I think a 2012 Westcoast Wikicon would be great. I was really surprised we really did not have anything in SF for Wikipedia day. I was at the Wiki-con 2011/ 10 anniversary party and it was awesome.
If we want to do one, I got the perfect venue in downtown SF, TechShop. Let me know, Erik On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Jon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me know when/if you want 2012.westcoastwikicon.org > > -Jon > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:06, Kul Takanao Wadhwa <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Pete - why don't you get a planning page started up on the Wiki? Would >> the RCC folks be comfortable adding their input there? >> >> Kul >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 29, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Sean Parker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would be open to provide financing for a West coast event >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: [email protected] < >> [email protected]> >> *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]>; San >> Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <[email protected]> >> *Sent*: Sat Jan 28 18:23:21 2012 >> *Subject*: [Wikimedia-SF] Time for a wiki conference on the west coast? >> >> Hey all, >> >> Recently, the idea of a RecentChangesCamp in Portland, San Francisco, >> Seattle, or elsewhere on the west coast has popped up on the RCC-planning >> mailing list. >> >> For those who don't know, RCC is one of the longer-standing wiki >> conferences, and has been held in Portland more than anywhere else. The >> last Portland one was in 2008; it's also been held in Montreal (x2), >> Camberra, Australia (x2), Boston, and Palo Alto. >> >> I think it's fantastic that this community remembers Portland so fondly, >> and is so interested in having a conference there. And there's clearly a >> very fertile soil in SF as well. From past experience, this conference only >> happens if there is strong local will to pull it off. But if that exists, >> there is a good core, international group of volunteers who will help out, >> and provide insights from past events. >> >> At the same time, it seems to me that the wiki world has evolved since >> RCC was first held. There are now several similar models, including the >> WikiConference (the Wikimedia movement's name for regional conferences; one >> was held last year in San Francisco); WikiSym (an academic conference about >> online collaboration, which has grown to include an Open Space component >> like RCC). Also, the PortlandWiki grown up since the last one, and has >> found some solid allies and beneficiaries in independent groups like Occupy >> and Portland Afoot. >> >> So, my question is: do people feel like putting together a wiki >> conference in 2012? And is RCC a good model for doing that? >> >> I'd highly recommend joining the RCC-planning email list and discussing >> there, so that we don't get separate discussions going. >> https://groups.google.com/group/rcc-planning >> >> -Pete >> >> p.s. As an aside, I recently set up an IRC channel : >> #wikimedia-westcoast. While I know that many of you are more "wiki" people >> than "Wikimedia" people, I hope this is a useful tool for networking -- if >> you're an IRC user, please join us and say hi sometime! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >> >> > > > -- > Jon > [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ > http://snowulf.com/ > http://ipv6wiki.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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