I just added the Ada Lovelace event to the geonotice. Can one of you
actually in the target area check that it's showing up correctly?

Dominic

On 9 October 2012 02:40, Sven <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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 <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 08, 2012 9:43 PM
> *To:* Boston Wikipedians <[email protected]>
> *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>
>    
> 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>
>    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>
>    
> 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]>[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
>
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