There is considerable interest in San Francisco in having a joint event via video. Perhaps we can coordinate some of the sessions with NYC. I think it would be particularly fun to include NYC in the lightning talks.
I've boldly started the ball rolling here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/Events/West_Coast Pine On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that an unconference with a video link to WMNY might be fun. We > could include Portland, Seattle, BC and NY all in the same mix. Or if the > timezone is an issue, we could have an unconference with other PST places, > such as San Francisco. (I'll ask the San Francisco folks about their > interest level.) > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Raymond Leonard < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Wikipedia Day is Friday, January 15, 2016. I wanted to find out who is >> interested in holding observances in our Cascadian bioregion. At a >> minimum, >> we should have some sort of meetups & perhaps a Wikicake. If there is >> interest, we could plan for something on the weekend days. >> >> User:Pharos has indicated that the New York City event for Wikipedia Day >> will probably be an unconference format, with possible video links from >> other regions & international cities. >> >> He asks should we do something on Friday January 15, or that perhaps more >> conveniently that weekend, Saturday January 16 or Sunday January 17? >> >> Some folks have talked about doing celebrations in two or more Cascadian >> cities on different days, so some can do a mini-road tour. >> >> What are your thoughts & suggestions? >> >> Here are some relevant links: >> >> - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15 >> - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_15/Events >> - >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaus-l/2015-October/000375.html >> >> 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
