Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering Committee/2010-12-16
Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee
- 9:45-10:20 EST, 2010-12-16
- Convened on Skype (the new version of which allows video chat with groups).
This short meeting simply consisted of updates on the recruitment of ambassadors.
- Members present
- Sage Ross
- Alex Stinson
- Cheryl Moy
- Annie Lin
- Fletcher Commons
- PJ Tabit
Agenda
edit- Campus ambassador recruitment updates: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering_Committee/Campus_Ambassador_Applications
- Alex
- JMU and Western Carolina have enough ambassadors.
- Potential ambassadors from Montgomery, AL (who may help with Troy), University of Maryland, and Georgetown
- Annie
- UC Berkeley has a surplus of potential ambassadors. Berkeley folks may help out in San Francisco
- Southern California (San Diego) may fall through in terms of both faculty and ambassadors.
- Montana has two applicants; both are good, but we'd like more diversity, e.g., a staff member who has more availability and more connection to the student population, if possible.
- Sage
- Fill in/interviewing for those schools w/o profs
- Screened montana potential CA
- starting to focus on OA
- high end: 125 OA
- OA selection team is now active
- focus on those who have reviewing articles experience
- Fletcher
- Syracuse seems good (2 returning, 1 new ambassador)
- Troy seems OK, although maybe one more might be good? b/c Montgomery is a little farther away.
- LSU needs some (unknown #?) but Annie is going there (or already went?)
- Contacted some potential ambassadors by email
- PJ
- Heard from no applicants from the Houston area, just a few talk page responses. PJ will follow up again with those who expressed interest but didn't send in applications.
- Several Boston area applicants, which look strong.
- Georgetown seems to be in good shape as well.
- Cheryl
- Accepted 2 for Michigan State University, several more under consideration
- Indiana hasn't been a problem since we have returning ambassadors, and ambassadors there have recruited some new potential ambassadors
- Regional trainings: the dates and locations of each of the regional trainings are now set:
- West region in San Francisco: Jan 7-8, led by PJ and Rod Dunican
- DC area: Jan 8-9, led by Rob and Annie (Adam is a maybe)
- Northeast region in NYC: Jan 11-12, led by Dominic and Gabriel (Annie observing)
- South region in Baton Rouge: Jan 13-14, led by Annie and Rod Dunican
- Midwest region in Indianapolis: Jan 15-16, led by Chanitra and Rod Dunican
- We can put the word out now for local Wikipedians near each of the trainings, without it being necessary for there to be public policy professors to pair them with.