Conor, I've been offline WRT Wikimedia, etc. for a couple of months owing to other activities and commitments. Although Cork based, I would be happy to help out at a drop in session for 'how-to-edit' or 'Ask a Wikimedian' if one was to go ahead (at a weekend). Let me know if this goes ahead or if you need any help. Regards, Oliver ________________________________ From: Conor Wao <conorwao(a)gmail.com> To: Wikimedia IE <wikimediaie(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2011, 10:13:32 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia IE] Dublin - European City of Science 2012 Hi all, Dublin City of Science 2012 is definitely going ahead, yes! And I am a member of the organising team. The Irish made a great bid and the amazing Convention Center Dubiln will host ESOF 2012, a gathering of scientists from all over the world to discuss the major topics in science today. The government also made a great decision to also back the project of making Dublin the European Capital of Science for 2012 and there will be some funding to arrange outreach events throughout 2012 (and hopefully beyond). Particular favour for funding will be given to events with one or more partners and it is hoped that other partners could provide some level of funding (altough this is not always necessary!). I'd love for Wikimedia to get involved and it would also be a great impetus to get the Irish chapter launched. The call for outreach is not officially launched yet, but I will let you all know when it goes out. I would certainly work on this, but I'm not an expert Wiki-editor! Who else would be on-board for potentially helping? All suggestions are welcome for event-types and styles. Cheers, Conor. p.s. Although I am very interested in web science, I won't be able to make it to Galway - thanks Jodi. On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ WikimediaIE mailing list WikimediaIE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaie

Well, it seems we have two possible experienced editors - weekends only, I believe. It might be enough to pull off something but the conference actually kicks off on a Wednesday for 5 days, so it might not exactly work. If Wikimedia Ireland is to take off, we probably need to meet up and it seems difficult to get together from across the country for a meet-up that might go nowhere. Do any of you use Google+? Or Google voice and video chat? These might be some options to bring us closer together. Obviously our work and personal lives are very demanding of our time so if we are committed to it, we might need a different tack. I'm not sure I can express my motivation for being part of this - in summary I suppose I just really respect Wikimedia and it's goals. Perhaps we need a specific project to work on or some set goals to achieve. What could a Wikimedia Ireland do for us as individuals and what can we do for it? Conor. On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Yeah, let's arrange a meet up soon. I think I might have asked this before but is open-source music or video something any of you are interested in? Conor. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Oliver Moran <oliver.moran(a)gmail.com> wrote: