+1 to the idea. A good teleconference / screencast is worthwhile as well, and a fine way to get a few dozen people together without travel woes.
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Kevin Rutherford <[email protected]>wrote: > I’m more supportive of two meetings a year, as it will help us get more > done. Heck, we could even hold our meetups on weekends like D.C. does, as > it would allow for us to get more done, and get more involvement from those > of us who have class or work on Mondays. In terms of social media, we have > had a Facebook page that has been semi-active for over a year ( > https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaNewEngland), and it has helped to make > our chapter more known. I have also drafted up (or copied and modified) > documents on our page ( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England) that have the > ability to provide a basic framework on how to run our organization. > Overall, we do have a basic structural framework, and I have been told that > we need to start thinking about submitting a formal application to the > chapters committee once we decide we want to officially incorporate. > > Kevin > > *From:* Sven Mangard <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:18 PM > *To:* Jeremy Baron <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Boston Wikipedians <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikimedia New England chapter? > > The general meeting is, from my understanding, scheduled like that so that > we get it in right before we lose all the college students that leave for > the summer. That makes sense to me, so I'd rather not change it. > > Sven > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Jeremy Baron <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Sven Manguard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > by the next annual general meeting in five >> > months. >> >> I don't see any reason why a general meeting can't happen sooner or later. >> >> If the document is ready and has enough support in 2 or 3 months from >> now we could meet then. >> >> Anyway, yes it's good to bring this up again and get some balls rolling. >> >> -Jeremy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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