Let me know when/if you want 2012.westcoastwikicon.org -Jon
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:06, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <[email protected]>wrote: > Pete - why don't you get a planning page started up on the Wiki? Would the > RCC folks be comfortable adding their input there? > > Kul > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 29, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Sean Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would be open to provide financing for a West coast event > > ------------------------------ > *From*: [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]>; San > Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <[email protected]> > *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 > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > -- Jon [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ http://snowulf.com/ http://ipv6wiki.net/
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