Hi Karen,
Sorry I did not get back to you earlier. I can think of a couple of options
so far:
1) Campus libraries: It seems it is easy for registered campus
organizations to get access to meeting rooms. The problem is, although
Berkeley Wikipedia club is a registered group, room reservation can
I wonder to what extent we could have meetings online? I started a meetup
groups a while back and the biggest problem, as here, was always where and
when to meet. That uses up a lot of our energy that could possibly be put
to better use. Plus problems with the meeting place and time and just
Hi, Shreyas. Thanks.
The problem with the campus is that its wifi is not open - each user has
to have a separate login. There are folks who can give us logins, but
it's a bit of a pain.
The BPL has open wifi, but their public room rules say:
Permission to use the Library’s Community Rooms
Michael, I think this is a good idea, especially if we have folks
working on specific pages or areas. I do think a few f2f meetings will
be needed, and folks can do both or either. What I have found in the WP
editing sessions that I have attended is that often people are working
on their own
Hi,
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Michael Kelly mke...@techtel.com wrote:
There are two online ways
to meet that come to mind: we could use something like gotomeeting where
everyone signs on to a site and has the ability to talk or type, and become
the presenter, showing anything they want
Jeremy,
I'm not sure what kind of discussion relating to Wikipedia would be
appropriate for an online meetup, but maybe others have an idea. As I
said, what I've found about WP meetups is that people each work on a
different page, but make use of nearby folks for advice, ideas, and company.
We had a similar discussion back in January:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Groups/San_Francisco#New.2C_related_group_starting_up_23290
I hope folks get together and edit lots of pages. For my part, I don't
want to be part of a group or chapter, I would rather just have an easy
way to follow
Hi,
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net wrote:
As I said,
what I've found about WP meetups is that people each work on a different
page, but make use of nearby folks for advice, ideas, and company.
+1
I do agree that any kind of meeting has more chance of success
