Hi Cascadians,
Here is our calendar of upcoming events:
1. *March 24 (this Tuesday!): meetup at Bellevue Regional Library. *The
library's address is 1111 110th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98004. We will meet 6
PM to 9 PM in Room 4. *Please note that the library requires that we have 4
people present in order to use the room. *I think that we have 4 or 5
people planning to come, so I hope that we'll meet this requirement. If
not, we may move ourselves to somewhere else in the library. You can email
me if you can't find us.
Business discussions (hopefully these will be brief):
A. Washington State Secretary of State registration documents (and
accompanying celebration)
B. New bank account
C. Annual plan updates/feedback
Content agenda:
D. Creation of video about how to use VisualEditor, inspired by our
upcoming workshop at UW and feedback from the last workshop.
E. General editing.
2. *April 19 (Sunday): Privacy and security themed editathon with Seattle
TA3M at the Montlake Library*, 1 PM to 4:45 PM. New editors are welcome as
well. The meeting room has capacity for 47 people.
The library's address is 2401 24th Ave. E.; Seattle, WA 98112
(NW corner of 24th Ave E. and E. McGraw St.)
https://www.spl.org/locations/montlake-branch/mon-getting-to-the-branch
Important note: there are only 13 parking spaces at this library branch, so
please carpool, bicycle, or use public transportation.
Tentative schedule:
*1:00 - 2:00 Introduction to Wikipedia editing and community norms
(possibly using the video mentioned above)
*2:00 - 2:15 discuss list of possible subjects for editing; break into
small groups
*2:15 - 4:30 open editing and discussion
*4:30 - 4:45 wrap up, next steps
3. *April 25 (Saturday): University of Washington Learning Commons workshop
and edit-a-thon, focused on the Learning Commons' labor archives special
collections.*
*(15 min) 10:30 Coffee and check in
*(15 min) 10:45 AM Welcome (Chloe).
*(30 min) 11-11:30 Subject matter introduction (Conor)
*(30 min) 11:30-12 (waiting for confirmation) Representation and Wikipedia:
What’s at stake?
*(1 hour) 12-1 (Pine and/or Peaceray): Introduction to Wikipedia community
norms and VisualEditor
*(30 min) 1:00-1:30 Break; people write on a whiteboard to propose subjects
for groupwork based on interest (further training on Wikipedia
mechanics/community, subject matter focus, etc).
*(2.25 hours) 1:30-3:45 Groups get organized; editing
*(15 min) 3:45-4:00 wrap up, surveys, next steps
I hope to see you at one or more of these events!
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*