When I referred to "coordinators" earlier I was referring to the people planning each individual event. While I do believe that it might be valuable to have a single-point-of-communication type figure who would keep track of all the events and then keep everyone abreast of upcoming events and new developments, I never envisioned a role in which one person would dictate schedule and plan all the events. Besides that being both highly stressful and possibly impossible, that's also rather un-Wiki.
Sven On Oct 9, 2012, at 1:15 AM, "Kevin Rutherford" <[email protected]> wrote: > They actually placed geo notices last week on the talk pages of many users. > In response to Sven’s idea about having a coordinator, I think it is a good > idea, but I am hesitant about having one because there may be reasons for > holding an event at such and such a time (Amherst is hosting ours that day > because it is part of a whole week of festivities, for example). > > From: Sven Manguard > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 9:43 PM > To: Boston Wikipedians > Subject: [Wikimedia-boston] Monthly meeting roundup and upcoming > eventscalendar > > Hello everyone. I'm not entirely sure that these emails are read and/or > wanted, but here's one anyways! > > Tonight's meeting was attended by five people. Maia (the event planner for > the upcoming Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon) was there, and the main topic of > conversation was that event. Aside from the Ada Lovelace event, no official > business was discussed. In short, while we'd have loved for you to have > joined us, if you didn't show, you didn't miss anything new or critical. > > > There are four events coming up in New England that you should know about. > They are: > The Ada Lovelace Day edit-a-thon on Tuesday, October 16th, from 3:00pm to > 8:30pm, at the Harvard University Law School. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ada_Lovelace_Edit-a-thon_-_Harvard> > The UMass Amherst Wikipedia Loves Libraries event on Thursday, October 25th, > from 9:00am to 5:00pm at UMass Amherst's Du Bois Library. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UMassAmherst> > The Boston Dorchester/Roxbury Wikipedia Loves Libraries event on Saturday, > November 10th, (times TBA) at the Dorchester/Roxbury branch of the Boston > Public Library. <link TBA> > The Cambridge Public Library Wikipedia Loves Libraries event on Saturday, > November 17th, from 11:00am to 5:00pm at the Cambridge Public Library main > branch. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge_Public_Library/Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries_2012> > Please note that Maia would like for you to RSVP for the Ada Lovelace Day > event via email. Her mailing address is <[email protected]>. The other two > events with pages set up have regular sign up sections. > > If any Wikipedia administrators are reading, it'd probably be a good idea to > set up the sitenotice for the Ada Lovelace Day event as soon as possible, as > we're only a week away. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > Sven > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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