language in something like an hour, it was amazingly popular all weekend. - To our friends at WikiHow whom were kind enough to loan us use of their Wifi/Verizon card hack during the Great Wifi Debacle of Saturday morning - kick ass. - To Phoebe, my partner in crime (who deserves a ton of credit for making sure everything worked out, contrary to what she's been saying about 'not being in charge'): Why do we keep doing this? ^_^ - Lastly, to everyone whom stopped by to show their support (even if they couldn't volunteer), we appreciate the love. Now I'm gonna go sleep for the next 48 hours- -Jon PS. The few items I wrote down under the for next year list: Temporary tattoo's, new games (Jimmy side scroller, Citation Needed - guess the fact), Offline Presentations Auxiliary internet access methods. PPS. If you took pictures. COMMONS (or death) - http://wmf4.me/BE08A -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] Last Minute Reminder! Maker Faire this weekend!
For those that might possibly haven't have heard (that's quite a nice rock you have there), Maker Faire ( http://wmf4.me/488AD ) is this weekend in San Mateo. It'll be all sorts of awesome, and if you're in NorCal, you should definitly be coming. Be warned though, 120k people are expected this year (So the rumors go). Parking and traffic will be all sorts of hell. If you've volunteered previously and haven't heard from Phoebe (or myself) about what to do - please email me off list. -Jon PS. I'm CC'ing the -CA list since I think that list should be used for things not chapter related too. -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire - Shift Signup (Traffic/Parking)
There is actually a lot of parking lots in the area of Saratoga Dr (towards Hillsdale) that are free and shuttles run from the area. That being said, if you want to park close (and are there early), you can pay to be _right there_. Though it is $17 a day now - be warned. I came from 101/Hillsdale exit once and that worked out fairly decently since you end up _right_ near where they have the free parking lots. I really don't recommend 92/Delaware because that backs up MASSIVELY. -Jon On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:37, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 20 May 2010 11:30, Eugene Zelenko eugene.zele...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Actually there are lot small street down to the south from El Camino where parking is free :-) Of course you should pay attention to street parking signs. Walk is not too long from there to Event Center. Also I don't remember big traffic from 280/92 last year. Oh gosh. FWIW my experience in 2008 was radically different. I arrived around 10AM, and spent almost 90 minutes cruising for parking: it was really annoying. I remember vowing to take CalTrain in future. So: that's two data points. ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] Tired of Porngate? Of Wikimania Roulette? Come help out WCWC11
For those that might have missed the first anouncement [1], we're trying to put together and put on a regional Wiki-Conference. Something that warrants an entire weekend, but isn't a huge production like Wikimania (though we can use it as a prelude to a Wikimania bid). We're titling this the West Coast Wiki Conference 2011. Why I'm harassing you all again, is we need help. Things are quiet so far, but hopefully will pick up in the near future. Before we really get going, it would be nice to see more interested parties get signed up on the purpose made mailing list [2]. Our first and most important consideration (after the date, since we've already got that) is going to be finding a venue. January is a fair ways off, but we still need to work quickly to get the basics sorted out so we can actually put this thing on. If you need more info, you can always check Meta [3]. So please, please come help -- If you don't, I'll have to get even more irritating. -Jon [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-sf/2010-May/000592.html [2] http://groups.google.com/group/wcwc11 [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_WikiConference -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup 14: potential time change?
Ok. 1 PM (1300) tomorrow. Lunch time. Anyone who actually lives in San Francisco have a suggestion for somewhere near BART/Downtown that we can go for food? -Jon On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 17:47, Micah Alpern alp...@yahoo-inc.com wrote: Hi Guys, I have a wedding in Yosemite this weekend so I won’t be able to attend. Feel free to assign me task (not too big please J ) and I’ll try to help. Thanks, Micah -- *From:* wikimedia-sf-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimedia-sf-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Jon Davis *Sent:* Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:40 PM *To:* phoebe ayers *Cc:* San Francisco Wikimedians *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup 14: potential time change? I have no issues changing the time. I just suggested 3 as a random starting point. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 14:47, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, we're planning a meetup this Saturday, May 1st, in SF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_14 There hasn't been much interest yet. So: * if you are interested please sign up! * time change: how would you feel about a time change to be earlier -- perhaps 1 pm for a lunch get-together? I can't make it at the current time of 3pm unfortunately (I need to be in Sacramento at 6). If that doesn't work let me know. Phoebe -- WikiSym 2010: July 7-9 | http://wikisym.org/ws2010 http://phoebeayers.info | phoebe.ay...@gmail.com -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] meetup 14: potential time change?
I have no issues changing the time. I just suggested 3 as a random starting point. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 14:47, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, we're planning a meetup this Saturday, May 1st, in SF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_14 There hasn't been much interest yet. So: * if you are interested please sign up! * time change: how would you feel about a time change to be earlier -- perhaps 1 pm for a lunch get-together? I can't make it at the current time of 3pm unfortunately (I need to be in Sacramento at 6). If that doesn't work let me know. Phoebe -- WikiSym 2010: July 7-9 | http://wikisym.org/ws2010 http://phoebeayers.info | phoebe.ay...@gmail.com -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] Mini-Meet (#14?) Saturday, May 1. Afternoon-ish.
Ok people, all things fast and loose. Maker Fair last minute planning and such meeting. Basic things like figuring out what has been done, still needs to be done or isn't going to get done. Plus some hanging out, maybe food. Haven't figured out the exact details on when, but the approximate goes like this: Who: Anyone that wants to hang out, or be involved in Maker Faire, or pick on us that are trying to figure out what's going on What: Mostly Maker Faire Where: San Francisco, Maybe somewhere with food (if so, we can push the meeting time towards a meal time) When: Saturday, May 1 @ ~3pm Why: Phoebe thought it would be a good idea. Basically after May 1, we should have down pay what is and isn't going to happen. Maker Faire isn't until the end of the moth, but for all those things that need time to prep - we need to be finishing em up soon. -Jon PS. Sorry about the scatter brainedness of this email, Blame Phoebe (TM) -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ This email should not be used to sue me -- Bawolff ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
[Wikimedia-SF] Meetup #12 is this weekend!
All, In case you've forgotten (I know I did), SF Meetup #12 is this weekend. Specifically Sunday @ 2pm @ Yahoo! HQ. Gotta put your name down in advance so you can be put on the list for Yahoo! security. Chatter about Maker Faire mostly, and I'm sure other things like what is going on in April. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_12 -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://photo.snowulf.com/ - Buy a pic, feed a photog. http://snowulf.com/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Meetup _12: March Making for Maker Faire
I'd them who is incharge of the meetup should pick a date. I think weekend of the 12-14 is probably not a good idea due to St Patrick's day. Otherwise I'd say anything works (my vote is March 6th). Don't tweet at Cary, he shuns the twitter. Identica is the answer. -Jon On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 23:04, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: Micha all, Is half a month away too early to ask people to list their preferred dates and/or times on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_12 ? I tried to carry as much of the results forward from Meetup_11 as I could. _13 is set for April 10th on Angel Island. The only non-active part scheduled, is proofreading (or, finishing) stuff for Maker Faire that didn't get finished online or at _12. To that end, should we try to do as much as the preparation on line beforehand as possible? There are ideas for everyone. Some of them are linked to completed projects, some of them are completely new, some of them are in between, and some of them I don't really understand. Also, I tried to tweet you and Cary -- are we allowed to use the Office again? Many of us didn't get to see the big conference room which was reserved for the Board meeting during _11. As far as I can remember, everyone behaved in an exemplary manner, so I hope so. Cheers, James Salsman ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] http://photo.snowulf.com/ - Buy a pic, feed a photog. http://snowulf.com/ ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Summary of today's meetup
First I'd like to say thank you to everyone that came. I'd also like to thank the Board and Foundation staff that joined us. Biggest meetup we've had in a long time. I wasn't too sure how an agenda would work out with the ground, but everything seemed to have gone well enough, we got stuff done, and that's what is important. Regarding pictures, generally I've posted what I've had w/o checking first. People who don't want their pictures taken generally don't show up, or do a good job dodging the cameras. Plus they can simply not be identified (or request image be deleted). Below is my very brief notes that I scratched down from memory afterwards. I've put them on the wiki. If you have other notes of your own about specific topics, please feel free to update the wiki. I know that I'm missing a lot of little bits and all sorts of details. Once again, thanks all! -Jon == Results == * Future Meetups: ** 12 - March - Micah Alpern-Malpern - Maker Faire Marketing ** 13 - April - James Salsman - Angel Island ** May - Maker Faire ** (Maybe) 14 - June - ShakataGaNai - USS Hornet ** 17 - September - Lucadealfaro - Google? ** We still need July, August, October, December (Assuming Nov is WCW) * Maker Faire ** INTERACTIVE is the word of the day ** Hopefully contact O'Reilly to get a double wide/better space ** Games are important *** Guess the WP language *** Wiktionary tie definition game? *** Touch screens would be AMAZINGLY useful ** Be other project-centric ** Wandering Commons photographers with Eye-Fi cards *** Present live images from the cards, upload to commons *** Have the ability to give short URLs? ** Have small macro object booth *** Present images live, upload to commons ** Photo scavenger hunt/bingo *** Scout Friday night and make something up? *** Contact groups going to be there in advance and work something out? *** Place Q Cards about. Little cards w/ logo and code to take pictures of ** Make stuff before hand (?) ** Marketing Materials: *** posters *** leaflets *** 1-2page brochures *** Maker Faire specific *** booth setup *** Visualizations * Digital * Analog (Posters) *** Computer Displays *** Trading Card Game ** Schedule Talks/Presentations/Howto's *** Get a whiteboard to use *** 15 minutes, tops *** Why it's cool from the other projects *** How to edit, and get someone from the audience to do so *** How to upload on commons, get audience to do it *** Give away more valuable swag for people that actually edit (T-shirts?) ** Swag? *** Stickers Mini-Commons!!! *** Tshirts *** Books (sell?) ** Volunteers Saturday Sunday *** 3 hour shifts *** At least 2 people *** 1 extra commons photog separate *** One or two peoples help on Friday depending on complexity ** Visualizations *** RC Always Popular *** Commons featured pictures *** Wandering commons photog uploads *** LED RC? *** What can we build/do that the office can put up? *** How can we present the other projects? ** Donation jar for the loose change/cash that isn't tacky (Point of contention from years past) * Wikimania SF ** Bid for 2012 ** Research now is still useful ** Look at old bids, keep an eye on this years bids ** If Montreal gets 2011, might be difficult to get 2012 ** Sponsorship will be important ** Expect up to 1000 people ** Find out how many people have gone each year * WikiConfrence West ** Expect 100-200 people ** Unconference ** See if we can get one serious (scheduled) talk/demo from each project ** Usability project presentation ** Fall of 2010 - Early November ** Use as launching point for Wikimania 2012 bid ** Set date soon. ** Get a few people willing to lead the project * Booze! On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 21:37, Guillaume Paumier guillom@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom@gmail.com wrote: Just a quick heads-up to try and summarize what was discussed today. I see someone also added stuff to the meetup page, but I'm lazy so I'll just send a quick e-mail. Btw, I forgot to ask. I had brought some stickers to use as name tags for today's meetup; the stickers were of 2 colors, to distinguish people who didn't want their picture to be published. Unfortunately, we didn't use these stickers, so I don't know which pictures I can publish and which I can't. I usually prefer to have explicit consent, but I don't know what the usual practice for SF meet-ups is. Would it be acceptable to give a heads-up on this list, give people a week to say they don't want their picture published, and assume that anyone else is ok with it? -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.gpaumier.org ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] http://snowulf.com/ - Blog http://snowulf.imagekind.com/ - Pictures This has been a
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Next meetup date?
...crickets chirping and all that jazz... Anyways, the last meeting 2 important suggestions came up. 1) We should have meet ups more often (like once a month) with the knowledge that people simply wont make every single one (rather than trying to accommodate everyone every time). 2) We should have field trips - translation: We should have a meetup where we go and _do_ something rather than sit around and chat. Since last time we talked, I'd say we should do a field trip. We've got a small list on-wiki already [[w:Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco#Future]] ( http://enwn.net/Ae10 ). If anyone has a suggestion of somewhere else to go, great, if not, lets pick something off the list. -Jon On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:45, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all! Given that I've missed the last few meetups, do we have a next date planned? Ready to hear ideas... - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq4/xoACgkQyQg4JSymDYnmWACguXElF5VwgTiK+U1egMDmeEQ7 59UAoKlHO9W6orxa1pBvovuGAXGDgbnE =OOsP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] http://snowulf.com/ - Blog http://snowulf.imagekind.com/ - Pictures This has been a test of the emergency sig system. ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire 2009?
All, So I stepped through the sign up process to grab the information we'd need to formulate our proposal...some how they took the incomplete proposal and accepted it. So we're already in... sorry? I've pinged back the person that emailed me to check what is going on and the power/internet situation (since that is the only thing we really care about). So uh... ye.a.. congrats on the well written proposal. -Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 14:55, Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 3/18/09 12:15 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: I don't know if I can pull of a sockpuppet making workshop for 65K people... isn't that how many visited the booth last year? ;) I sent on the Wikihow idea to our Wikihow partners in crime; it sounds like a fun idea to me. Awesome, I was jut gonna suggest that. :D I am willing to be the lead contact send in the proposal if ya'll help write it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire Jay talked to our contacts, and they are still taking proposals. But we need to send it in ASAP! Whee! -- brion ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- This is a test of the emergency sig system. Oh, and the following location only accurate +/- 100 miles. So if you're coming to get me, better send a nuke. Sent from: Reno Nevada United States. ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire 2009?
Oooo Buttons. How about a few of the giant Wikipedia stickers? Those are always favorites (and generally hidden away for good measure). Anyways, I was curious myself if anything was going to be happening this year. So I'm totally game to help out how ever is needed. I can gather desktop computers to be used (if someone can find monitors) and related networking gear - should it be useful. -Jon On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:40, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: There actually is an 'education' day beforehand where exhibitors can get in front of a massive school audience. I think aligning with any other volunteer groups would be fab too - students for free culture? EFF and creative commons will probably have tables set up there. Being close by would make a lot of sense. Wish I could commit some more resources, but I can say that this time next year we should be in a better position to have people and stuff to share. That being said, I could probably provide a few more bags of buttons etc. -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 On Mar 18, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Samuel Klein wrote: wait, wait -- could you import a busload of children from the rural bayosphere? I bet they would feature a school fieldtrip as part of their educational program... On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Samuel Klein wrote: MF was amazing. where else can you get firebreathing robots and sockpuppet-making kits? I hope to come out again. Was wikihow there last year? How about how to share great maker ideas, with a double booth shared with wikihow, showing off neat wikiversity tutorials, maker-style wikibook drafts, and where to publish amazing animated diagrams and schematics? You could highlight some of the fine illustrations from recent contests / from the philg project... SJ And a sockpuppet-making workshop! - - c -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJwT8XyQg4JSymDYkRAp4AAKCdz93bUOLV59i8VOdATapp64PRIACeKSJZ fbEWOszzbcqGtNzHbXL4xVQ= =uW7n -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf -- This is a test of the emergency sig system. Oh, and the following location only accurate +/- 100 miles. So if you're coming to get me, better send a nuke. ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Identica 'dent event' in SF this Tuesday
Since I missed RCC this year, I'm game. -Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 15:29, Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org wrote: I know there's a fair amount of overlap between Wikimedians and folks experimenting in the Open Microblogging world... There's going to be a meetup of Identica 'denters here in SF, 7pm this Tuesday at the Edinburgh Castle pub on Geary: http://identi.ca/notice/2333146 Anybody want to come hang out? Evan Prodromou will be in town, doing a little post-RecentChangesCamp traveling down the coast. Come hang out with wacky microblog wiki people! It'll be fun! -- brion ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Next Meetup.
I might not be around, but if I am, I'm game. -Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 22:47, Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 2/10/09 10:21 AM, Brion Vibber wrote: On 2/8/09 12:54 PM, Jon wrote: I don't see that it's been mentioned here, but Frank was bold and has proposed the meetup for Thursday, Febuary 19th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_9 No exact time or location, as of yet. Evening? *chirping crickets* If nobody's got a firm location, I might recommend we just meet up for eats and drinks and talks at the 21st Amendment (543 2nd St), starting say 6pmish Thursday? It's within walking distance of BART/Muni and Caltrain as well as our secret undisclosed location. -- brion ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
