Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] I don't even know.

2012-09-25 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Heya! On 25 September 2012 16:50, Isarra Yos wrote: > On 24/09/2012 01:02, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > Would it be reasonable to request a geonotice for the next month or so > inviting people to join the mailing list as well as joining in the planning > of whatever all we're going

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Reaching out to CU student groups

2012-10-06 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Heya, I think a great way to bring more CU students to Wikipedia would be to help CU student groups to connect their interests with Wikipedia. For instance: - The Boulder Photography Club (https://www.facebook.com/boulderphotoclub) might be interested in finding out about open access and why s

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Loves Libraries on Thursday!

2012-10-26 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Heya, Wikipedia Loves Libraries will be at Norlin Library, CU Boulder, this Thursday! The focus is going to be mainly on primary resources, but come on down to meet with other local Wikipedians! It'll be on Thursday, November 1, at 4pm. I'm going to be doing a presentation on "your first edit" on

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Loves Libraries on Thursday!

2012-10-26 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Heya, On 26 October 2012 10:39, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > Wikipedia Loves Libraries will be at Norlin Library, CU Boulder, this > Thursday! The focus is going to be mainly on primary resources, but > come on down to meet with other local Wikipedians! It'll be on > Thursday, N

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Group of Wikimedians coming in from Australia, how cool would it be if we met them?

2012-10-29 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hiya! On 29 Oct, 2012, at 1:08 AM, Matthew Bowker wrote: > So, I've been in contact with [[User:LauraHale]] , and she's coordinating > efforts for a few Wikimedia Australia people to come to Colorado to take > pictures and write articles about a Paralympic ski event that's happening in > Vail

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Group of Wikimedians coming in from Australia, how cool would it be if we met them?

2012-11-28 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, On 27 Nov, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Matthew Bowker wrote: > OK, I'm reviving this dead thread… but they're rolling in this weekend. > > So, it sounds like the plan is too meet the train (18:38 local time… in > Denver), then take the group out to dinner afterwards. > > Could I pleas

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Meetup in Boulder next Saturday?

2012-12-11 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! I'm going to be out of Colorado all of next semester (Jan-May), so I'd like to meet you all before I go! Any chance of a meetup next Saturday at 11am in Boulder? - Wikipedia event page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/December_2012 - Facebook event page: h

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Meetup in Boulder next Saturday?

2012-12-22 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Isarra and everybody, On 11 Dec, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Isarra Yos wrote: > Whoo! This should be awesome. > > On 11/12/2012 15:55, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >> Hi everybody! >> >> I'm going to be out of Colorado all of next semester (Jan-May), so I'd like >&

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Meetup in Boulder next Saturday?

2012-12-22 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Kimon, On 22 Dec, 2012, at 8:41 AM, Kimon Berlin wrote: > Sorry; I'm flying today (to Paris!), so I won't be able to join you. Oh yay! Meeting family for the holidays? > We should organize something before Gaurav gets back ;) DO IT! :-D We were talking about organising Backstage Tours (like t

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] WikiWomen's History Month

2013-02-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, On 15 Feb, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > March is Women's History Month, and this will be the second year for > WikiWomen's History Month, an international collaborative event that takes > place offline at edit-a-thons and online through project focuse

[Wikimedia-US-CO] The Great Colorado Wiknic 2013

2013-05-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Heya! I have just learned through sources mysterious (i.e. User:Pharos told me) that a Great Colorado Wiknic is to be held on June 22, 2013, in Aurora, Colorado! Details and RSVP at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2013 I'm hoping to be there, and to see some (or a

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Takes Boulder/Denver/somewhere

2013-08-25 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! People are organising Wikipedia Takes [Place] around America this September to encourage people to take photographs for Wiki Loves Monuments (http://wikilovesmonuments.us/). Last year [1], we followed around a bunch of photographers and took pictures of buildings on the University

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Takes Boulder/Denver/somewhere

2013-08-27 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! Thanks so much for your responses, everybody! How about date and time for this event? Does September 21 (Saturday) around 11am (so it's _just_ before the worst of the noon heat) work for everyone? Earlier? Later? On 25 Aug, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Kimon Berlin wrote: > We already seem

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Takes Boulder/Denver/somewhere

2013-09-18 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! On 4 Sep, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > So, if we can all bring along a camera. (Or not -- we had a surprisingly fun Wiki Takes Boulder last year with one camera between three people!) > It depends where we want to go. If we'd like to go by car, I'd have probably > 3 sea

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Takes Boulder/Denver/somewhere

2013-09-22 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
can also make it to Denver by bus and then we could > meet at Union Station or something like that. > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Todd Allen wrote: >> >> I would prefer the 28th as well, since I'll be taking a friend to the >> airport on the 21st. Any tr

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Please elaborate

2013-09-22 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Spencer, On 22 Sep, 2013, at 11:19 PM, Spencer Williams wrote: > Hey there, Garfield. From what I can tell, zhoris...@gmail.com and Gaurav are > the owners of this list. Would you be so kind as to explain why you're not > fond of Colorado Wikimedians using this mailing list to communicate wi

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Takes Boulder/Denver/somewhere

2013-09-23 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Todd! On 18 Sep, 2013, at 9:16 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > I would prefer the 28th as well, since I'll be taking a friend to the airport > on the 21st. Any trouble with this? It sounds like it might just be the three of us, since Spencer and I are the only ones to sign up on the event page so fa

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia Takes Boulder/Denver/somewhere

2013-09-24 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, On 24 Sep, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Todd Allen wrote: > Boulder would be fine with me. What would you have in mind for it? I've put up some ideas at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Denver and might be able to borrow a friend's car if we need wheels in

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 9, Issue 6

2013-09-25 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! On 25 Sep, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > That works for me. Anyone who wants to ride with me, please send me where you > would like to meet, so I can plan the best route and figure out what time we > should arrange to meet up. You can ping me separately if you like so we d

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 9, Issue 6

2013-09-25 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo all, On 25 Sep, 2013, at 6:12 PM, Kimon Berlin wrote: > I'm good with Denver! YAY! I checked with Isarra as well, so it sounds like Denver it is! I've updated the event details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America/2013/Denver And put up a request for a geonotice

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 9, Issue 6

2013-09-26 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Matthew, On 25 Sep, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Matthew Bowker wrote: > Unfortunately, I just had a friend reschedule an event during that time, so > I'll actually have to bow out. Thank you for being willing to acomidate me, > I'm sorry No worries -- I hope we'll see you at the next one! cheers, G

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Photos from trip

2013-10-04 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo hullo, Isarra: all your photos are safe and sound! I'll probably be working at an insane pace this weekend to make up for drunken carousing with my friends working hard at this hackathon, but I should have them up by the middle of next week. Please bug me if they're not up by then! Next

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Photos from trip

2013-10-05 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo hullo, On 5 Oct, 2013, at 1:05 AM, Isarra Yos wrote: > The lot. AGREED. These are awesome photos, Kimon! I've used http://tools.wmflabs.org/flickr2commons/ to get photos from Flickr to the Commons before. I'm going to do the same camera-to-Flickr-to-Commons workflow next week on a TON o

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [libraries] Another idea for Wikipedia Loves Libraries

2013-10-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
I like this idea! We could take some great photos of the Denver Public Library, the Boulder Public, or Norlin. Relatedly, how does everybody feel about having our next meet up on Saturday, October 26? My friend Andy might be able to make it then! Cheers, Gaurav Typed on a tiny keyboard. Begin

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] [libraries] Another idea for Wikipedia Loves Libraries

2013-10-17 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! On 14 Oct, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Spencer Williams wrote: > Meeting on the 26th of this month sounds like a great plan. I haven't gotten > much together for the next Wikipedia Loves Libraries, so it would good to > regroup soon and see what we might come up with. It looks like next wee

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wiki Loves Libraries Boulder 2013

2013-10-24 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hey everybody, How does Saturday, November 9, sound like for a date for Wiki Loves Libraries? That gives us two weeks to get the news out, which is more time than we had for the last meetup :P. An event page is up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/November_2013 We could b

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wiki Loves Libraries Boulder 2013

2013-11-04 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! On 24 Oct, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > How does Saturday, November 9, sound like for a date for Wiki Loves > Libraries? That gives us two weeks to get the news out, which is more time > than we had for the last meetup :P. An event page is up:

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wiki Loves Libraries in Boulder this Saturday!

2013-11-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, I thought I should send out a reminder that Wiki Loves Libraries in Boulder is THIS Saturday from 2pm to 6pm at the Boulder Public Library! You can find all the details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/November_2013 -- but please do e-mail me if you have any

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wiki Loves Libraries in Boulder this Saturday!

2013-11-16 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo! On 16 Nov, 2013, at 10:51 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > Good seeing everyone today. YES! Thanks for coming down everybody! I've started making a list of things we did today at: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/November_2013#What_we_did Please do add the many, many thin

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wiki Loves Libraries in Boulder this Saturday!

2013-11-20 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo hullo! On 19 Nov, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > At DYK. My suggestion for a hook is: > > Did you know that the first branch of the Boulder Public Library (pictured) > was built in 1906 for $15,000 from a donation by Andrew Carnegie? > > Any other ideas? I think there's a link bet

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia at the CU Museum, December 14, 2013

2013-12-05 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! Decisions have been made, people have been convinced. The next Wikipedia meetup will be next Saturday, December 14, from 2pm to 6pm. Read all about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/December_2013, fix the Geonotice at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia at the CU Museum, December 14, 2013

2013-12-10 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! This Saturday is our behind-the-scenes tour at the CU Museum: please RSVP at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/December_2013 if you might be able to make it so we know how many people to expect! At our last meetup, we thought it might be a good idea to leave mes

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia at the CU Museum, December 14, 2013

2013-12-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Todd, On 14 Dec, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > Or not. Sorry all, had an emergency come up today (our friend needed us to > watch his kid while another one was being born. :) ) Hope to see you next > time! Oh wow, that's a very good reason ^_^ -- I hope the baby and mother are doing

[Wikimedia-US-CO] National Western Stock Show

2014-01-02 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo from India! Is anybody going for the National Western Stock Show in Denver starting in a week? It'd be particularly great to get some photographs of the longhorn cattle being driven down 17th Street on January 9, particularly since Wikipedia's one photo of this event was uploaded seven years

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Taxacom] History of the Denver Museum of Natural History

2014-01-04 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, If anybody's working on Denver articles, check out this new publication from the DMNS on its own history! I've never been to the DMNS, but if you think it's worth organising a trip to or to see if we could get backstage access, we could give it a shot! New article: http://www.dm

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Writeup on the CUMNH Backstage Pass tour + request for photos

2014-01-05 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! I wrote up a paragraph on our Backstage Pass event for the "This Month in GLAM" newsletter on Wikipedia. You can read it (or, even better, improve it) at https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2013/Contents/USA_report#Backstage_Pass_at_the_CUMNH Heather: I ho

[Wikimedia-US-CO] The Great Colorado Wiknic 2014

2014-06-06 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, In case you missed it, the Great Colorado Wiknic 2014 will be held in Arvada CO on either June 21 or July 6: details are available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2014 — please do let Buaidh know if one of those dates work for you and the other do

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Carpool to wiknic

2014-07-03 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi Todd! On 3 July 2014 12:30, Todd Allen wrote: > Would someone mind sending me the details? Never did hear back from Buaidh, > so I don't know the particular location. Last year, he sent them out through Wikipedia the day before the event, so I imagine he'll do that tomorrow or Saturday. I've e

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wiki Loves Libraries and Wiki Takes America 2014

2014-08-31 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! Both Open Access Week (Oct 20-26, http://www.openaccessweek.org/) and Wiki Loves Libraries (Oct/Nov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries) are rapidly approaching, and I was wondering if anybody wanted to organise something for either of them. Of cour

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1

2015-01-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo! > On 13 Jan 2015, at 9:27 am, Q Miceli wrote: > > Sarah, you beat me to it! > > Who's interested in an edit-a-thon relating to Women's History Month in > March, at the Denver Public Library? > > We need to start planning now so that we can secure funds for the room > rental, snacks, e

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Doors Open Denver this weekend

2015-04-21 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo! I've just noticed that this weekend is Doors Open Denver (http://www.doorsopendenver.com/, but their website isn't the best designed, so this PDF might be more useful: http://bit.ly/1OcjNrH), with a *huge* list of 10$ walking tours and 50 "open sites" that are free to explore through Saturd

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: You are invited to the Great Colorado Wicnic 2015

2015-07-01 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Just a reminder that there’s a Wiknic in Arvada this weekend! cheers, Gaurav > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Stephen Clif Brown > Subject: [Wikimedia-US-CO] You are invited to the Great Colorado Wicnic 2015 > Date: 15 June 2015 10:10:09 am GMT-6 > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Reply-To: W

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: WikiConference USA Fri-Sun October 9-11

2015-08-06 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Dorothy Howard > Subject: WikiConference USA Fri-Sun October 9-11 > Date: 6 August 2015 8:52:24 am GMT-7 > To: wikimedia-us-co@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Dear All, > > You are invited to WikiConference USA >

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia editathon at CU Boulder TOMORROW!

2015-10-19 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! I've been out of town and out of all the loops, so I completely missed that there's an editation at CU Boulder TOMORROW, October 20, from 3pm to 6pm in the Library of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics (NOT the main library where we've had previous editathons). I'll be there from 4

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia 15th Anniversary Party -- January 15, 2016!

2015-11-30 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! Wikipedia is almost 15 years old — it was first turned on on January 15, 2001! Which means we ought to have a party. I’ll check with the CU Boulder Libraries to see if they’d be interested in helping us organise an event, but if not, the Boulder Public Library has pretty large roo

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia 15th Anniversary Party -- January 15, 2016!

2016-01-05 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
the exact date will depend on when those rooms are available. Would that work for everybody? Please let me know if that's a problem for anyone, or if you have better ideas! cheers, Gaurav > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >> >> Hi everybody! >> >

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia 15 meetup at the Boulder Public Library on January 19!

2016-01-11 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, I just heard back from the Boulder Public Library -- it looks like we can meet there on Tuesday, January 19, to celebrate Wikipedia's 15 anniversary this year! Details are up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/January_2016 -- I'm planning to bring a cake or a p

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikipedia 15 meetup at the Boulder Public Library on January 19!

2016-01-19 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
r us. 3. The BPL is setting up a makerspace, to be launched on February 18 (https://boulderlibrary.org/featured/all-ages-makerspace-coming-in-january/) — we could offer to present on Wikipedia there. Just some thoughts! cheers, Gaurav > Todd > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Gaurav

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado

2016-01-23 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! I’ve set up a user group page at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Colorado, which I think of as a first step to setting up an official "Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado”. I pretty much only need two more things to fill out the application form

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado

2016-01-24 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
lines are up at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Name_guidelines#examples! cheers, Gaurav > Todd > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Neal McBurnett > wrote: > Thanks, Gaurav! I'd be happy to be a group leader. > > Neal McBurnett http:

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado

2016-01-25 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
at >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Name_guidelines#examples! >> >> cheers, >> Gaurav >> >>> Todd >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Neal McBurnett >>> wrote: >>> Thanks, Gaurav! I'

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado

2016-02-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hear ye hear ye, On 25 January 2016 at 15:16, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > >> On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:22 PM, Neal McBurnett wrote: >> >> I think these all would work according to the guidelines. The first one is >> already the name of our group at >> https://lis

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Art+Feminism editathon in Boulder in two weeks!

2016-02-19 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Details available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/ArtAndFeminism_2016 cheers, Gaurav ___ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co

[Wikimedia-US-CO] The Great Colorado Wiknic is next Sunday!

2016-07-31 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, I just wanted to remind you that The Great Colorado Wiknic 2016 will be next Sunday, August 7 — details online at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2016 This’ll probably be my last local event before I leave for Florida at the end of August, so I hope

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Colorado Wiknic this Sunday

2016-08-05 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
On 1 August 2016 at 09:41, Stephen Clif Brown wrote: > > We will host the 2016 Colorado Wiknic at our home in Arvada this Sunday > afternoon, August 7, from noon to 4:00 pm. Feel free to bring family and > friends. For details, please see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Delegate to Wikimedia Conference 2017 (Mar/Apr in Berlin)

2016-12-23 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo! Wikimedia Conference 2017 [1] will take place in Berlin, Germany, from March 31 to April 2, 2017; it's a chance for Wikimedia organizations (such as us!) to meet and discuss plans for pushing the Wikimedia movement forward around the word. According to the Eligibility List [2], it looks lik

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 30, Issue 2

2016-12-31 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
n) > Message-ID: <56604d0d-745a-df5e-dcfc-2a66db1c3...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I could do it, but I really don't know if I'd be the best person. > Perhaps someone who's more active in organising actual events and &g

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 30, Issue 2

2017-01-01 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
entry after all. But I like the idea of candidates having to set out why they’d like to go, what they’ll do in Berlin and how that will benefit WM-US-CO. cheers, Gaurav > Cheers, > > -Neal > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 03:24:55PM -0500, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >> Okay, yay, two

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 30, Issue 2

2017-01-04 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> On 3 Jan 2017, at 6:24 PM, Spencer Williams IV > wrote: > > Of the best-suited to represent Colorado Wikimedians, it may very well indeed > be the most fierce of competitions between Neal and Gaurav, as Neal has > obviously made significant contributions to Wikipedia's infrastructure while

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 30, Issue 2

2017-01-07 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> -I > > On 04/01/17 20:11, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >>> On 3 Jan 2017, at 6:24 PM, Spencer Williams IV >>> wrote: >>> >>> Of the best-suited to represent Colorado Wikimedians, it may very well >>> indeed be the most fierce of competitions be

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Deadline is today: please express an opinion on who should represent us now!

2017-01-08 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
sending any of them to this meeting! cheers, Gaurav > Cheers, > > Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2017 at 12:36:51PM -0500, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >> Thanks for taking the lead on this, Isarra, and thanks all the candidates >

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Deadline is today: please express an opinion on who should represent us now!

2017-01-08 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
und four hours!). Congratulations, and we look forward to hearing from you once you get back! cheers, Gaurav On 8 January 2017 at 14:52, Isarra Yos wrote: > On 08/01/17 19:22, Neal McBurnett wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 02:04:23PM -0500, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >>>> >&

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Auto-discard notification

2017-02-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo Wikimedians of Colorado, We got an e-mail from the Wikimedia Foundation that was filtered by our list management software. Here it is below! If you’d rather we didn’t get these weekly e-mail updates, let me know and I’ll get in touch with Gregory to arrange that. Gregory: I’ve added your

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon this Wednesday at the CU Art Museum, Boulder CO

2017-03-04 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! I wanted to let you know that there's an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon at the CU Art Museum in Boulder CO this Wednesday, March 8. You can find out more at https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/CUBoulder/Boulder_ArtandFeminism_2017 or at the CU Boulder Events website a

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] A couple of things

2017-03-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> On 13 Mar 2017, at 2:19 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > > Hello all! > > First off, as some of you may have seen, I will be doing some part-time work > with WMF on strategy coordination. We're all active on the projects here and > probably have some ideas that may bear bringing up. If you have any,

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Please join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)

2017-03-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, This e-mail was automatically discarded by our spam filters. I’ve added Nicole’s e-mail to the allow list so that future e-mails from her will get through. If you’d prefer that we were “unsubscribed” from Nicole’s list, please let me know! cheers, Gaurav > From: Nicole Ebber >

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Checking in from Berlin

2017-03-31 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hey Abhay, > On 31 Mar 2017, at 2:24 AM, Abhay Natu wrote: > > Hello Colorado Wikimedians, > > Trust everything is well in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. > > I reached Berlin yesterday in the afternoon for the Wikimedia Conference > 2017. I won't bore you with the details of my travels b

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Your User Group's movement strategy conversations

2017-04-18 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Any volunteers? Cheers, Gaurav Typed on a tiny keyboard. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nicole Ebber > Date: April 18, 2017 at 9:57:30 PM EDT > To: Nicole Ebber > Subject: Your User Group's movement strategy conversations > > Greetings, > > I hope this email finds you well. As we are endi

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedians of Colorado User Group Annual Report 2016

2017-05-29 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, Sorry for forgetting about this: the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group Annual Report 2016 was due back in March! On the principle that it's never too late etc., I've written a brief report up at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2016. P

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedians of Colorado User Group Annual Report 2016

2017-06-03 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, Last chance to update this before I send it in, especially if you have any photographs from any local Wikimedia events involving one of us in 2016! Otherwise, I'll send this in tomorrow. cheers, Gaurav On 29-May-17 05:59:00 PM, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: Hi everybody, Sorr

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedians of Colorado User Group Annual Report 2016

2017-06-08 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
On 03/06/17 19:34, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: Hi everybody, Last chance to update this before I send it in, especially if you have any photographs from any local Wikimedia events involving one of us in 2016! Otherwise, I'll send this in tomorrow. cheers, Gaurav On 29-May-17 05:59:00 P

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3

2018-01-14 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo! Please count me out of the running — both because I’m handcuffed to my office desk for the foreseeable future, and also because I think it’d be unfair for WM-US-CO to send someone who doesn’t even live there any more! But man, two slots! So cool! I hope two of you (at least!) get to go!

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Editing Event for Women's History Month 2018

2018-01-26 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hullo people who helped organize the Outdoor Women of Wikipedia editathon last year! Women's History Month (March) is getting close, and it'd be great to organize a meetup to coincide with it this year as well! It's the fifth year of Art+Feminism [1], and the "Women You Have Never Met" editing cont

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Plan for Wikimedia Summit 2019

2018-11-27 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
On Nov 26 2018, at 6:38 pm, Isarra Yos wrote: > > > The summit, as it is now called, is apparently in March again, and according > to the eligibility page, we can send a person! (Is this why we submit our > reports? It is, isn't it.) > Do we have a plan? Who do we want to send this time? What

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Plan for Wikimedia Summit 2019

2018-11-27 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
ow our pretty-good tradition of asking people to > > volunteer by posting a pitch > > like we did at > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/wmcon-2017/candidates > > -Neal > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 03:17:56PM -0500, Gaurav Vaidya

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Sunday Art+Fem in Denver

2019-03-08 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
There's a Wikimedia edit-a-thon in Denver this Sunday, March 10! cheers, Gaurav -- Forwarded Message - From: Pharos Subject: Sunday Art+Fem in Denver Date: Mar 8 2019, at 2:45 pm Sharing this for Denver Sunday Mar 10 - http://www.mcnicholsbuilding.com/events/detail/art-feminism

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Annual report reminder

2019-03-18 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, Just wanted to remind you all that the annual report for Wikimedia-US-CO was due back on March 4 (I think)? In any case, it’d be nice to get one in before we get reminders this time! Annual reportingly yours, Gaurav --- Typed on a tiny phone._

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Annual report reminder

2019-03-18 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
time, so let's try to get this in soon! > > -I > >> On 18/03/2019 19:26, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> Just wanted to remind you all that the annual report for Wikimedia-US-CO was >> due back on March 4 (I think)? In any case,

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Soon we will vote on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees

2019-04-12 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hello friends! As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees is soon going to include two members elected by Wikimedia Affliates [1], including the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (hereafter: "we" or "our" or "WM-CUG" if I'm feeling formal). A call for candidates to these pos

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [All-affiliates] 100 hours left and links

2019-04-26 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Just a reminder that if you'd like to be on the Wikimedia Board, you've got about 98 hours left! cheers, Gaurav Forwarded Message Subject: [All-affiliates] 100 hours left and links Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:02:00 +0200 From: Ad Huikeshoven (mailto:a...@huikeshoven.org) Repl

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [All-affiliates] 100 hours left and links

2019-05-09 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
_Colorado_User_Group/ASBS_Elections_2019 On Apr 26 2019, at 4:41 pm, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > Just a reminder that if you'd like to be on the Wikimedia Board, you've got > about 98 hours left! > > cheers, > Gaurav > > Forwarded Message > Subject: > [All-aff

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [All-affiliates] 100 hours left and links

2019-05-23 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
s. If you have any questions about voting, do let me know! cheers, Gaurav [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/ASBS_Elections_2019 On May 9 2019, at 11:08 pm, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > Hi everybody, > > The nominations are in [1]! I've set up a pag

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [All-affiliates] 100 hours left and links

2019-05-28 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
or instance, me to not just be very silly in my > > > weighing in? We're a serious group, right? > > > > > > -I > > > > > > On 23/05/2019 19:56, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everybody! > > > > Just a rem

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [All-affiliates] 100 hours left and links

2019-05-30 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! The votes are in, and I've passed them on to the ASBS 2019 election board. You can see how we voted at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/ASBS_Elections_2019 Thanks for all your help! cheers, Gaurav On May 28 2019, at 1:42 pm, Gaurav Vaidya

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [All-affiliates] ASBS results

2019-06-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, Here's the results of the ASBS elections from May! Congratulations to Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov! cheers, Gaurav -- Forwarded Message - From: Ad Huikeshoven Subject: [All-affiliates] ASBS results Date: Jun 12 2019, at 5:58 pm To: all-affilia...@lis

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Meetup in Boulder?

2019-08-24 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Here's a Doodle poll for y'all! https://doodle.com/poll/q875ty3m5vfs5h4h I've set 6-8pm as the meeting time, but I can tweak as needed. In terms of meeting places, I liked both the Southern Sun [1] and Under The Sun [2], but of course my information may be hopelessly out of date ^_^. Have a fun m

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] WCNA 2019: Nov 8-11 in Boston / Submissions + Scholarships open!

2019-09-21 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
They’ve extended the deadline to tomorrow, Sep 22! https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Main_Page Cheers, Gaurav --- Typed on a tiny phone. > On Sep 20, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Isarra Yos wrote: > > Just a reminder to everyone, the deadline for scholarships and non-academic > submissions is today.

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] To do: affiliate posters at WCNA!

2019-10-18 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
This might be of interest, particularly if you're going to be attending WikiConference North America! cheers, Gaurav -- Forwarded Message - From: phoebe ayers Subject: Re: [Wikimediaus-l] To do: affiliate posters at WCNA! Date: Oct 17 2019, at 1:32 pm To: Wikimedians Active in L

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [libraries] #1Lib1Ref in January 2020!

2019-11-14 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Felix Nartey > Subject: [libraries] #1Lib1Ref in January 2020! > Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 8:02:44 AM EST > To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org, librarie...@wikimedia.org, "Wikimedia & > Libraries" , "#1Lib1Ref general list" > <1lib1...@lists.wi

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] Deadline this weekend: Register for Wikimedia Summit in Berlin

2019-12-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
We are eligible! Who wants to go? Cheers, Gaurav > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Pharos > Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] Deadline this weekend: Register for Wikimedia Summit > in Berlin > Date: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 11:43:37 AM PST > To: "Wikimedia U.S. Chapter" > Reply-To: "Wikimedians

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2

2019-12-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! I’d like to nominate Isarra to go again. I remember she was pretty sick during the conference last year, so I think she should get a chance to experience it while not ill. I’ve checked with her, and she’s fine with attending this year if she’s chosen. My internet is pretty iffy r

[Wikimedia-US-CO] 2020 Affiliates Data Survey

2020-01-13 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, I got this e-mail from Wikimedia’s Learning and Evaluation team. Please do help them out by completing their survey! Cheers, Gaurav — Please help the Wikimedia Foundation by completing this brief survey[1] so that we can learn about your group's experience in the course of pursu

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Need a new WMCUG contact person for Wikimedia Foundation things

2020-06-16 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! The Wikimedia Foundation is in the middle of planning a big rebranding exercise [1], and they’re reaching out to affiliates like the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (WMCUG) [2] to help them decide how these should go. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to manage these interac

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] We need to do our annual report

2020-06-22 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody, Isarra’s started an annual report for 2019 [1]. Please do add any other events of note in the last year, or improve it in any way you see fit! Cheers, Gaurav [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2019

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] Virtual Wiknic planning for Aug 16

2020-08-11 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Here are some details about this weekend’s virtual Wiknic! Cheers, Gaurav > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Pharos > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaus-l] Virtual Wiknic planning for Aug 16 > Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 2:50:52 PM EDT > To: "Wikimedia U.S. Chapter" > Reply-To: "Wikimedians Act

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Wikidata] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats

2021-02-05 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
This might be of interest. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga > Subject: [Wikidata] Call for feedback: WMF Community Board seats > Date: February 5, 2021 at 11:43:50 AM EST > To: wikid...@lists.wikimedia.org, wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org > Reply-To: Discussion list f

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Notification of User Group Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting (Wikimedians of Colorado User Group)

2021-06-28 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Hi everybody! This is just to let you all know that the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group [1] is late in providing an annual report to the Foundation [2]. You can see examples of previous reports on our Meta page [3]. I don’t think they would mind if we say that we didn’t get much done what wi

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Re: Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 70, Issue 2

2021-07-14 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
Great job, everybody! The report at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2020 looks great to me! Note that there’s two additional things you need to do to make th

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Community Elections to take place October 11 - 24

2021-09-14 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jackie Koerner > Subject: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Community Elections to take > place October 11 - 24 > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 3:32:01 PM EDT > > Dear fellow Wikimedians, > > This is an update from the Movement Charter >

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Call for Candidates and affiliate selection process

2021-09-15 Thread Gaurav Vaidya
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jackie Koerner > Subject: Movement Charter Drafting Committee - Call for Candidates and > affiliate selection process > Date: September 15, 2021 at 10:54:50 AM EDT > Cc: Mervat Salman > > Hi Friends, > Sorry for the extra email this week. I accidentally s

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