Hi, Rui. Nothing to pardon. I'd have been asking that question myself not too awfully long ago. :)
Occasionally, staff members of the Wikimedia Foundation or other groups, such as chapters, go on IRC to chat with members of the communities that work on Wikipedia and the other projects we support.[1] Sometimes there is a set agenda, if there is something that needs particular focus, but often - as with today's meeting - there is not. It's just an opportunity to ask questions of staff (or other groups) and to learn a bit from the questions that others ask and the answers to those questions. It's generally pretty informal. If you can't attend the session but are interested in what takes place in it, you can still review the logs after the fact. These are placed on Meta.[2] Maggie [1] If you aren't familiar with IRC (Internet Relay Chat), there is information about how to use it at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate [2] The logs can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Office_hour_logs To read them, click on the date of the session in the list. :) On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Rui Correia <correia....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Maggie, > > Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is "office hours"? > > Regards, > > Rui > > On 25 January 2013 22:15, Maggie Dennis <mden...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hello, all. > > > > Just a reminder that Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive > > Director, is doing an IRC office hours on Saturday January 26 at 18:30:00 > > UTC. There is not currently an agenda set for the meeting, but I will > > update the particulars on Meta if that changes. Please see > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hoursfor > > particulars. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Maggie > > > > -- > > Maggie Dennis > > Community Liaison > > WikimediaFoundation.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > -- > _________________________ > Rui Correia > Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant > Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant > > Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 > Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 > _______________ > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Maggie Dennis Community Liaison WikimediaFoundation.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l