Hi Jake, will you use VE? Pine On Jun 4, 2015 1:19 PM, "Jake Orlowitz" <[email protected]> wrote:
> *What: Wiki Loves ALA Editathon * > > *Who: Jacob Orlowitz, Patrick Earley, Alex Stinson, & Janet Renteria* > > *When: Friday, June 26th 2015 from 1:00pm - 5:00pm * > > *Where: 5th Floor Lounge * > > *Why: Show others how to edit Wikipedia, especially attendees at the ALA > Annual Conference at Moscone Center* > > The American Library Association conference brings 20-30 *thousand* > librarians, publishers, and reference experts to San Francisco this June. > We want to welcome them to the city and celebrate our shared missions of > sharing knowledge with an editathon at WMF's office. > > > The event will starts at 1:00pm June 26th. We will have a WMF Staff Member > with the guard between 12:30-1:30 and from 5:00-5:30 after the event ends. > We will be giving guests a set time of entrance to avoid disruption of > services for the lobby attendant, front desk folks, and organizers. > > > An Eventbrite has been setup to collect first and last names of > participants and will be used to cross reference with ID's. (Those without > ID will not be let in.) > > > REGISTER HERE! > > > http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-loves-ala-editathon-at-the-wikipedia-office-3-blocks-from-moscone-tickets-17253454547 > > We estimate that 50-60 participants will attend the event. The cap for the > event is 90. > > > The Editathon will take place in the 5th floor lounge area. WMF > workstations on the north side of the floor will be blocked off, and no > ediathon participants will enter that area. > > > Staff are welcome, to come and participate, help out, or just poke their > heads in and say hello. If you would like to officially join the editathon > as a 'wiki expert', please register in the EventBrite so we can keep a head > count. Also feel free to share this invitation with SF-area staff, or > volunteer editors. > > > REGISTER HERE! > > > http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wiki-loves-ala-editathon-at-the-wikipedia-office-3-blocks-from-moscone-tickets-17253454547 > > > There will be an introductory 1-screen presentation with a 30 minute > tutorial on Editing Wikipedia. Participants will be working in groups after > tutorial and for the rest of the event, without any A/V, so noise is > expected to be minimal. > > > Participants will work on one of 4 subject tracks of their choosing: > > * Writing about the history and collections of their institution or > organization > > * Writing about San Francisco's women writers, artists, and scientists > > * Writing about LGBT history > > * Writing about a topic of their choice > > > There will be lots of coffee and water at the event, as well as some light > catered snacks. > > > We're excited about this neat opportunity to join forces with the library > world. We're looking forward to a successful, fun event, and hope to see > some of you there. > > > Best, > > > Jake Orlowitz and the Wikipedia Library Team > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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