[WMCEE-l] Meetup in London

Asaf Bartov abartov at wikimedia.org
Fri Aug 8 17:02:40 CEST 2014


Fantastic, Vassia, thanks!

   A.


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:59 AM, vassia atanassova <
vassia.atanassova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello people,
>
> I tried to present my idea about the Facebook cross-CEE coordination group
> directly in the Wikimania 2014 page for our meetup.
>
>
> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEEM_2014_Meetup#CEE_Coordination_Facebook_group
>
> I started a list of CEE countries for everyone to add the non-wiki
> promotion channels you might be using. Please, add your country, if I have
> missed it by mistake.
>
> I myself added information about the two main channels which we use in
> Bulglaria -- a public FB page and a public FB group, as well as our
> Bulgarian private coordination page. This coordination page proved to
> function very well in the last 6 months: we are scheduling some 5-7 posts
> every day in the FB page, and discuss preliminary interesting topics of
> discussion in the FB page.
>
> Both public channels are announced in the Village pump and endorsed by the
> community. Their admins are (so far) 13 people, who are Wikipedian admins
> or active users. and -- of course -- active users of Facebook. There used
> to be ideas to maintain a Google+ channel and Twitter, but both now are
> desolate, I think. This kind of private coordination group seems to work
> quite well for us, and was the initial motivation for me to propose such a
> direction of possible future collaboration. Of course, this is just an
> option for the people who are interested to maintain such channels, buti t
> comes from my awareness that we need to build support and confidence in
> Wikipedia in the readers or simply internet users who are not editors.
>
> Thank you for your interest,
>
> Vassia / Spiritia
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Anna Koval <akoval at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> You beat me to the email, Antanana! ;)
>>
>> It's in my other longer message, but I'll nutshell it here, too.
>>
>> I've invited everyone to join me at The Trader
>> <http://www.traderlondon.co.uk/> at 7:15pm. This pub is about 2-3 blocks
>> away from the Barbican and it's about a 5 - 7 minutes walk. The address is
>> 142-146 Whitecross Street, London, UK EC1Y 8QJ.
>>
>> The Education Meetup
>> <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_meetup> will begin
>> there at 7pm, and the education team from the WMF will be buying the first
>> drink! (You'll just need to be prepared to tell us what you are doing in
>> education, or what you plan to do, or what you might like to do.) ;)
>>
>> Hope to see you all at tonight 7:15pm at The Trader.
>>
>> Anna
>>
>>
>> Anna Koval, M.Ed.
>> Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>> +1.415.839.6885 x6729
>>
>> akoval at wikimedia.org
>>
>> education.wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:58 AM, attolippip <attolippip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anna,
>>>
>>> Please, tell us how to get to the pub destination in the evening ;)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> antanana
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-08-07 2:09 GMT+01:00 Anna Koval <akoval at wikimedia.org>:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone.
>>>> Please see my update here:
>>>> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:CEEM_2014_Meetup
>>>>
>>>> Anna Koval, M.Ed.
>>>> Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>
>>>> +1.415.839.6885 x6729
>>>>
>>>> akoval at wikimedia.org
>>>>
>>>> education.wikimedia.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Tomasz Ganicz <polimerek at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There are already 2 other meetings on Saturday's evening.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014-08-02 20:24 GMT+02:00 Balázs Viczián <balazs.viczian at wikimedia.hu
>>>>> >:
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'd like to suggest Saturday at the end of the main events (so
>>>>> around the
>>>>> > same time)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Balazs
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 2014-08-02 18:24 GMT+02:00 Anna Koval <akoval at wikimedia.org>:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Glad there's more interest. :) Either time works for me.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I've made an inquiry about possible meeting space at the Barbican.
>>>>> I'll
>>>>> >> let you know what they say.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Sve najbolje,
>>>>> >> Anna
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Anna Koval, M.Ed.
>>>>> >> Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
>>>>> >> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> +1.415.839.6885 x6729
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> akoval at wikimedia.org
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> education.wikimedia.org
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Strainu <strainu10 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> +1
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> 2014-08-02 14:41 GMT+03:00 attolippip <attolippip at gmail.com>:
>>>>> >>> > Well, Friday at 19:15 seems okay
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > Best,
>>>>> >>> > antanana
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> > 2014-08-02 14:25 GMT+03:00 Tomasz Ganicz <polimerek at gmail.com>:
>>>>> >>> >
>>>>> >>> >> Friday at 19:15 ? I am not quite sure if it is possible to
>>>>> organize
>>>>> >>> >> this in Barbican Centre, and pubs on Fridays tend to be busy in
>>>>> >>> >> England :-) But we can ask organisers. On Thursday there is a
>>>>> nixer,
>>>>> >>> >> Saturday - there is a OSM Party and checkuser/legal team party,
>>>>> On
>>>>> >>> >> Sunday many will probably leave earlier...
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >>
>>>>> >>> >> 2014-08-02 12:53 GMT+02:00 Kiril Simeonovski
>>>>> >>> >> <kiril.simeonovski at gmail.com>:
>>>>> >>> >> > Hi all,
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> > I already have a meeting with the members of the Aff Com
>>>>> during the
>>>>> >>> >> > lunch
>>>>> >>> >> > break on Friday. May be we can do it after the end of the
>>>>> programme
>>>>> >>> >> > for
>>>>> >>> >> > that
>>>>> >>> >> > or any other day.
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> > Best,
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> > Kiril
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Tomasz Ganicz <
>>>>> polimerek at gmail.com>
>>>>> >>> >> > wrote:
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> Friday - lunch break? On Saturday there is program evaluation
>>>>> >>> >> >> lunch.
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> 2014-08-02 10:47 GMT+02:00 Filip Maljkovic <
>>>>> dungodung at gmail.com>:
>>>>> >>> >> >> > On 08/02/2014 10:37 AM, Strainu wrote:
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> 2014-08-02 0:21 GMT+03:00 Tomasz Ganicz <
>>>>> polimerek at gmail.com>:
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>>
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> It seems, there is no leader of the meeting of Wikimania
>>>>> yet.
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> For
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> me
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> the best time would be Wednesday morning/early
>>>>> afternoon, but I
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> am
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> not
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> quite sure if there is a possibility to book a room at
>>>>> that
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> time.
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> But
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>> we can always meet somewhere in the lobby.
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> Hi Tomasz,
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> Wednesday is *before* the actual conference, so many
>>>>> people
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> would
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> not
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> be in London yet. I suggest Friday or Saturday during
>>>>> lunch
>>>>> >>> >> >> >> break.
>>>>> >>> >> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> > Yes, lunch break could be doable, but it's sometimes
>>>>> impractical
>>>>> >>> >> >> > to
>>>>> >>> >> >> > organize
>>>>> >>> >> >> > meetings during lunch, as not everyone can get food at the
>>>>> same
>>>>> >>> >> >> > time,
>>>>> >>> >> >> > so
>>>>> >>> >> >> > some people will come and go during the meetup. Although
>>>>> that
>>>>> >>> >> >> > might
>>>>> >>> >> >> > not
>>>>> >>> >> >> > be
>>>>> >>> >> >> > that big of a deal if the meetup isn't too formal. I
>>>>> remember we
>>>>> >>> >> >> > held
>>>>> >>> >> >> > our
>>>>> >>> >> >> > first CEE meetup during Wikimania in Haifa, and it was also
>>>>> >>> >> >> > during
>>>>> >>> >> >> > lunch
>>>>> >>> >> >> > break.
>>>>> >>> >> >> >
>>>>> >>> >> >> > See you in London,
>>>>> >>> >> >> > Filip
>>>>> >>> >> >> >
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>>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>>> >>> >> >> --
>>>>> >>> >> >> Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
>>>>> >>> >> >> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
>>>>> >>> >> >> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
>>>>> >>> >> >> http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz
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>>>>> >>> >> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
>>>>> >>> >> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
>>>>> >>> >> http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz
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>>>>> Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
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>>>>> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
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