Thanks for the input. I had been thinking of this as a meeting where useful communications and discussions would happen, but maybe going in the opposite direction would have more appeal. I could simply host a casual meetup on Zoom an hour before the WMF metrics meeting. There would be no agenda, and the environment would be like a coffee house. People could talk about whatever Wikimedia-related subjects are on their minds. Does that sound like it would be of interest?
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -------- Original message --------From: Richard Ames <[email protected]> Date: 8/5/18 6:01 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] August 2018 "Community Metrics and Activities Meeting" I think Rupert has a point..... I would consider getting up at 5AM for a general conversation but not to be bored. More loose, fun would be good. I can't do the end of this month - will be travelling. Cheers, Richard. On Monday, 6 August 2018, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: > pine, i find the lack of feedback a pity, so let me give at least my > personal impression. "activities and metrics" sounded bureaucratic, and it > sounded like work, not rewarding. the opposite of fun. not sure if a > regular meetup would work better? a hangout? same time all the time. no > matter how many persons are there, maybe once a month? one would need to > think a little about the fun though. > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 11:09 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Given the lack of interest and lack of suggestions, I'm going to cancel > the > > meeting. However, if other people would like to be bold in organizing a > > meeting like this, they are welcome to do so. > > > > I would like to encourage interpersonal and social connections among > > good-faith Wikimedia content contributors and grassroots project > > organizers, and I'd be glad to see suggestions and initiatives which do > > this. > > > > Pine > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 8:36 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > The number of people who have participated in the Doodle poll is very > > low. > > > Before I give up on the idea of having a community metrics and > activities > > > meeting, would anyone like to make a suggestion about how a meeting > like > > > this could be more interesting or useful? > > > > > > Pine > > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 3:11 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I am attempting this one more time, with more advance notice and some > > >> alterations to the agenda. > > >> > > >> Here is a Doodle poll with options for scheduling: > > >> https://doodle.com/poll/iycrgia2wqune63g. > > >> > > >> I have created a page on Meta where people who want to include an > agenda > > >> item can do so: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > >> i/Community_Metrics_and_Activities_Meeting > > >> > > >> This is an experiment. I hope that a meeting like this can facilitate > > and > > >> nurture international connections, and I hope that people will be > > >> interested enough to participate. > > >> > > >> The meeting platform will be Zoom <https://www.zoom.us/>. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
