I think these all would work according to the guidelines. The first one is already the name of our group at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo
and it seems to have the easiest name to deal with, including a fine acronym. WIC: Wikimedians in Colorado WCUGC: Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado WCUG: Wikimedians of Colorado User Group CUW: Colorado Users of Wikimedia CEW: Colorado Editors of Wikimedia CUGW: Colorado Users Group for Wikimedia WOCCUG: Wikimedians of Colorado Community User Group WITFR: Wikimedians in the Front Range WOTFR: Wikimedians of the Front Range FRUGW: Front Range User Group for Wikimedians But let's keep brainstorming for a bit more.... Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 11:46:41PM -0700, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > > > On 23 Jan 2016, at 5:55 PM, Todd Allen <toddmal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. > > My PhD advisor did, that’s his job! :) I’m not leaving until September, so > there’s tons of time to do that — and I’ll definitely organise myself a > Wikipedia meetup before I go! > > > 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. > > Yay! Could you please add your name to > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Colorado? It’d > be nice to have as many people listed on there as possible! > > Also: should we be “Wikimedia Community User Group Colorado” or "Wikimedians > of Colorado User Group”? Other suggestions for names welcome — the guidelines > are up at > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/Name_guidelines#examples! > > cheers, > Gaurav > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co
