Meeting Minutes-25 January 2017
Attendees:
Shannon Eichelberger (SE)
Eugene Eichelberger (EE)
Rebecca O’Neill (RO)
Sharon Flynn (SF)
Kelly Fitzgerald (KF)
User Group
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Simple APG
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SE, EE and RO will be meeting with the Simple APG committee on Friday
27 January or Monday 30 January to answer any questions about the grant
before a decision is made. EE will handle any question pertaining to
copyright and WLM data; RO will handle any questions pertaining to
education; SE will handle any other questions that arise.
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It was decided by those attending that the contract positions, if
approved, will require very specific jobs descriptions before
going out to
tender. SE and EE will create the job specifications. It was also decided
that the following criteria must be included:
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WLM-Wiki editing ability mandatory; must be willing to travel to
Dublin to meet with government officials
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WLE-event management experience mandatory
Edit-a-thon/Workshops
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Upcoming Schedule:
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28 February-DCU Library-2-5-This is being organised by the librarian
at DCU with assistance from Rebecca. It will focus on creating/expanding
articles on notable people, place and things at DCU. Students and staff
will be welcome.
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March-Trinity College Library-workshop celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the Berkeley Library. The event will focus on the
architecture of the library and will be open to Librarians and
students. RO
has already created a list of suggested articles. (moved from February)
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9 March-NUI Galway-International Women’s Day-All Day drop-in. The
venue has been confirmed as the ALice Perry Building which will be
officially dedicated that day. SF has created a page for the event which
can be viewed here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ireland_wikiwomenIE_2017>.
It is already being advertised on campus and participants are being asked
to recommend articles for inclusion in the event.
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Week of 6 March-NUI Maynooth-Possible International Women’s Day
workshop
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Week of 6 March-Accenture/WITS-possible Art + Feminism workshop
Conferences
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No news
WLM
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No news
-- Shannon Eichelberger
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