Would somebody please tell me how to unsubscribe? Thanks. On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Dear Mr. Parker, > > Welcome to the list -- and, your vote of confidence in a west coast wiki > conference is very encouraging. I'm very glad to hear the idea appeals to > you! > > Judging from past RCC efforts, the first important step is to build some > consensus for a vision, including a strong local volunteer base in a > specific city, venue ideas, event format, etc. > > If you have ideas around that, please jump in with them! Or, if you're > purely interested as a potential funder, that is very welcome news; but it > will take a little time before we have a coherent proposal to bring to you. > We will certainly get back in touch if and when plans start to firm up! > > -Pete > [[User:Peteforsyth]] on English Wikipedia > Principal, Wiki Strategies www.wikistrategies.net > +1 503-383-9454 > > > On Jan 29, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Sean Parker wrote: > > I would be open to provide financing for a West coast event > > ------------------------------ > *From*: wikimedia-sf-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org < > wikimedia-sf-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org> > *To*: portlandw...@googlegroups.com <portlandw...@googlegroups.com>; San > Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org> > *Sent*: Sat Jan 28 18:23:21 2012 > *Subject*: [Wikimedia-SF] Time for a wiki conference on the west coast? > > Hey all, > > Recently, the idea of a RecentChangesCamp in Portland, San Francisco, > Seattle, or elsewhere on the west coast has popped up on the RCC-planning > mailing list. > > For those who don't know, RCC is one of the longer-standing wiki > conferences, and has been held in Portland more than anywhere else. The > last Portland one was in 2008; it's also been held in Montreal (x2), > Camberra, Australia (x2), Boston, and Palo Alto. > > I think it's fantastic that this community remembers Portland so fondly, > and is so interested in having a conference there. And there's clearly a > very fertile soil in SF as well. From past experience, this conference only > happens if there is strong local will to pull it off. But if that exists, > there is a good core, international group of volunteers who will help out, > and provide insights from past events. > > At the same time, it seems to me that the wiki world has evolved since RCC > was first held. There are now several similar models, including the > WikiConference (the Wikimedia movement's name for regional conferences; one > was held last year in San Francisco); WikiSym (an academic conference about > online collaboration, which has grown to include an Open Space component > like RCC). Also, the PortlandWiki grown up since the last one, and has > found some solid allies and beneficiaries in independent groups like Occupy > and Portland Afoot. > > So, my question is: do people feel like putting together a wiki conference > in 2012? And is RCC a good model for doing that? > > I'd highly recommend joining the RCC-planning email list and discussing > there, so that we don't get separate discussions going. > https://groups.google.com/group/rcc-planning > > -Pete > > p.s. As an aside, I recently set up an IRC channel : #wikimedia-westcoast. > While I know that many of you are more "wiki" people than "Wikimedia" > people, I hope this is a useful tool for networking -- if you're an IRC > user, please join us and say hi sometime! > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > > Pete Forsyth > petefors...@gmail.com > 503-383-9454 mobile > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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