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

On 25/09/13 02:35, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: Hi everybody, On 24 Sep, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Todd Allen toddmal...@gmail.com 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

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

planning to take my car. Where would you need a ride from? On Sep 24, 2013 8:33 PM, Isarra Yos zhoris...@gmail.com mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com wrote: On 25/09/13 02:35, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: Hi everybody, On 24 Sep, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Todd Allen toddmal...@gmail.com

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

The lot. On 05/10/13 06:02, Kimon Berlin wrote: Hi everyone, I just uploaded my own set at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimon/sets/72157636202187846/ Is there anything that's worth transferring to commons? Kimon On 10/4/2013 12:46 AM, Isarra Yos wrote: Ah, nice, very shiny. It can be nice

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

Reminder that the Colorado Wiknic will be held from 1:00-4:00 this Sunday (tomorrow) at Buaidh's place in Arvada, CO. If you still need directions, please contact Buaidh via http://enwp.org/Special:EmailUser/Buaidh I feel like there should be something here. -I On 06/06/14 22:14, Gaurav

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Colorado Wiknic Rescheduled

Awesome, I can go! Thanks so much! On 23/06/16 22:16, Stephen Clif Brown wrote: The Colorado Wiknic has been rescheduled from June 26 to August 7 due to a conflict with Wikimania 2016. Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience. For details, please see

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

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 whatnot? Or who even knows who that would be... -I On 23/12/16 22:30, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: Hullo! Wikimedia Conference 2017 [1] will take place in Berlin,

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

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Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Thank you for your encouragement and confidence

Great, thanks, man. Go represent, and bring things back. Maybe we can turn this into an entire chapter and drown in bureaucracy. -I On 09/01/17 04:19, Abhay Natu wrote: Hello All, Thank you all for this opportunity. A special thanks to Gaurav for setting this up and seeing it through. I

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

to recommend against breathing uranium fumes, which was taken as a legal threat. So I began a ten year sockpuppetry breaching experiment in accordance with WP:IAR, but I have ceased and denounced that behavior.) Best regards, Jim Salsman On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:42 PM Isarra Yos <zho

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 34, Issue 10

so I don't misstate anything. Coming soon Abhay Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 01:44:10 + From: Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com <mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> Something I'm still a bit unclear on: what exactly is the purpose of all this? Can you perhaps clarif

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8

dia.org <mailto:wikimedia-us-co-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-US-CO digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Fwd: Your User Group's movement strategy

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

nting previous strategy ideas" can be something we all can agree on? On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:01 PM Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com <mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thank you for the kind words (and link), but I am just totally lost at this point, and Abhay went ahead

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8

kimedia-us-co-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-US-CO digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Fwd: Your User Group's movement strategy conversations (Isarra Yos) 2. Re: Fwd:

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

On 13/03/17 18:19, Todd Allen wrote: Unrelated, but also relevant to WMCO, we live in a pretty massive state. :) Given that, I've discussed the possibility of getting small grants for expenses like mileage and meals on the road to photograph things like smaller towns, abandoned mines, ghost

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

Thank you Gaurav for taking care of this! I was going to change the thing to reflect the 'upcoming' women editathon events now being over, and that there were two of them, and that they were also quite successful (I mean, we didn't organise or run them, but we did facilitate them!), but then

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

If nobody objects/puts in votes toward anything else by noon, I suggest Neal and Todd go ahead and register. Bear in mind the deadline is 4pm localtime, so this would be during work hours if you don't have the holiday. Thanks, all. -I On 15/01/18 04:29, Isarra Yos wrote: So shall we just

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Todd Allen and Neal McBurnett as Colorado delegates for Wikimedia Conference - register now

form here for quick access: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaBv3PfB-OK5DktOtvAu7PcnHStIlCS8wDvVHHtAYfoonDLg/viewform -I On 15/01/18 18:30, Isarra Yos wrote: As much as I'd like to, as was you two had most all the actual endorsements. And that did make things a lot simpler. Quick, we

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Todd Allen and Neal McBurnett as Colorado delegates for Wikimedia Conference - register now

. But some day you have to stop short-changing your own perspective, skills, and value to the movement, and our support for you. Leadership being an impressive asset right now! I'm leaving out Learning Days. -Neal On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:55:06PM +, Isarra Yos wrote: Todd, Neal, I'm calling

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Colorado user group representatives needed for Wikimedia Conference in Berlin in April; deadline in 25 hours

Hey, all: Apparently Wikimedians of Colorado User Group can send two people to the Berlin Wikimedia Conference this year, and the deadline for registration is tomorrow (15 January) at 16:00 localtime! Because we totally suck at this, we need to figure out who to send probably... tonight? If

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Todd Allen and Neal McBurnett as Colorado delegates for Wikimedia Conference - register now

to put some "dummy" thing in given that I'll be booking my own travel and accommodation. On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com <mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> wrote: Excellent. I called Todd and he's registering now. So we're good. -I

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Colorado user group representatives needed for Wikimedia Conference in Berlin in April; deadline in 25 hours

. -I On 14/01/18 23:33, Neal McBurnett wrote: Thanks, Isarra (and Pharos!!). I'm once again interested! Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 10:06:30PM +, Isarra Yos wrote: Hey, all: Apparently Wikimedians of Colorado User Group can send two

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

different folks go this time so we have wider exposure. * Neal McBurnett * Todd Allen (may be able to self-fund) * Isarra Yos * Spencer * Gaurav(?) * ... * Abhay Natu As far as bringing back stuff, we have a Movement Strategy to endorse (or not) that was developed in the months following

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Colorado user group representatives needed for Wikimedia Conference in Berlin in April; deadline in 25 hours

couldn't do it, but well, I certainly would hope that doesn't happen again! Todd On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com <mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yeah, without pharos, I think we all would have missed this, so props

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Colorado user group representatives needed for Wikimedia Conference in Berlin in April; deadline in 25 hours

All right, so it looks like we've got these nominations: * Neal McBurnett * Todd Allen * Abhay Natu * Isarra Yos Going off memory, Neal was instrumental in helping set up and running training at at least two of the three editathons last year, and I think Abhay and Todd were also there to help

[Wikimedia-US-CO] WikiConference North America submissions and scholarships due tomorrow (15 august)

Hey all, for anyone who's interested and hasn't necessarily gotten around to it, general reminder that submissions and scholarship applications are due tomorrow. So if you're like me and haven't submitted anything yet and/or applied for a scholarship and want to, do these now! If you haven't

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedians of Colorado User Group annual report

On 14/08/18 16:34, Isarra Yos wrote: Hey all, does anyone know if we've submitted/started an annual report for 2017? Mostly I'm just asking if anyone has actually done this and I just didn't notice - I was planning to do this myself several months ago, but my health kind of took a downturn

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] WikiConference North America submissions and scholarships due tomorrow (15 august)

: Columbus isn't a terrible drive, looks like about 1200 miles. I'd probably stop somewhere in Missouri for one night. Todd On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 10:31 AM Isarra Yos <mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hey all, for anyone who's interested and hasn't necessarily gotten around to it

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] Aug 22: WikiCon extended deadline

Update. Forwarded Message Subject:[Wikimediaus-l] Aug 22: WikiCon extended deadline Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:35:19 -0400 From: Pharos Reply-To: Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS) To: Wikimedia U.S. Chapter The deadline

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedians of Colorado User Group annual report

to figure out how to, er, submit it. (Is it just adding a link to the reports page? Maybe that is it...) -I On 14/08/18 16:38, Isarra Yos wrote: On 14/08/18 16:34, Isarra Yos wrote: Hey all, does anyone know if we've submitted/started an annual report for 2017? Mostly I'm just asking if anyone has

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedians of Colorado User Group annual report

alize this and post it to meta. -Neal On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 08:30:43PM +, Isarra Yos wrote: Okay, we have just received an official warning for a lack of an annual report, so I made a page and just copied the 2017 stuff off the main group page. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikiconference North America

We may also be able to combine this with the photography road trip thing and basically get a separate rapid grant to roadtrip a bunch of us there/back and take a bunch of photos of things on the way, if folks are available. -I On 22/04/18 07:52, Neal McBurnett wrote: Plans are underway for

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

be a much better option. Happy Friday, all! Best wishes, Lee On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 8:48 AM Isarra Yos <mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hey, all, this weekend is the last before the deadline (17th midnight, CET). So far I'm still the only one who's added myself as a

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

dya wrote: > > > On Nov 26 2018, at 6:38 pm, Isarra Yos mailto:zhoris...@gmail.com>> 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

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Requesting some mentoring and guidance on implementing a Wikimedia feature

Some thoughts, then - For (1), I'm a bit uncertain if it would actually work for Wikimedia projects - many take very strong stances regarding anything involving money, and the like, but on the other hand I really think your best bet would be to ask the projects themselves directly at some

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Affiliates Summit, affiliate stuff in general?

affiliate organization's vote is cast. (as noted in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019) Has our annual report been linked in to the appropriate official places? -Neal On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 05:34:10PM +0000, Isarra Yos wrote: Apparently the affiliat

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Affiliates Summit, affiliate stuff in general?

Okay, sent. Should I have crosslisted here? Oops. On 03/04/2019 04:48, Isarra Yos wrote: That is awesome! Also possibly slightly concerning, because that means we have even fewer people likely to properly take part in this. I'm seriously all for the bobcat, personally. I did link the annual

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia Affiliates Summit, affiliate stuff in general?

Hi, all. So I made it to the summit, and so far I have this to report: help I want to go back to bed. Also h we're apparently an affiliate and have some say in affiliate-selected board seats?! But seriously, the focus of this thing seems a lot more specific than previous years, not that

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

I have begun a template report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2018 I recommend adding anything we've already listed on the other pages, plus anything else we're missing to this and those, and sort of hope someone who is less zonked out on

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

How willy nilly can we... weigh in on this, and still seem reasonable? Does anyone want, for 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 reminder that votes for the

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

a chance. --Spencer On 5/25/19 1:23 AM, Isarra Yos wrote: How willy nilly can we... weigh in on this, and still seem reasonable? Does anyone want, for 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

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

Ditto. On 15/08/2019 14:07, Craig Talbert wrote: 8/26 will work better for me. - Craig Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2019, at 7:38 AM, Abhay Natu wrote: Hello Wikimedians of Colorado, How about getting together to take stock of our activities and plan a few small things over the next

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

If everyone who could do the 26th can do the 27th, should we just declare that the day? Does that not work for anyone (else)? Alternately it could well be worth putting this off a bit more just so we can plan it better, and perhaps that way Oleksiy could also make it... Is doodle still a

[Wikimedia-US-CO] Meetups in Boulder

Hey all - as a followup to the informal meetup we had at the end of august, this seems like something we could probably benefit a lot from doing more regularly. Some things that came up or stuff: * When planning events, no matter how small/informal, we should probably be starting a few

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

Just a reminder to everyone, the deadline for scholarships and non-academic submissions is today. On 17/09/2019 19:43, Pharos wrote: -- Forwarded message - From: *Kevin Payravi* > Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 10:19 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WCNA

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Sunday 16:00 (4 PM) Re: Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] Deadline this weekend: Register for Wikimedia Summit in Berlin

Thanks Gaurav and Neil! You guys are basically why we still have a group - I was planning to send out an email or something earlier but then got swamped in travel, and went offline for a few days in the Oregon hills, so... yeah. You made it actually happen, which is kind of really important.

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Sunday 16:00 (4 PM) Re: Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] Deadline this weekend: Register for Wikimedia Summit in Berlin

to weigh in later, but we fully support whatever you guys come up with! -I On 15/12/2019 19:17, Isarra Yos wrote: Thanks Gaurav and Neil! You guys are basically why we still have a group - I was planning to send out an email or something earlier but then got swamped in travel, and went offline

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4

Whatever the case, Neal, could you please add yourself to the page onwiki so we can all weigh in officially, one way or the other? Whoever we send could probably use some kind of demonstrable consensus at this point. -I On 16/12/2019 19:49, Isarra Yos wrote: I think I would really prefer we

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Wikimedia-US-CO Digest, Vol 55, Issue 4

I think I would really prefer we send Neal. I don't feel comfortable with someone representing the group who would put us in the position to potentially have to deregister them when we have clear precedent from previous years that the ambiguous deadline does allow people to register later. (It

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Proposal to request an immediate pause to renaming activities by the Wikimedia Foundation, due to process shortcomings of the 2030 Movement Brand Project

Seems reasonable to me. We should probably get our group back in compliance, though, while we're at it - I think all we need to do is actually submit our report (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2019). Should I just go ahead and do that? -I

Re: [Wikimedia-US-CO] Proposal to request an immediate pause to renaming activities by the Wikimedia Foundation, due to process shortcomings of the 2030 Movement Brand Project

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:19 PM Neal McBurnett wrote: We have three yesses so far. I suggest we wait another day or two then submit a group response if we have consensus. -Neal On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 10:05:58PM +, Isarra Yos wrote: > Seems reasonable to me. &g

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

, 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 On Thursday, Jun 11, 2020, at 1:28 PM, Isarra

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

It's been long enough that we're totally out of compliance, as we haven't done our annual report for 2019 (it was due in march). As I recall, we basically need to find the previous reports and do the same thing, filling it out with everything that happened between march 2019 and march 2020,