Dear All,
There is a series of opportunities/events coming up where we would love to
have your help. Please see below for details, or get in touch with me with
any questions. Many thanks - I hope many of you will be able to attend and
help.
- *Imperial College Wikipedia Society* is having their first social on
Tuesday 16 October at 6:30pm at the Union pub (near the Imperial), London.
Feel free to pop in if you want to say hello.
- *Black History
Month*<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month,_2012>
Wikipedia
training day Friday 26 October, London
To coincide with Black History Month, Wikimedia UK in conjunction with The
Equiano Centre <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/equianocentre/>, UCL is organising an
event on 26 October in London. The event will explore some of Black Culture
histories and work on adding the information to Wikipedia (including
biographies on some of the figures of African and Asian heritage living,
travelling or working in Britain at this time). Please sign up on the page
if you are able to help with Wikipedia *training* on the day (
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month,_2012). Some participants
will be members of various Black Culture organisations so it will be a
great networking opportunity as well.
- *Train the
Trainer*<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/October_even…
27-28 October, London
There are a couple of spaces available at our free training event for *anyone
helping at Wikipedia training workshops, or even only just thinking of
getting involved in that*.
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/October_event
- *Association of Medical Research Charities* conference Tuesday 30
October, London
As a part of AMRC's public engagement event there will be a talk on
Wikipedia at 11am-12:30pm. A person leading it has attended a Wikipedia
workshop a couple of months back that our volunteers have run and would
like to take the relationship forward. They are tailoring the content to
their audience, so they would like to lead the workshop, but having one
volunteer to help out with *facilitating* (especially if familiar with the
WikiProject Medicine) would be great. Let me know if you are available by
15 October.
- *Ethical Properties Wikipedia
workshop<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Properties_Wikipedia_Works…
* Thursday 1 November, 11am-4pm, London
We are having another relaxed training session for some volunteers and
staff from the charities based in the Wikimedia UK's building. If you are
able to attend as a *trainer* to help with this relaxed 1-1 Wikipedia
introduction day, please do sign up on the page (
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Properties_Wikipedia_Workshop/November…)
or let me know.
- *Girl
Geeks<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner/Mancheste…
* editing day Sunday 25 November, whole day, Manchester
As a followup from the event we have run last year, we are putting up a
friendly meeting with the Manchester Girl Geeks. The details are being
confirmed but we will focus on teaching the attendees how to edit, and with
time permitting do the editing with the topics that the participants will
be interested in. A couple of *trainers* joining us would be great - if you
are interested please sign up here (
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner/Manchester_Novembe…
)
- Don't forget the London <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/62>,
Coventry <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coventry/4> and
Cambridge<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/16> Meetups
in October as well!
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
All the best,
Daria
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