Congratulations to this new user group! Hope it's okay -- I added a link to this meta page to the Wikipedia:Meetup namespace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup#Projects_.26_initiatives
Please reach out if any of us local Wikipedia chapters can be of assistance. To the best of our resources, I think I can speak for Wikimedia NYC and say we are happy to provide remote assistance and more importantly guidance on helpful resources and event page content. Also: There are a LOT of librarians in the Wikipedia:Meetup community who are happy to assist. And hopefully reduce the need to re-invent the wheel for much of the mechanical parts of editathons. WM NYC and myself, inspired by the work of Dorothy Howard, have been having an active discussion about Wikipedia editathons in a box, as well as metrics in a box. To my mind it's basically event pages on the Wikipedia meetup space (to onboard people to Wikipedia vs. Meta), with consistent infoboxes, information, and resources. We also use a tabbed header for many of the initiatives, as it seems to help a lot. Congrats again! And Welcome! Best, - Erika *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle> Secretary, Wikimedia NYC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Carlos M. Colina <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, to announce > the recognition of a new WIkimedia User Group: Florida Librarians of > Wikipedia [1] > > As their name implies, they are librarians, and they want to focus on > training other librarians on how to contribute to the different Wikimedia > projects, especially Wikipedia. Apart from that, they have already > organized some edit-a-thons and they're looking forward to organize more, > as well as meetups of Wikimedians (librarians an non-librarians). > > Welcome to the family! > > 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Florida_Librarians_of_Wikipedia > -- > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." > Carlos M. Colina > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve > <http://wikimedia.org.ve> > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee > Phone: +972-52-4869915 > Twitter: @maor_x > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
