Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire 2012
FYI - I am currently working at an office building at Park Place in San Mateo, just around the corner as it were from the exhibition center. For any in-person physical-ish stuff getting ready for the actual event, I can literally just walk over there. It's about 1,050 meters door-to-door. I know that large parts of the prep work are not onsite, but I am certainly here as a resource nearby once onsite starts. -george On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com wrote: 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 -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com ___ 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] maker faire this year
Woot! time to break out your best ideas for showing/telling our favorite projects. Things that are big and manipulable might be good... (cutouts of wiki syntax?), ideas for printed posters, signs, stories (a display about 10M files on commons? A display about Wikipedia around the world, from Wiki10?) are also great. Maybe we could even come up with a theme this year?? (10 years of Wikipedia would be pretty obvious, but maybe there's something else?) Our two most successful games ever are the 10 degrees of Wikipedia game and guess the language. More games and cool visualizations would be super. Thanks for doing this, Stephen. Everyone sign up for a volunteer slot! And for those new on the list, here's the information about maker faire from last year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2010#About_the_Faire_and_our_booth phoebe On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Stephen LaPorte stephen.lapo...@gmail.comwrote: 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.comwrote: 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
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] maker faire this year
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 7:42 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.comwrote: Our two most successful games ever are the 10 degrees of Wikipedia game and guess the language. More games and cool visualizations would be super. How about spot the fake game where we gather fun stuff from the April Fools Main Pages and WP:UA, throw in a few total fakes, and then have people guess what's not true? In any case, I would be happy to get some Wikipedia books from the WMF as prizes/giveaways for the games. Maybe we put all the winners into a bowl and 5-10 folks get a book (I'm not sure how big the crowds are... Steven ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] maker faire this year
Awesome! Thanks Stephen! phoebe On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Stephen LaPorte stephen.lapo...@gmail.comwrote: 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] maker faire this year
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 speakers are confirmed from Wikimedia, Code for America, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, etc. Here's a link for more details: http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?id=1974 Maybe a Wikimedia meetup right after, on Saturday evening, would make sense? -Pete On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:07 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: 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. ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire Wrap Up
I think I can safely speak for everyone else when I say: Thank you Jon and Phoebe. -Robert Rohde On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com wrote: 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 mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire - Shift Signup
Hi, Jon! Please don't forget to send your and Phoebe cell phone numbers to volunteers today/Friday. Sure, it should be in private mails. Eugene. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com wrote: Ok, I was a lazy bastard, I apologize. I've finally gone and created the shift signup for Maker Faire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2010#Volunteers Last year, we had the problem with having too many people at the booth first thing in the morning and then not enough later in the day. This year we're going to break things up into shifts. I ask that you show up at least 10mn early for your shift and be ready to stay around for the duration of your shift (Obviously 100% is not required, but I ask that you don't plan on wandering off for half the time of the shift). After the shift, you're more than welcome to stay at the Faire (since you're already in the gate) and do what ever your heart desires. If you've got a late shift, we can get you in early to the Faire so you can check things out, and then work later. On the wiki, I put 3 slots per shift. Replace the slot with your name for your desired shift. If your desired shift is already full, please consider filling out the other shifts before expanding a filled shift. FAQ's Q) Can we have more than 3 people working at once? A) Yes, but per my previous mention, I'd like to try and balance out the volunteers. Q) Can we work multiple shifts? A) Of course. I'm not going to say no to anyone that wants to spend the entire day with Phoebe and I, loosing our voice shouting over what ever noisy thing we'll be next to this year. Q) I'm not exactly sure when I can work/Your times don't work for me. What can I do? A) It's not a perfect system. If you're not sure, put yourself down as a maybe. If you're travel arrangements preclude a specific time period (you're going to be an hour late, etc), just note that too. We'll have people there, I'm just trying to space them out over the entire day. Q) Do I have to pay to get in? A) No. We get a set of badges (generally not enough for everyone, but we make it work), and we'll get you in and out of the staff entrance - details to follow. Q) Do I get to see the Faire? A) Yes, the Faire is open 10am to 8pm Saturday and 10am to 6pm Sunday. We only ask for 3 hours of that time. Q) Can I come multiple days? A) Yes Q) What does a volunteer have to do? A) Basically, you get to sit at our booth, look pretty, accept compliments (people love Wikipedia) and tell people about Wikimedia/Wikipedia/All the projects. If we're lucky, you might even convince a few people to edit. We'll have stuff to give away (like flyers, and stickers and such). Q) I'm confused, I have more questions A) That isn't a question - but email the list, or me personally - I can tell you about Maker Faire till your ears bleed. -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 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
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire - Shift Signup (Traffic/Parking)
I stand by saying that parking/driving sucks, and refer you to: http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2010/parking/ :) I think they did make it better last year after the total debacle of 2008, but it's still a busy fair that 60,000 people attend, and the onsite parking is not adequate for all those folks. -- phoebe On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Jon Davis w...@konsoletek.com wrote: 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 mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] maker faire volunteer list -- need sunday volunteers
I'm going to be short on cash for public transportation to the Faire on Sunday. If anybody within the Solano County area is going and is willing to give me a ride, please email me. From: phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com To: San Francisco Wikimedians wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:08:06 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] maker faire volunteer list -- need sunday volunteers Hi all, I'm assembling the Maker Faire volunteer list. Reminder: If your name is not on the meetup page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire OR if you have only signed up with your wikiname and I do not know your real name, PLEASE email me with your name ASAP if you have not done so. If you are signed up under Saturday or Sunday, but you think you might come both days, please let me know that too so I can put you on the both days list. Also: we are short on Sunday volunteers, so please consider that if you can come either day! I plan to send out a message at the end of this weekend with tips on getting to the Faire, etc. -- Phoebe ___ 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] Maker Faire!
Per last year, will you have a list of the volunteers names given to the front desk people so they can get in for free with a lanyard? This should be a pretty standard process. The organizers just need to know who is coming and who to give the lanyards to at the 'volunteer registration' booth way at the front of the event. I'm willing to put together: * 100 or so wiki pencils * up to 500 wiki pins * about 500 mini wiki stickers * the wiki vests for your use Not much more stock than that right now - we will do a big re-order with our new budget. that means materials should be handed out in person rather than scattered out as a grab-all. You'd run out fast :( I'm signed up for Saturday morning to help kick it off! -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 On May 4, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Brion Vibber wrote: I'd love to prep some activity visualizations to run in the background but I'll be out of town for the event so will need a volunteer proxy to make sure there's hardware to run em on. :) -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) El May 3, 2009, a las 14:29, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com escribió: Hi all, We need to start seriously planning for Maker Faire, which is four short weeks away. Please add your thoughts on cool things to bring to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire I also added a section for volunteers -- if you want to help staff the booth, please add your name! -- Phoebe - http://phoebeayers.info | phoebe.ay...@gmail.com ___ 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] Maker Faire!
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Yeah - I think there were last minute problems with the volunteer list in general last year - they had also given me 50 tickets to give away which further complicated matters (but in a good way!) I suspect that if you reach out to the right folks (feel free to hit up sherry huss, she...@oreilly.com) and let them know you have volunteers and you'd like them to get passes then you should be in good shape. I'm assured they process ought to be better this year... Thanks! I understand that people who showed up to help on setup days had little hassle, whereas William and I (showing up on Sunday) had a hard time last year. Would it just be easiest for all of everyone who's helping to show up during one of the setup days to get badging dealt with? I suppose this means I am volunteering, too. -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire!
Hey, can I throw in this: Anyone who's going to staff the booth at Maker Faire is fairly likely to encounter local donors/supporters. For example last year, IIRC, both Alan Bauer and Neeru Khosla made their way to our booth. So to the extent that any of you have time, it might be nice to take a spin through the Benefactors page beforehand so you'll recognize people's names if they drop by and self-introduce :-) -Original Message- From: George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:58:23 To: San Francisco Wikimedianswikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire! ___ 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] Maker Faire -- STATUS UPDATE
OK, so here is where we are at: * We have a limited amount of swag * We have the vests (I have some, Ariel has some) * We have some computers coming from the WMF offices, to be picked up on the friday before (do those come with monitors? :) ) * plus a plethora of laptops * Phoebe and Jon to set up on Friday; other volunteers? * we are located next to Wikihow, so we can share people if necessary; Chris Hadley (cc'd) is the contact for WikiHow THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON: * The pass situation -- both Jon and I have been pestering O'Reilly people, but no answer yet. THINGS WE STILL NEED: * Some sort of sign/banner advertising our Wikimedia-ness (Jay, does the office have any banners?) * Ideas for visualizations to run on the computers * Ideas for an interactive display (guess the picture? learn how to edit?) * Ideas for a couple of big signs to hang -- I don't think we have space for the projector and cloth this year -- so are there other big poster ideas we could make up? A giant markup cheatsheet? Please send your ideas ASAP and I'll get some posters made up. * more folding chairs -- does anyone have some they can loan? * what about info-en business cards like someone suggested? * And we need. ... you to sign up if you're planning on volunteering and haven't already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire Thanks! Phoebe On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Per last year, will you have a list of the volunteers names given to the front desk people so they can get in for free with a lanyard? This should be a pretty standard process. The organizers just need to know who is coming and who to give the lanyards to at the 'volunteer registration' booth way at the front of the event. I'm willing to put together: * 100 or so wiki pencils * up to 500 wiki pins * about 500 mini wiki stickers * the wiki vests for your use Not much more stock than that right now - we will do a big re-order with our new budget. that means materials should be handed out in person rather than scattered out as a grab-all. You'd run out fast :( I'm signed up for Saturday morning to help kick it off! -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 On May 4, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Brion Vibber wrote: I'd love to prep some activity visualizations to run in the background but I'll be out of town for the event so will need a volunteer proxy to make sure there's hardware to run em on. :) -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) El May 3, 2009, a las 14:29, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com escribió: Hi all, We need to start seriously planning for Maker Faire, which is four short weeks away. Please add your thoughts on cool things to bring to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire I also added a section for volunteers -- if you want to help staff the booth, please add your name! -- Phoebe - http://phoebeayers.info | phoebe.ay...@gmail.com ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire -- STATUS UPDATE
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM, phoebe ayers brassratg...@gmail.comwrote: OK, so here is where we are at: * We have a limited amount of swag * We have the vests (I have some, Ariel has some) * We have some computers coming from the WMF offices, to be picked up on the friday before (do those come with monitors? :) ) * plus a plethora of laptops * Phoebe and Jon to set up on Friday; other volunteers? * we are located next to Wikihow, so we can share people if necessary; Chris Hadley (cc'd) is the contact for WikiHow THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON: * The pass situation -- both Jon and I have been pestering O'Reilly people, but no answer yet. THINGS WE STILL NEED: * Some sort of sign/banner advertising our Wikimedia-ness (Jay, does the office have any banners?) * Ideas for visualizations to run on the computers * Ideas for an interactive display (guess the picture? learn how to edit?) * Ideas for a couple of big signs to hang -- I don't think we have space for the projector and cloth this year -- so are there other big poster ideas we could make up? A giant markup cheatsheet? Please send your ideas ASAP and I'll get some posters made up. * more folding chairs -- does anyone have some they can loan? * what about info-en business cards like someone suggested? * And we need. ... you to sign up if you're planning on volunteering and haven't already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire Thanks! Phoebe On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Per last year, will you have a list of the volunteers names given to the front desk people so they can get in for free with a lanyard? This should be a pretty standard process. The organizers just need to know who is coming and who to give the lanyards to at the 'volunteer registration' booth way at the front of the event. I'm willing to put together: * 100 or so wiki pencils * up to 500 wiki pins * about 500 mini wiki stickers * the wiki vests for your use Not much more stock than that right now - we will do a big re-order with our new budget. that means materials should be handed out in person rather than scattered out as a grab-all. You'd run out fast :( I'm signed up for Saturday morning to help kick it off! -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 On May 4, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Brion Vibber wrote: I'd love to prep some activity visualizations to run in the background but I'll be out of town for the event so will need a volunteer proxy to make sure there's hardware to run em on. :) -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) El May 3, 2009, a las 14:29, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com escribió: Hi all, We need to start seriously planning for Maker Faire, which is four short weeks away. Please add your thoughts on cool things to bring to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire I also added a section for volunteers -- if you want to help staff the booth, please add your name! -- Phoebe - http://phoebeayers.info | phoebe.ay...@gmail.com ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf I just signed up on the meetup page, I can help Friday pm and either (or in extremis both) Sat and Sun afternoons). -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com ___ 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?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm definitely interested /as a wikip|median/ in participating if we can get something together :) Cary phoebe ayers wrote: Jay, Sounds good, thanks for the update. List members: are people interested in submitting a booth proposal? For non-commercial makers, it's free, but we need to submit a proposal with a description of our project. The page is a little confusing -- it looks like the deadline was March 12, but they also say the deadline is March 31st. Either way we need to get going. The page says that We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things -- I think the demo part of the booth went over well last year (though I know internet access was a pain) -- maybe we could focus on how to edit? Or maybe focus on non-Wikipedia projects (how to make everything else)? What do you all think? Reply to me or the list, if there's interest I'll start a wiki page and we can write up a little proposal. Jay: can you do us a favor and ask your contacts if they are still accepting proposals? -- Phoebe On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: At this time, no. O'Reilly has not repeated their offer of free space (valued at a couple thousand bucks) and we're pretty overbooked in terms of other big communications work. That being said... the 'call for makers' is still wide open, and I'm sure that local volunteers (with some tangential level of support from WMF) could at least get a small space and with a more DIY sort of resource situation, be in the space again. http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/callformakers/ We certainly know the people who organize it, so maybe we could try to make that connection. Wild horses couldn't keep me away from the event, I know that much. -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:14 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Maker Faire is on again for May 30-31 in San Mateo. Is there any chance Wikimedia will have a booth again? Or was that a one-time event for us? -- Phoebe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJwTZxyQg4JSymDYkRAum/AKCblADpndUbfITb0CdSeCe3J76PdwCg4Dgy L0Fo0vdIaMSMPtcXo9dGYvo= =0ihr -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire 2009?
-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
Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Maker Faire 2009?
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 On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm definitely interested /as a wikip|median/ in participating if we can get something together :) Cary phoebe ayers wrote: Jay, Sounds good, thanks for the update. List members: are people interested in submitting a booth proposal? For non-commercial makers, it's free, but we need to submit a proposal with a description of our project. The page is a little confusing -- it looks like the deadline was March 12, but they also say the deadline is March 31st. Either way we need to get going. The page says that We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things -- I think the demo part of the booth went over well last year (though I know internet access was a pain) -- maybe we could focus on how to edit? Or maybe focus on non-Wikipedia projects (how to make everything else)? What do you all think? Reply to me or the list, if there's interest I'll start a wiki page and we can write up a little proposal. Jay: can you do us a favor and ask your contacts if they are still accepting proposals? -- Phoebe On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: At this time, no. O'Reilly has not repeated their offer of free space (valued at a couple thousand bucks) and we're pretty overbooked in terms of other big communications work. That being said... the 'call for makers' is still wide open, and I'm sure that local volunteers (with some tangential level of support from WMF) could at least get a small space and with a more DIY sort of resource situation, be in the space again. http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/callformakers/ We certainly know the people who organize it, so maybe we could try to make that connection. Wild horses couldn't keep me away from the event, I know that much. -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609 On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:14 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Maker Faire is on again for May 30-31 in San Mateo. Is there any chance Wikimedia will have a booth again? Or was that a one-time event for us? -- Phoebe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJwTZxyQg4JSymDYkRAum/AKCblADpndUbfITb0CdSeCe3J76PdwCg4Dgy L0Fo0vdIaMSMPtcXo9dGYvo= =0ihr -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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
