Hear ye hear ye, On 25 January 2016 at 15:16, Gaurav Vaidya <gau...@ggvaidya.com> wrote: > >> On 25 Jan 2016, at 12:22 PM, Neal McBurnett <n...@bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote: >> >> 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…. > > Nice ideas! I like "Wikimedians of the Front Range”, "Wikimedians in > Colorado”, "Wikimedians of Colorado User Group” and "Colorado Users Group for > Wikimedia”, in that in order. > > Thanks for volunteering, Isarra! I don’t know if we can just enter four names > into the form. I’ll see! > > cheers, > Gaurav
I'm going to apply tomorrow (the form is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contact/affcomusergroup) under "Wikimedians in Colorado", since we currently have two votes for that (Neal + me) and it's already our mailing list name. The three names on the application form will be me, Neal and Todd, and I'll also add Isarra if I can. If you object to any of this or think of a better name, please let the list know in the next twenty-four hours, or forever hold your peace. cheers, Gaurav >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co
