I agree. Let's keep the meeting place to be Boston Public Library in Copley Square. Forecasts now show the chance of rain subsiding a few hours before 12:00 PM.
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Tim Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth, I think that changing the start location of the event > this late is a bad idea. We're less than 24 hours out from the start and > it's entirely possible that anyone else who's planning to join will not see > the change even if we update their talk pages. I think we'd be better off > hoping for sheltered space that's within sight of Copley Plaza (possibly the > entrance to the library? I can't remember) so that we can gather under dry > space but see anyone who's come to meet us at Copley. > > --t. > > > On 4/16/11 4:16 PM, Tim Pierce wrote: > > I've updated the Wikipedia Takes Boston page to reflect the City Hall > starting location. Can someone update the meetup.com page for the event? > Is there anyplace else the event has been advertised that needs to be > updated? > > On 4/15/11 7:08 PM, emw wrote: > > Rain is forecast to subside between 12:00PM and 1 PM on Sunday according to > Tim's link. Given that, I agree with Tim and SJ's suggestion that we not > postpone Wikipedia Takes Boston, and do the event on Sunday as scheduled. > > It would probably be best to meet at 12:00 PM somewhere that has cover from > rain. (Rain could still be tapering off then.) IIRC, Boston City Hall has > a large overhang along its perimeter, which also has ample space for 10-15 > people to congregate. And it's immediately nearby a T station. I suggest > we meet outside Boston City Hall. > > I'll be updating the page at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston by noon > tomorrow with the new starting location. Please send along other > suggestions for that, or any other general thoughts on the event. > > Thanks, > Eric > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Let's pick a place to meet Sunday and if it is raining we can organize >> an all-online upload and curation party of existing work... >> >> SJ >> >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Tim Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: >> > As of now, forecasts for Sunday are for heavy rain in the morning, but >> > clearing up by afternoon, which sounds promising for this event: >> > >> http://www.accuweather.com/US/MA/Cambridge/02138/forecast-details.asp?fday=3 >> > >> > I don't know about everyone else, but my schedule is just not flexible >> > enough to turn on a dime. I can't be available on April 23 and I have >> > already blocked out April 17 for this, so I will probably just be out >> > there this Sunday to shoot. If any of y'all wish to join me, I will be >> > glad for it. :-) >> > >> > --t. >> > >> > emw wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> Current forecasts predict a 70-80% chance of rain on Sunday in Boston. >> >> If the chance of rain is still above 50% as of Friday morning, let's >> >> move the date of Wikipedia Takes Boston to next Saturday, 4/23. If >> >> folks could send a quick note on their interest/available for next >> >> Saturday, that would be great. Suggestions for other possible rain >> >> dates are welcome. >> >> >> >> In other news, we're still looking for a venue for the uploading party. >> >> Attempts to get space at MIT and BU haven't worked out thus far, and >> >> Boston Public Library is closed on Sunday per holiday observance. >> Being >> >> able to get space at a university seems a bit unlikely for this Sunday. >> >> But if anyone has connections to local universities and would be >> willing >> >> to look into reserving space for next Saturday, please let me know. >> >> >> >> If we don't end up getting a meeting room somewhere, then maybe we can >> >> head to a local restaurant that has free WiFi? Wikipedia Takes Over >> >> Boston WiFi Hotspots? >> >> >> >> I'm also going to look into reserving space at BPL for next Saturday. >> >> BPL closes at 5:00 PM on Saturdays. So if we can space there and the >> >> rain date kicks in, then we'll probably need to begin the uploading >> >> party at 4ish. In this case we would probably shift the start time to >> >> 11:30 AM instead of 12:30 PM. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Eric >> >> User:Emw >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-boston mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 >> 529 4266 <%2B1%20617%20529%204266> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > >
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