Gaurav, Who told you that you were allowed to move out of here? :) We'll most certainly have to get together before you do, in any case.
I suppose I'm an active enough Wikimedian, and I'd love to have a group here, so I'd be willing to help out leading it. Todd On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Neal McBurnett <n...@bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote: > Thanks, Gaurav! I'd be happy to be a group leader. > > Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 04:29:26PM -0700, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > > > I’ve set up a user group page at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Colorado, > which I think of as a first step to setting up an official "Wikimedia > Community User Group Colorado”. I pretty much only need two more things to > fill out the application form at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contact/affcomusergroup — > > > > (1) An official description of the group: I’m going to go with the > description at the top of the user group page, so please edit and improve > it! > > (2) Three active Wikimedians as group leaders: please reply to the > mailing list if you’re interested! > > > > I’m happy to be a group leader during the setup phase, but it looks > likely that I’m going to move out of Colorado this fall, so we’re going to > need active leaders to keep the group going and to continue to organise > events into the next year. You need to have at least 300 contributions on > any Wikimedia project and have an account that’s older than six months old > to be a group leader. > > > > The main advantages of becoming an official user group are: (1) > recognition by Wikimedia, so maybe increasing our profile with organization > interested with working with Wikipedia in the area, (2) free Wikimedia > merchandise for use in activities and outreach activities, and (3) one > scholarship to attend the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin ( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups#why). I know Buaidh > has been thinking about setting up an official organization for our area > for a while now, and I think this might be the best way to go about it! > > > > cheers, > > Gaurav > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > > Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >
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