Yes, bringing the Nexus 7 sounds like a good idea in case Jason can join us virtually. We can discuss opportunities for GLAM work at the meeting!
Thanks, Pine On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Peaceray. I, too, want to thank Pine for his efforts and patience. > > Just a thought: The Wiki Loves Libraries campaign is held during > October/November. That is a good opportunity to reach out to local > libraries or institutions associated with libraries for a GLAM-related > edit-a-thon. For example, in Portland we had one at the Art Museum's > library. We have also had WLL events at Multnomah County's Central Library > and the Vancouver (WA) Community Library. I can't remember if it came to > fruition or not, but I seem to recall the Fyre Museum in Seattle wanting to > collaborate with Wikipedia somehow. I think a collaboration with the > Seattle Art Museum would also be great. (I, myself, still haven't finished > creating entries for all of the sculptures at Olympic Sculpture Park, and > surely the collection has many notable works deserving of Wikipedia > entries.) > > Also, I plan to create a page for Washington meetups, much like the page > for Portland/Oregon: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/Participants > > It takes some time to create, but then it becomes very easy to send > invitations to meetups or to participate in online campaigns, send > collaboration of the week notices, etc. Would it be better to create the > page under the WikiProject Washington umbrella, or the Meetup/Seattle > umbrella? There is kind of a single list for Portland/Oregon meetups and > WikiProject Oregon, but maybe this would not work as well for > Seattle/Washington? > > Jason > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Raymond Leonard < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> First, let me thank Pine for his efforts in trying to nail things down >> with WMF Affcom & Legal. >> >> While we wait for the Quarterly goals for WMF Legal to play out, there >> surely should be _something_ on which we can move ahead beyond our monthly >> meetup. Perhaps we can a least organize an edit-a-thon. I'd like to say >> let's do a GLAM event, but I don't think that there is anyone in Seattle >> working with GLAM. According to Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect#Information by >> state >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect#Information_by_state>, >> there is Another Believer in Oregon, & Wikipedia:GLAM/Canada >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Canada> lists The Interior >> & Nikkimaria as contacts. >> >> So I invite members of this list who cannot make it to the Seattle, >> Tuesday 10/14 meetup to share their ideas here, & for people who can make >> it to the meetup, please bring your ideas. I don't know if it would be >> worth it to do a Google Hangout or Skype at the meetup, but I could bring >> my Nexus 7 & test to see if it works over the Café Allegro's WiFi (my >> laptop is currently blind). >> >> On another matter, last week Seattle OpenStreetMap submitted its bid for >> the the Spring 2015 State of The Map U.S. conference. Based on past >> performance, OpenStreetMap could decide between the bids in about two >> weeks. Out of the last five State of The Map U.S. conferences, two have >> been on the West Coast (S.F. & Portland) & that may work against Seattle, >> but I think the Seattle group has put in a pretty strong bid. >> >> Yours, >> Peaceray >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >
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