On 22 Apr 2011, at 11:11, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 20/04/2011 23:48, Isabell Long wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:27:53PM +0100, James Forrester wrote: >>> On 20 April 2011 18:04, Isabell Long<isabell...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Suggestions as to how I can get more involved are welcome! I do plan to >>>> come to one of the London meetups *soon*. :-) >>> Though I'd be the last to discourage people from coming to the meetups >>> (and especially "my" meetups in London), they are primarily social >>> affairs and we don't get much done at them. We sometimes discuss doing >>> something, arrange them, or raise awareness of them, but if you're >>> looking to devote time in meat-space for Wikimedia-related things, >>> they are very much the start rather than the end. :-) >> I'm social amongst groups of like-minded people! And the meets (the >> Sunday ones?) are in a nice, seemingly friendly venue. :-) >> >> Thanks James, >> >> Isabell. >> > The Sunday meetings in London are held in Wetherspoons pub (Lloyds > Number 1 bar?). Hence, food is available, and there is wide range of > drinks (hot, cold, alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Set Sunday lunches are > popular, cheap and include a free drink. > > Future meets... > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/45 > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/46 > > Content? Yes, it is a Wikimeet....
The easiest way of getting involved is definitely to come along to Wikimedia events like the wikimeets or backstage passes. There's a UK-focused events list on the WMUK wiki, at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events There's also the on-wiki projects like WP:GLAM/BM, /BL, /DERBY, etc. which have plenty of things on their to-do lists that you can help out with. There are many different ways of being involved more actively, which mostly rely on individuals taking the initiative, either by leading events (organise a wikimeet in your city [they don't just need to be in London!]; talk to local organisations and see if they want a Wikipedia Workshop, or a Backstage Pass event; ...), or putting together online projects (focus on a specific topic; run an online competition; ..), or anything else you can think of. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
