[Wikimedia-SF] Wiki meetup tomorrow eve in the Mission!

2011-01-31 Thread Pete Forsyth
(which we've all been sort of ignoring) on their wiki: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Wiki_meetup and a MeetingNotes page for building an agenda, if you're feeling all organization-y: http://meetingwords.com/rccx-sf Come join us :) -Pete F. -- Pete Forsyth 503-383-9454 mobile

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] maker faire this year

2011-04-08 Thread Pete Forsyth
Re: that specific weekend, I've been meaning to announce -- the weekend of the 23rd is the first Good Internet conference at Berkeley. Should be a great event for anyone on this list: it's designed to explore the idea of digital citizenship, i.e. how to use the Internet for good. I believe

[Wikimedia-SF] San Francisco Hackathon, January 2012

2011-11-30 Thread Pete Forsyth
feature development. Learn to reuse Wikipedia content in your own apps, create new functionality for every Wikipedia user around the world, or just tailor your own experience. Here's the page for more info and signup: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/January_2012_SF_Hackathon -Pete Pete Forsyth

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Time for a wiki conference on the west coast?

2012-01-29 Thread Pete Forsyth
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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Time for a wiki conference on the west coast?

2012-01-29 Thread Pete Forsyth
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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wiki Loves Monuments Meeting - June 7 - DATE UPDATE!

2012-06-07 Thread Pete Forsyth
Planning to attend, along with Stella Yu (who I've CC'd) -- but I think we will both need to leave early, as we have a call scheduled. Looking forward to seeing you all this eve! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] on Wikipedia etc. On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Kelsey Wong k...@stmarys-ca.edu wrote:

[Wikimedia-SF] Edit-a-Thon in Oakland on Sat. December 15

2012-11-30 Thread Pete Forsyth
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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] WM Cascadia chapter discussion tonight

2012-12-19 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Dec 19, 2012, at 5:20 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: difficult to keep meetup groups going in the proposed Cascadia geography Say now, what? :) Seems to me we had *two* great events last week, Oakland Wiki just announced weekly edit-a-thons at the library, various other things in the works.

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] In town Feb 23-28, anyone wanna meet up?

2013-01-21 Thread Pete Forsyth
Hi Mike, thanks for writing! I will be around then, and would be happy to get together. I'm not much of a tech guy, but I'm sure we could find plenty to talk about. I suggest you pick a time that works for you, and post a notice on the Meetup.com group and the SF Meetup page on English

[Wikimedia-SF] Join the Wikipedia volunteer response team

2013-02-02 Thread Pete Forsyth
Hi all, This email list is full of knowledgeable, helpful Wikipedians/Wikimedians. Would you like to join the volunteer team that responds to incoming email requests about Wikipedia articles, etc.? For instance, the subjects of articles reporting factual errors or defamation, or submitting

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Fwd: [okfn-US] OKF Meet up event at PLOS 6/6/13 @ 7:00 p.m.

2013-06-05 Thread Pete Forsyth
Lane, FYI --I am planning to attend this, though I will have to be late due to our class. Exciting development, thanks for announcing it! Pete On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Donna Okubo dok...@plos.org

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Hackathon or editathon-like events subject to regulation in CA?

2014-01-30 Thread Pete Forsyth
$$, and run courses with at least a pass/fail outcome and some concept of an earned certificate. That's a far cry from folks getting together from time to time to teach each other stuff. kc On 1/30/14, 5:03 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: All, I read this article with some concern. Thoughts

[Wikimedia-SF] Wikipedia Barn Raising July 19, focusing on Open Education

2014-07-07 Thread Pete Forsyth
hope to see you there, online or in person! Best regards Sara Frank Bristow Pete Forsyth Communicate OER/WikiProject Open Communicate OER is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation p.s. If this message comes through twice, my apologies! I initially sent without a subject line, and I

[Wikimedia-SF] Wikimedia's 15th birthday party next Saturday!

2016-01-07 Thread Pete Forsyth
Hello all! Please join us in celebrating Wikipedia's 15th birthday on Saturday, January 16! We have a half-day gathering planned at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in downtown San Francisco. Besides (of course) birthday cake, we'll have: * Lightning talks * Wikipedia's content gender gap *

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Unconference on Wikipedia Day weekend

2015-12-21 Thread Pete Forsyth
Update: I've talked with Richard in NYC, and Stephen at WMF. I'm interested contributing to the event. I put together a basic wiki page to plan/organize here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Wikipedia_Day_2016 I am intrigued by the idea of connecting with other

[Wikimedia-SF] Starting up monthly WikiSalons / WikiWednesday events

2016-03-13 Thread Pete Forsyth
All- Several of us are working to set up a recurring monthly wiki meetup in San Francisco! We're using the name "WikiSalon," which has been used by groups in NYC and Washington DC. There's a planning doc on Meta Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monthly_WikiSalon_in_San_Francisco (Some of

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Starting up monthly WikiSalons / WikiWednesday events

2016-03-14 Thread Pete Forsyth
<george.herb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yay! > > Where? > > I am working / consulting at 201 Mission and somewhat mobility impaired > but can use Muni/BART/cab/Uber if needed. > > George William Herbert > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 13, 2016, at 9:52 PM, Pete Forsyth

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Starting up monthly WikiSalons / WikiWednesday events

2016-03-20 Thread Pete Forsyth
All, I have confirmation that we have a room at the Wikimedia Foundation this Wednedsay evening at 6:00pm. The office is at 149 New Montgomery Street. I'm not sure how late the front desk is open, so in case the security guard leaves at 6:00, you might want to arrive a few minutes early; or if

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Starting up monthly WikiSalons / WikiWednesday events

2016-03-20 Thread Pete Forsyth
My mistake, it's next week, March 30. Pete The first message mentions Wednesday the 30th but this one states Wednesday the 23rd. Which one is it? Cheers! On Sunday, March 20, 2016, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > I have confirmation that we have a room a

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] [Publicpolicy] US/California AB 2880 vs PD-California?

2016-05-16 Thread Pete Forsyth
Thanks for sharing this, Mike. Sounds like something we should discuss at the upcoming WikiSalon next Wednesday evening. I have some friends (outside the wiki world) who know California lawmaking fairly well, I will ask around a bit beforehand.