MF was amazing. where else can you get firebreathing robots and sockpuppet-making kits? I hope to come out again.
Was wikihow there last year? How about "how to share great maker ideas", with a double booth shared with wikihow, showing off neat wikiversity tutorials, maker-style wikibook drafts, and where to publish amazing animated diagrams and schematics? You could highlight some of the fine illustrations from recent contests / from the philg project... SJ On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Cary Bass <c...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm definitely interested /as a wikip|median/ in participating if we > can get something together :) > > Cary > > phoebe ayers wrote: >> Jay, Sounds good, thanks for the update. >> >> List members: are people interested in submitting a booth proposal? >> For non-commercial makers, it's free, but we need to submit a >> proposal with a "description of our project". The page is a little >> confusing -- it looks like the deadline was March 12, but they also >> say the deadline is March 31st. Either way we need to get going. >> >> The page says that "We particularly encourage exhibits that are >> interactive and that highlight the process of making things" -- I >> think the demo part of the booth went over well last year (though I >> know internet access was a pain) -- maybe we could focus on "how >> to edit"? Or maybe focus on non-Wikipedia projects (how to make >> everything else)? >> >> What do you all think? Reply to me or the list, if there's interest >> I'll start a wiki page and we can write up a little proposal. >> >> Jay: can you do us a favor and ask your contacts if they are still >> accepting proposals? -- Phoebe >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >>> At this time, no. O'Reilly has not repeated their offer of free >>> space (valued at a couple thousand bucks) and we're pretty >>> overbooked in terms of other big communications work. >>> >>> That being said... the 'call for makers' is still wide open, and >>> I'm sure that local volunteers (with some tangential level of >>> support from WMF) could at least get a small space and with a >>> more DIY sort of resource situation, be in the space again. >>> >>> http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/callformakers/ >>> >>> We certainly know the people who organize it, so maybe we could >>> try to make that connection. Wild horses couldn't keep me away >>> from the event, I know that much. >>> >>> >>> -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 >>> (415) 839 6885 x 609 >>> >>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:14 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: >>> >>>> Maker Faire is on again for May 30-31 in San Mateo. Is there >>>> any chance Wikimedia will have a booth again? Or was that a >>>> one-time event for us? >>>> >>>> -- Phoebe > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFJwTZxyQg4JSymDYkRAum/AKCblADpndUbfITb0CdSeCe3J76PdwCg4Dgy > L0Fo0vdIaMSMPtcXo9dGYvo= > =0ihr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
