Welcome, Lou, and thanks for organizing! Let us know if you need assistance creating a meetup page and/or distributing online invitations to Wikipedians via user talk pages.
Jason Portland, Oregon On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Raymond Leonard < [email protected]> wrote: > If possible, March 4th would work better for me. > > Yours > Peaceray > --, > Raymond F. Leonard, Jr. > User:Peaceray > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>Cascadia Wikimedians User > Group > <http://cascadia.wiki/> board member & president > [email protected] (forwards to) > [email protected] > > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is a 501(c)3 non-profit, charitable > organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and > distribution of free, multilingual, educational Wikimedia content in > partnership with our members and mission-aligned organizations in Oregon, > Washington, and British Columbia. > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Luiza, Yes! Great initiative. Do look the Research Commons if you're > still > > in a exploratory stage for securing the location. The librarians we've > > worked with are unfortunately gone. We've hosted a few events there in > the > > past and Wikipedia editing synchronizes well with the goals of the RC > > specifically. Moreover, they've got great flex spaces, equipment, and > lots > > of plug-ins. In fact, you might be able to reserve one of the classrooms > or > > areas yourself on the RC homepage. > > > > Having a list of things to work on during the event, and handy materials > > for people to use, will definitely help make the event a success. That, > and > > lots of publicity. It's worth making a few personalized invitations to > > folks you think would be really great and will recruit their friends. > Food, > > too! > > > > Do you plan to have a learn to edit session for newcomers? > > > > M > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sounds good. If Odegaard doesn't come through, the Research Commons at > > the > > > Allen Library is also a likely bet. We've done several events there. > > > > > > JM > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/30/2017 2:12 PM, Lou Wainer wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Lane, > > >> I'm waiting for Odegaard Library at UW to confirm if they can host us > - > > I > > >> do not know when I'll hear back from them. I've been talking to > > Indigenous > > >> scholars and scholars of Indigenous art to come up with a preliminary > > list > > >> of names and topics relating to Indigenous women artists that need > > editing > > >> so I can start researching and collecting reference materials on them. > > >> Thanks for the help, > > >> > > >> > > >> Lou Wainer > > >> MLIS Candidate > > >> iSchool, University of Washington > > >> [email protected] | (425) 219 6050 > > >> > > >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected] > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello, > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for writing in. > > >>> > > >>> I expect that different people can contribute different parts of > this, > > >>> but > > >>> to start, are you able to secure a location? When do you expect to > > >>> confirm > > >>> one? > > >>> > > >>> You say that you are a library student. It helps at these events if > > >>> someone > > >>> is able to bring curated information to the event which would be good > > to > > >>> share, like books or articles which can be cited. Are you able to > > >>> collect a > > >>> few books and papers to recommend for people who need source > > information > > >>> to > > >>> develop articles? If you can do that, then that firms up the theme of > > the > > >>> event. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for speaking up. > > >>> > > >>> yours, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Lou Wainer <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Dear Cascadian Wikimedians, > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi! I recently joined the group and wanted to introduce myself: my > > name > > >>>> > > >>> is > > >>> > > >>>> Luiza, I'm a library and information science grad student at the UW > in > > >>>> Seattle. Originally from Brazil, I have a background in Art > > >>>> Librarianship > > >>>> and a particular interest in computer-supported collaboration tools > > >>>> (even > > >>>> though my Wikipedia editing skills are still very rough). > > >>>> > > >>>> I’m planning on organizing an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at the UW in > > >>>> early > > >>>> March (the 4th or the 11th, depending on confirmation of the > > location). > > >>>> > > >>> As > > >>> > > >>>> a way to make the event salient to our community, the idea is to > focus > > >>>> on > > >>>> editing entries related to Indigenous art and Indigenous women > > artists. > > >>>> > > >>> I’d > > >>> > > >>>> love to enlist your expertise in organizing the event and invite the > > >>>> > > >>> group > > >>> > > >>>> to be an affiliated sponsor. > > >>>> > > >>>> Please let me know if you are interested in getting involved. Any > > >>>> suggestions and recommendations are more than welcome! > > >>>> > > >>>> Warm regards, > > >>>> > > >>>> Lou Wainer > > >>>> MLIS Candidate > > >>>> iSchool, University of Washington > > >>>> [email protected] | (425) 219 6050 > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Lane Rasberry > > >>> user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > > >>> 206.801.0814 > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> 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 > > >> > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Monika Sengul-Jones > > www.monikasengul.com > > (206) 715-2320 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
