Hi Karen, In case you want to reach out to CAL students... here's a Berkeley wikipedia club I found while at UC Berkeley. Their listserve is: ( wikipediac...@lists.berkeley.edu). Plus there is always the School of Information (no...@ischool.berkeley.edu)...
- http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/studentgroups/public/index.asp?todo=getgroupinfo&SGID=15347 Cheers, Leslie On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: > Sarah - > No problem with making it broader. Oakland seems to have a wiki presence > (which I can't speak to) with a few hacker spaces downtown [2], so I'd like > to have some meetings in Berkeley. But if we can figure out a way to > combine our efforts, that would be great. I truly don't think that we > should "wiki" only within our city boundaries! > > I actually was thinking that we could pick some topics, and then meet in a > place related to that topic. So, for the history of Berkeley it would make > sense to meet at the Berkeley library, which has the historical archives. > For history relating to the campus (like the Free Speech Movement) we might > want to meet on campus. > > Oakland has its own Oakland wiki [1]. I attended the Alameda county data > hackathon in Berkeley recently, at Berkeley High School, and it would be > interesting to try to incorporate some of the county data in Wikipedia - > meeting in downtown Oakland would seem appropriate for that. > > Somehow I think that being "on the spot" is inspirational. But I'm open to > any ideas that get people together and help them work on Wikipedia. > > kc > [1] http://oaklandwiki.org/ > [2] like https://sudoroom.org/ > > > On 7/28/13 2:19 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Weird request and I understand if it gets shot down for locality: >> >> If a Berkeley meetup group is being formed, think we can create it as an >> East Bay group instead? >> >> I live in Oakland, and I think ideally it would be unifying (since our >> groups are so small) to make it an encompassing group so folks throughout >> the region feel welcome. But, I also understand if folks want to keep it >> Berkeley-centric for Berkeley locals. (And those who feel bold enough to >> "act" like like one/invade :) ) >> >> Thanks for taking the lead on this, it is very appreciated! >> >> Sarah >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: >> >> Hello, all. >>> >>> I've taken up the organizer role for the Berkeley Wikipedia meet-up >>> group. I'll do some figuring out on how to use Meetup. Would the person who >>> volunteered to find a space on UC campus please contact me? >>> >>> I presume that we are aiming at a September first meeting, given how >>> summer seems to disrupt schedules. >>> >>> If we can't find other meet-up places, my home has wifi, various >>> computers and screens, networked printing, and a fridge. We can try a >>> meeting here, if it's not a large one. >>> >>> kc >>> -- >>> Karen Coyle >>> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net >>> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >>> m: 1-510-435-8234 >>> skype: kcoylenet >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >>> Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf> >>> >> >> > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf> >
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