[Wikimediauk-l] An alternative type of meetup?

2009-10-12 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, Would anyone be interested in trying a different type of wikimeet? The idea would be to meet at a museum (presuming that I can get one interested in hosting this), and have a meet-up with both wikimedians and also museum people present. People would bring along laptops (or use provi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An alternative type of meetup?

2009-10-12 Thread u7z44
Sounds like an excellent idea to me, and it's something I'd definitely be interested in taking part in - possibly good museums to start would be those already involved in Britain Loves Wikipedia? James > Hi all, > > Would anyone be interested in trying a different type of wikimeet? > > The idea w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An alternative type of meetup?

2009-10-12 Thread Chris McKenna
This sounds like something I'd be interested in, although not being based in London it would need arranging a while in advance for me to be able to make it. Chris On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > Would anyone be interested in trying a different type of wikimeet? > > The i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An alternative type of meetup?

2009-10-12 Thread WereSpielChequers
This sounds to me like a well organised [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art]] event. The disadvantage of taking a camera round the London Aquarium last week was that I didn't take my netbook and check which species we already had good photos of. And one of the few where I do have a good photo I didn't

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An alternative type of meetup?

2009-10-12 Thread Mickey Conn
It does sound a great idea, and - with sufficient notice - I'd be keen to come, it looks like there'd be plenty of interest, and the resulting publicity should make it an easy sell to the museums. Mickey On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:18 PM, WereSpielChequers wrote: > This sounds to me like a well or