The meetup in October 2014 at Café Allegro

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2024 Seattle meetups

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2024 Seattle meetups

Monthly meetup, Tuesday Jan 16 2024 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PST)

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We will meet at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse at 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is about 0.15 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, 64, 67, 73, 79, 322, 522, & 984 buses also serve the area.

Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

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Commons categorization edit-a-thon, Tuesday, Feb 6 2024 12:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)

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We will meet at the Capitol Hill Branch Library 47°37′23″N 122°19′21″W / 47.6230°N 122.3225°W / 47.6230; -122.3225 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Capitol Hill station that is about .3 miles (0.48 km) away.

Our resident Commons administrator Jmabel (Joe Mabel) will share knowledge about the challenges and opportunities of categorization in Commons. We will be concentrating on media categories in the Seattle area.

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Distant Worlds Coffeehouse

Monthly meetup, Tuesday Feb 20 2024 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PST)

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We will meet at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse at 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is about 0.15 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, 64, 67, 73, 79, 322, 522, & 984 buses also serve the area.

Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

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Seattle articles edit-a-thon, Tuesday, March 12 2024 3pm – 7pm (PDT)

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We will meet at the Seattle Public Library University Branch 47°39′55″N 47°39′55″W / 47.665278°N 47.665278°W / 47.665278; -47.665278 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the U District station that is about .5 miles (0.80 km) away.

This edit-a-thon based on importance or popularity (as determined by pageviews, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Seattle/Popular pages; or main articles, such as those linked in Template:Seattle; also see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Seattle articles by quality statistics)


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Little Oddfellows, in the back of Elliott Bay Book Company

Monthly meetup, Tuesday March 19 2024 6pm – 8pm (PDT)

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We will meet at the Little Oddfellows café inside of Elliott Bay Book Company at 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 in Capitol Hill, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176, Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Capitol Hill light rail station, which is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from the bookstore. Mass transit that serves the Capitol Hill station includes the First Hill Streetcar & the 8, 9, 10, 43, 49, 60 busses. The First Hill Streetcar & the 2, 11, 49, & 60 busses all travel within 1½ blocks of Elliott Bay Book Company.

Agenda

Probably attending

We are at the back NW corner of the bookstore. Their WiFi is down tonight, but I have my hot spot! Peaceray (talk) 01:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe attending


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Annie Rauwerda / Depths of Wikipedia at Town Hall Seattle 2024-03-29

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Not exactly a meetup, but Annie Rauwerda will be presenting Depths of Wikipediaas part of a Live Wire Radio event at Town Hall Seattle on Friday, March 29.

Peaceray (talk) 04:31, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cascadia Wikimedians User Group general members meeting, Jun 9, 2024, 1pm PDT

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Please see the Meta page at Cascadia Wikimedians/June 2024 general members meeting.

Belated monthly meetup, Tuesday July 30 2024 6pm – 8pm (PDT)

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We will meet at the Little Oddfellows café inside of Elliott Bay Book Company at 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 in Capitol Hill, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176, Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Capitol Hill light rail station, which is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from the bookstore. Mass transit that serves the Capitol Hill station includes the First Hill Streetcar & the 8, 9, 10, 43, 49, 60 busses. The First Hill Streetcar & the 2, 11, 49, & 60 busses all travel within 1½ blocks of Elliott Bay Book Company.

Agenda

  • Seattle Wiknic
  • WikiConference North America 2024
  • Your topics — list here

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Seattle Wiknic, Sun Aug 11, 2024

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This year's Seattle Wiknic will be on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 12pm to 3pm, in the Washington Park Arboretum. We'll meet at the picnic tables in the meadow area, approximately at 47°38′15″N 122°17′38″W / 47.637435°N 122.293986°W / 47.637435; -122.293986, to the south of the Graham Visitors Center. Check out meta:Cascadia Wikimedians for activities in the broader region. Sign up here! Please indicate what food or drink you plan to bring. Plan on serving at least 8. Frisbees and soccer balls also welcome.

Bring blankets or tarps to sit on as there are only two picnic tables! Sign up here!


Directions
Note that State Route 520 and the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge will be closed all weekend. There is limited parking at the north parking lots near the Arboretum Foundation Building, so taking public transit is strongly recommended.

The nearest bus stops on 24th Avenue East at McGraw Street are a 15-minute walk (0.6 miles) away; a portion of the walking route is unpaved, but there are paved alternatives that take longer. These bus stops are served by King County Metro route 48, which runs every 15 minutes from two light rail stations on the 1 Line: University of Washington and Mount Baker.


Signup

Please indicate what food or drink you plan to bring. Plan on serving at least 8. Frisbees and soccer balls. Do not bring drones or quadcopters.

Regrets

Maybe coming Please say what drink or food you may bring!

  • AmadeusK626 (talk) 14:09, 6 August 2024 (UTC): Bringing Wai Wai Salad[reply]
  • --Guylaen (talk) 01:54, 8 August 2024 (UTC) To amend my above - looks like I'll be in Portland for the launch of my friend's city council campaign on the 10th, and if I can find a place in Portland to crash, I can swing by Seattle on my way back to Ellensburg on the 11th. But I had to borrow money for gas, so I won't be bringing any food if I do come.[reply]
  • Rich1vanwinkle (talk) 22:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC) Would love to come. I am scheduled in Arlington for a basketball tournament and won't know how that progresses until Sunday morning. If the event lasts until 3pm, I may catch it after the "pot luck". Rich[reply]

Probably coming Please say what drink or food you will bring!

 
Cookies baked for Seattle Wiknic 2024
Here is why y'all should come AmadeusK626, Rich1vanwinkle, Peaceray, Makingbands, Valdamjong, Pogeons, Mystical9872, Itsgravity , PDFDownloader100, Ericpotter4, SammamishMan, Dleiferives, Awakeningsoul, Captain Puget, Jmabel , Enuui, Scoaldr, Jason Myers 13, Caseythedog345, LucilleRemillard, Lorenrenee2024, Femboi333, TheyCallMeClair, Sarsenet, User:SounderBruce, CascadeUrbanite, Ernest Scribler (t · c) buidhe 17:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Notes
Note that alcohol, drugs, and drones are prohibited under Seattle Parks rules and regulations.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Park Rules & Regulations". seattle.gov. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2024-08-02.


Hello! We recently came across your event listing for a summer picnic at the WA Park Arboretum this Sunday. We appreciate your interest in our beautiful Arboretum and your efforts to bring the community together. However, I'm sure you are unaware, but there are specific regulations in place to protect our environment and ensure the enjoyment of all visitors. Unfortunately, there are issues with your event. Specifically: Drones: While amazing and very popular, Drones are strictly prohibited in the Washington Park Arboretum

Permits: Any organized events must be permitted through Seattle Parks and Recreation. (We have no record of a permit for your event in the current calendar.) A permit is required to reserve any area used for a gathering. Events with short turn around may have challenges getting permitted. Here is parks Permit Process document https://www.seattle.gov/parks/rentals-and-permits/outdoor-event-permits Please know, If you proceed with the event without obtaining the necessary permits, you will be asked to leave the premises on Sunday. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in helping us preserve the beauty and tranquility of the WA Park Arboretum.

@Uwbgfac: I have sent an application in & adjusted the language advising that drones are are prohibited under Seattle Parks rules and regulations. Peaceray (talk) 22:51, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Monthly meetup, Tuesday Sep 17 2024 6pm – 8pm (PDT)

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We will meet at the Little Oddfellows café inside of Elliott Bay Book Company at 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 in Capitol Hill, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176, Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Capitol Hill light rail station, which is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from the bookstore. Mass transit that serves the Capitol Hill station includes the First Hill Streetcar & the 8, 9, 10, 43, 49, 60 busses. The First Hill Streetcar & the 2, 11, 49, & 60 busses all travel within 1½ blocks of Elliott Bay Book Company.

Agenda

  • WikiConference North America 2024
  • Wikidata birthday is October 29th—do we want to do anything, perhaps the weekend beforehand?
  • Your topics — list here

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Monthly meetup, Tuesday Oct 15 2024 6pm – 8pm (PDT)

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We will meet at the Little Oddfellows café inside of Elliott Bay Book Company at 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 in Capitol Hill, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176, Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Capitol Hill light rail station, which is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from the bookstore. Mass transit that serves the Capitol Hill station includes the First Hill Streetcar & the 8, 9, 10, 43, 49, 60 busses. The First Hill Streetcar & the 2, 11, 49, & 60 busses all travel within 1½ blocks of Elliott Bay Book Company.

Since we will probably be at least six, I have asked Little Oddfellows to put out a "reserved" sign for us. I imagine that it will be at the big table.

Agenda

  • Report on WikiConference North America 2024
  • Wikidata Day 2024 (see below
  • Your topics — list here

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  Wikidata Day 2024

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Design by Jasmina El Bouamraoui, CC BY SA 4.0
 

Agenda

  • Chocolate cake!

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2023 Seattle meetups

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2023 Seattle meetups

Monthly meetups resume, Tuesday Tue Mar 21, 2023 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PDT)

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Distant Worlds Coffeehouse is back to their regular hours! They are open 8am–8pm Sun–Wed. Official website We will meet at their new location 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176, where the Sunlight Cafe used to be. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is about 0.15 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, 64, 67, 73, 79, 322, 522, & 984 buses also serve the area.

Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

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Monthly meetup, Tuesday Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PDT)

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We will meet at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse at 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is about 0.15 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, 64, 67, 73, 79, 322, 522, & 984 buses also serve the area.

Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

Agenda
  • Your topics — list here
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LGBT films from SIFF 2023 edit-a-thon

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Wikipride
Part of Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride/2023

When: Saturday, June 17, 10am–3pm & Sunday, June 18, noon–5pm
Where: University Branch of the Seattle Public Library (SPL)
Who: Everyone is welcome.
What to bring: A laptop and power cord

The schedule and details will be posted to the LGBT films from SIFF 2023 edit-a-thon page. Editors can respond there if they plan to attend.

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Monthly meetup, Tuesday Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PDT)

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We will meet at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse at 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is about 0.15 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, 64, 67, 73, 79, 322, 522, & 984 buses also serve the area.

Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

Agenda
  • A Wiknic in July or August?
  • Your topics — list here
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Monthly meetup, Tuesday Tue Jul 18 2023 5:45pm – 7:45pm (PDT)

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We will meet at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse at 6401 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′31″N 122°19′03″W / 47.67514°N 122.3176°W / 47.67514; -122.3176 Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is about 0.15 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, 64, 67, 73, 79, 322, 522, & 984 buses also serve the area.

Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

Agenda

  • A Wiknic inAugust?
  • Your topics — list here

Probably attending

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Regrets

Seattle Wiknic, Sat Aug 5, 2023

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This year's Wiknic will be on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at 12pm to 3pm, in the Washington Park Arboretum. We'll meet at the picnic tables in the meadow area, approximately at 47°38′15″N 122°17′38″W / 47.637435°N 122.293986°W / 47.637435; -122.293986, to the south of the Graham Visitors Center.

Check out meta:Cascadia Wikimedians for activities in the broader region. Sign up here! Please indicate what food or drink you plan to bring. Plan on serving at least 8. Frisbees, soccer balls and quadcopters also welcome. Sign up here!


2022 Seattle meetups

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2022 Seattle meetups

Monthly meetups resume, Tuesday 17 May 2022, 5:45pm to 7:45pm

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We will meet at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, 47°40′32″N 122°19′04″W / 47.675636°N 122.3177609°W / 47.675636; -122.3177609, Official website. The closest Light Rail stop is the Roosevelt station, which is 0.1 miles from Distant Worlds. The 45, 62, & 73 buses also serve the area.

Café Allegro currently closes at 5pm, hence the reason for the move. Note that Distant Worlds Coffeehouse closes at 8pm & that the last two hour reservation starts at 5:45. There is a minimum tab of $30, for which Peaceray will cover the balance, so please spend some money on food or beverages if you are so inclined.

Agenda
  • Welcome back!
  • June Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting — likely to be on Zoom due to the paucity of free meeting spaces (meeting rooms still unavailable at Seattle Public Library)
  • Meetup / edit-a-thon / Wikisalon ideas
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Monthly meetup, Tuesday 19 July 2022, 5:45pm to 7:45pm

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Taking advantage of the nice weather to set up at an outside table. Peaceray (talk) 00:47, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agenda
  • Your topic(s)
  • Meetup / edit-a-thon / Wikisalon ideas
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Monthly meetup, Tuesday 16 August 2022, 5:45pm to 7:45pm

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Agenda
  • Your topic(s)
  • Meetup / edit-a-thon / Wikisalon ideas
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  Aferwards everyone who attended the meetup went to a Depths of Wikipedia show with Annie Rauwerda at Madam Lou's, the 300-seat venue at The Crocodile. Several other Wikipedians attended the show. Three of us took part in an impromptu panel.

Monthly meetup, Tuesday 20 September 2022, 5:45pm to 7:45pm

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Monthly meetup, Tuesday 18 October 2022, 5:45pm to 7:45pm

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In October, Distant Worlds Coffeehouse is unavailable because they weill move to a new space at the old Sunlight Café location on the corner of 64th & Roosevelt.

We will meet instead at Revolutions Coffee in Green Lake, Seattle, located at ​​7208 East Green Lake Drive North, ​Seattle, WA 98115.47°40′50″N 122°19′33″W / 47.6806°N 122.32585°W / 47.6806; -122.32585

@Ragesoss, Buidhe, and CascadeUrbanite: We just discovered that Revolutions Coffee will close at 6pm tonight. I am suggesting that we meet instead by 6pm at Shelter Lounge, 2110 East Greenlake DR N, Seattle, WA 98115. Peaceray (talk) 00:48, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I can't actually make it, sorry. (t · c) buidhe 01:09, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agenda
 
Wikiconference NA 2022
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Registration is open for WCNA 2022 and Mapping USA

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WikiConference North America 2022 will be virtual, November 11-13. We will hold it jointly with OpenStreetMap US's Mapping USA. Our theme this year is open knowledge allies.

Registration is now open here! Please register by the 10th so that we can set everyone up online on our platform. Like last year, we are planning on using Hopin.

Our schedule is will be finalized and available in the next few days. We have an exciting line-up of sessions related to Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap, and the intersection of the two. Stay tuned!

If you want to connect with other participants or have questions, please join our Telegram channel here.

 
MaggieMaps CC-By-SA

2021 — no in-person Seattle meetups

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2021 Seattle meetups

Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021

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Writing Black History of the Pacific Northwest into Wikipedia - Editathon 2021


2020 Seattle meetups

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2020 Seattle meetups

Wikipedia at Cascadia Culture Week 2020, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 5-6pm

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Transcluded from Wikipedia:Cascadia Wikimedians User Group/Cascadia Culture Week 2020. This is an online event.

Comcast Women's Network Edits for Women 2020 event

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Edits for Women 2020

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THE MARCH 21, 2020 EVENT AT THE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19

Monthly meetup, Tuesday 17 March 2020, 6pm to 8pm

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Due to Coronavirus/COVID-19 concerns, this event is cancelled.

We will see what's doing next month. Meanwhile #flattenthecurve!

 

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 4pm to 8pm

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Due to Coronavirus/COVID-19 concerns, this event is being postponed. The organizers will announce a new date on their calendar when it is available.

Monthly meetup, Tuesday 18 February 2020, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

Agenda
  • Discussion of upcoming events
  • Mako's class panel on Wednesday 2/19 from 5:30-6:20pm in Mary Gates Hall (MGH) 389 at UW
Probably attending

Peaceray (talk) 05:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe attending
Regrets

Monthly meetup, Tuesday 21 January 2020, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above) - In the back room on the first floor

Agenda
  • Discussion of upcoming edit-a-thons
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Peaceray (talk) 05:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe attending


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2019 Seattle meetups

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2019 Seattle meetups

Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting

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Monday, December 23, 5:30pm PST

If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for our annual meeting. If you cannot attend in person, you may join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: (forthcoming). The address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′20″W / 47.622944°N 122.322314°W / 47.622944; -122.322314

Zoom conference call : https://virginia.zoom.us/my/wikilgbt
Agenda
  • Edit-a-thons
  • Meetups
  • TBD
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Editing as Activism: Edit-A-Thon to Correct Systemic Bias in Wikipedia

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Allen Library, location of the Research Commons, University of Washington. Photo by Joe Mabel
 
I Love To You Critical Edit-a-thon @UW Libraries, 2015-02-13. Photo by Sage Ross

When: Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 9am–1pm
Where: UW Libraries Research Commons, 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98195
Who: Editors of all levels of experience welcome! This event is geared towards University of Washington student, faculty, and community members.
What to bring: Bring your laptops and power cords. A limited number of laptops will be available for loan.

  • Help address the systematic biases relating to gender, race, and social class that lead to under-representation of topics, people, and organizations on Wikipedia!
  • Edit and create pages that improve Wikipedia's coverage of historically marginalized communities with an emphasis on labor history found in the Labor Archives of Washington.
  • Novice editors encouraged to attend an advance online tutorial that will be available to registrants. Support for beginners will be available onsite!
  • For experts, we will also have specialized help around linked data.
  • We will share a list of books, articles, and archival finding aids to edit with or editors can bring their own. A list of suggested entries and archival collections to add will be provided. We will help teach new editors how to edit at this workshop!
  • All are welcome; this event is geared towards University of Washington student, faculty, and community members.

Light refreshments will be served.

Hosted by Labor Archives of Washington, UW Special Collections, and Cascadia Wikimedians User Group

Facebook event page
Please register here!

Seattle Wiknic 2019

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This year's Wiknic will be on Saturday, August 24, 2019, at 12pm to 3pm, in the Washington Park Arboretum. We'll meet at the picnic tables in the meadow area, approximately at 47°38′15″N 122°17′38″W / 47.637435°N 122.293986°W / 47.637435; -122.293986, to the south of the Graham Visitors Center.

Check out meta:Cascadia Wikimedians for activities in the broader region.

 
2019 attendees


Wiknic planning and monthly meetup, Tuesday 11 June 2019, 6pm to 8pm

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  Cancelled Due to lack of interest.
  New proposal I will set up a Doodle poll for determining the dates for this years Seattle Wiknic.

Agenda
  • Planning for July or August Wiknic
More details to follow ...
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Peaceray (talk) 15:12, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Affiliate-selected Board seats discussion and monthly meetup, Tuesday 14 May 2019, 6pm to 8pm

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Infographic about the process, with clickable links.
At Café Allegro (see Directions above

We are downstairs!

Agenda

Voting is open from May 8th through May 31st. The primary representative for each of the ≈150 affiliates will vote on Qualtrics through a link received by email.

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Art+Feminism, Saturday, April 6th, 1-5pm

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Participants at the May 2017 Art+Feminism event

Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women.

Let’s change that.

To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is continuing a series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn and gender non-binary artists of color.

Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided.

All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required!

Everyone is welcome. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants.

Please create a Wikipedia account before the event.

RSVP through this Facebook event link.

Here is the Jacob Lawrence Gallery event page.


When Saturday, Apr. 6, 2019, 1 – 5 p.m.

Campus location Art Building (ART)

Campus room Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Event types Special Events, Student Activities, Workshops

Event sponsors Jacob Lawrence Gallery, School of Art + Art History + Design with support from Wikipedia and Art+Feminism

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/615621532236261/

Description

Free parking is normally available on campus after 12pm on Saturdays.

Check the Gallery's website for information about getting there.

Monthly meetup, Tuesday 12 March 2019, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

Agenda
  • Discussion of upcoming Wikimedia Summit 2019. Peaceray will attend as Cascadia Wikimedians' representative, & would like to know other members' inputs & concerns.
Please see Wikimedia Summit 2019/Program Design Process on Meta.
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Women’s History Wikithon

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Women’s History Wikithon

FREE. Please register in advance. Includes museum admission and snacks; bring a sack lunch.

Scholars and interested citizens are invited to come together for an afternoon of collaboration to create or improve Wikipedia pages related to Washington State’s suffrage history. Learn from seasoned “Wikipedians” how to edit wiki pages, and work in small groups with women’s history experts. Honor Women’s History Month by updating our reference materials to reflect the dedicated work of Washington’s women suffragists. Bring a brown bag lunch, we’ll provide snacks. Hosted by Washington State Historical Society.

Women's Suffrage Centennial Program, "Washington State Historical Society > Events & Programs". Washington State Historical Society > Home. 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2019-02-03.


Registration is free but space is limited. Please register here.

Please bring a laptop if you have one!

If you are at the Wikithon, please navigate to Wikipedia:GLAM/Washington State Historical Society/Events and Workshops/Women's Suffrage Centennial Program!

Monthly meetup, Tuesday 19 February 2019, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

Currently set up at tables near end of register. Peaceray (talk) 01:48, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Monthly meetup, Tuesday 12 February 2019, 6pm to 8pm

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Postponed to the following week: --Peaceray (talk) 02:15, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos

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Wikipedia Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia. This year in Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians' celebration of Wikipedia Day will focus on a different closely related project: Wikimedia Commons, which (among other things) functions as the media repository for Wikipedia. When you see a photo or map in Wikipedia, or hear an audio clip, etc., it usually is hosted on Wikimedia Commons and "transcluded" into Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Commons is a mix of users' own works and curated third-party content, either public domain or free-licensed. Our event is a hands-on workshop in curating third-party content, mostly early 20th-century photos of Seattle and other West Coast locations.

Currently, Wikimedia Commons has two intersecting sets of older photos, one from the Asahel Curtis Photo Company and the other a more general set of Seattle images. At this meetup, we will celebrate the 18th anniversary of Wikipedia by further curating these images by the creation and addition of categories, adding ImageNotes where useful, linking other versions of the same photo, enhancing the descriptions, and identifying and correcting errors. User:Jmabel has already categorized over 1000 images and corrected several hundred wrong dates, misidentified buildings, etc., but there is much more to be done.

For instance,

Many of the photos that still need work are in commons:Category:Seattle or commons:Category:Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and properly belong in subcategories. Others are in maintenance categories such as commons:Category:Images from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Collection to check or commons:Category:Images from the Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs Collection to check. There are probably many other images that need similar work, but these are a few obvious places to look. Also, in a few cases, Curtis or someone else in that era may have shot images that constitute a panorama, but no one has ever "stitched" them together into a unified image and uploaded it.

If you have been editing Wikipedia and are curious about what you could do within Wikimedia Commons besides just take photos and upload them, this would be an excellent place to start!

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2018 Seattle meetups

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2018 Seattle meetups

Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting

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Saturday, December 29, 1pm PST

If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for our annual meeting. If you cannot attend in person, you may join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://zoom.us/j/2207426850. The address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′20″W / 47.622944°N 122.322314°W / 47.622944; -122.322314

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  • Election of Board members
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Monthly meetup Tuesday 4 December 2018, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

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Seattle Wiknic 2018

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The Great American Wiknic is an annual wiki-picnic held in cities across the United States on or around a common day every summer. The 2018 Seattle Wiknic will be on Saturday, August 25, 2018, 12pm to 3pm, at the Washington Park Arboretum.

Monthly meetup (reviving) Tuesday September 11, 2018, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

Agenda
  • WikiConference North America 2018, October 18-21, 2018 (Thu, Oct /18: WikidataCon/Hackathon, Fri, Oct /19: Culture Crawl, Sat/Sun, Oct 20-21: Main Program with Tracks), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, US
  • Spokane Futures: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Saturday, October 6, 2018 10:15am-12:30pm, Spokane Public Library
  • Possible reflection on how 9/11 changed Wikipedia. See Keegan, Brian C. (2014-09-01). "A History of Newswork on Wikipedia" (PDF)., which "examines how the outpouring of editorial effort on the English Wikipedia in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (hereafter, “9/11”) influenced subsequent responses to current events on Wikipedia."


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Art+Feminism, Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm

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Participants at the May 2017 Art+Feminism event

Wikipedia is one of the most wide-reaching repositories of shared knowledge yet a 2011 survey found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female, suggesting an alarming absence of voices. What and how information is shared is skewed by this gender disparity. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing a quarterly series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn artists of color.

This Saturday afternoon's gathering will focus on creating, editing, updating, and expanding pages for womxn artists from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Edit-a-thon will feature a talk by Dan Paz, Lecturer in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design.

Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided.

All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required!

Everyone is welcome. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants.

Dan Paz is an artist and educator who explores the labor of digital imaging production as a collaborative site where the intersections of the image-idea and lived experience are produced and contested. Through videos, photography, and sculptural projects that query the ability of documentary processes to be manipulated—to be multiplied and replicated, stopped and started, rewound and advanced—Dan works within the impossibilities of absolute replication to question the very ability of the image to truly represent.

Check the Facebook event page for updates.

When: Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm
Where: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building #132, 1915 NE Chelan Ln, Seattle, Washington 98105
Who: Everyone is welcome.
What to bring: A laptop and power cord. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affliated participants.

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Art+Feminism, Saturday, February 24th, 1-5pm

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Participants at the 2017 Art+Feminism event

Despite its wide reach, content on Wikipedia suffers from the bias of its editors: white, technically inclined, English-speaking men that live in developed, majority-Christian countries. This represents an Wikipedia is one of the most wide-reaching repositories of shared knowledge, yet a 2011 survey found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female, suggesting an alarming absence of voices. What and how information is shared is skewed by this gender disparity. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing a quarterly series of Edit-a-Thons to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of womxn artists.

This Edit-a-thon will focus on creating, editing, updating, and expanding pages for queer and womxn artists of color.

Snacks from POC owned local businesses, childcare, reference materials, and editing tutorials and assistance will be provided.

All you need to bring is your laptop, powercord and ideas for entries that need editing, updating, and/or creating. No previous Wikipedia experience required!

Check the Facebook event page for updates.

When: Saturday, February 24th, 1-5pm
Where: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building #132, 1915 NE Chelan Ln, Seattle, Washington 98105
Who: Everyone is welcome.
What to bring: A laptop and power cord. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affliated participants.

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2017 Seattle meetups

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2017 Seattle meetups

December annual meetinhereg

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Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16465588656,,2207426850# or +16699006833,,2207426850#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 220 742 6850
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=3xudWvlinee7Vr_PqzxT2J9udBzDNNJ_

The December meetup will be our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting and election of the Board of Directors. It will be in the Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library, 425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA, 98102. More detail TBA.

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Fall 2017 meetup

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October 11, 2017 @ Cafe Allegro

Seattle Wiknic, Sunday, July 16

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Proposed - see Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Wiknic/2017

Monthly meeting, Th June 22 6 pm

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Art+Feminism, Saturday, May 6, 1-5pm

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Despite its wide reach, content on Wikipedia suffers from the bias of its editors: white, technically inclined, English-speaking men that live in developed, majority-Christian countries. This represents an alarming absence of voices in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.

In an effort to change this, the Jake is organizing a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Saturday, May 6th, 1 - 5 pm. Our mission is to bring together diverse communities to participate in Wikipedia editing, and improve its coverage of queer people and women of color in the arts.

We will provide childcare, snacks, and tutorials for the beginner editor.

Bring your laptop, power-cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. No previous Wikipedia experience required!

Stay tuned to our Facebook page for updates.

What: Improving Wikipedia's coverage on queer and women artists of color
When: Saturday, May 6, 1-5pm
Where: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building #132, 1915 NE Chelan Ln, Seattle, Washington 98105
Who: People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate.
What to bring: A laptop and power cord. Access to UW wifi will be provided for non-UW affliated participants.

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Art+Feminism March 2017

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Art+Feminism Learn to Edit Pre-session @ UW

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  • When: Friday, March 3rd, 2017, from 12-2pm PT
  • Where: Research Commons, Allen Library South, Ground floor. University of Washington. Seattle, WA 98195

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon @ UW

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  • When: Saturday, March 4th, 2017, 9am-1pm PT
  • Where: Research Commons, Allen Library South, Ground floor. University of Washington. Seattle, WA 98195

The University of Washington Research Commons, Cascadia Wikimedians, iArts, & iQueeries will jointly host an Art+Feminism event in March at the Research Commons.

Join us for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism! Our focus is on improving Wikipedia's representation of North American Indigenous art, Indigenous womxn artists, and Indigenous feminism.

We will provide tutorials for beginner Wikipedians, childcare, refreshments, and live streaming for those unable to attend.

Cost is free! Anyone and everyone who wishes to attend this event is welcome. Bring your own laptops and power cords (guest access to UW WiFi will be available).

Editing as Activism, February 22-23, 2017, University of Washington-Bothell

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Black History Month: Editing as Activism Workshop and Edit-a-thon at University of Washington Bothell, Feb. 22-23, 2017

Part of the Wikipedia:Black WikiHistory Month series

Learn to Purposefully Edit Wikipedia

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Black History Month Edit-a-thon

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Wikipedia Day 16 - 2017, January 15, noon to 4pm

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Please join us in celebrating Wikipedia Day 2017! We will be in the University of Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 47°39′25″N 122°18′19″W / 47.6570676°N 122.3054000°W / 47.6570676; -122.3054000 (Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA).

The venue is near the University of Washington light rail station as well as a Metro bus stop at E Stevens Way NE & Pend Oreille Road NE.

Agenda
  • Potluck lunch at noon - bring food / beverages!
  • Bring computers to edit
  • Present something if you would like!
  • We plan to synch up with NYC's Wikipedia Day 2017 from 2:30 to 3:30pm.

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2016 Seattle meetups

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2016 Seattle meetups

December annual meeting, Saturday, December 17, 2pm

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The December meetup will be our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting and election of the Board of Directors. It will be in the University of Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 47°39′25″N 122°18′19″W / 47.6570676°N 122.3054000°W / 47.6570676; -122.3054000 (Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA). To join our video conference, please use this link https://zoom.us/j/2207426850

Agenda
  • Election of up to three board members
  • Financial report and budget plans
  • Plans for 2017
  • general discussion
Documents

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To join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android
https://zoom.us/j/2207426850

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November meetup, Tuesday, November 15, 6-8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above); should be upstairs this time, ask at counter if you don't know how to get there.

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October meetup, Thursday, October 20, 6:30-8:30pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above); should be upstairs this time, ask at counter if you don't know how to get there.

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Seattle Wiknic 2016

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The Great American Wiknic is an annual wiki-picnic held in cities across the United States on or around a common day every summer. The 2016 Seattle Wiknic will be on Saturday, July 16, 2016, 12pm to 3pm, at the Washington Park Arboretum.

Wikipedia data visualization - 10:00 am Friday, July 22nd 2016

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This is copied from mw:DataViz Seattle hackathon, posted and organized by Yurik -

What: Join us as we host a one-day informal hackathon in Seattle, Washington. The focus will be around using the Graph extension to create interactive graphs, charts, and maps for Wikipedia. Demonstrations of how this extension allows editors to create static and interactive visualizations can be found on MediaWiki.org. We will meet with the Vega team from the UW Interactive Data Lab to discuss how Vega should evolve.

When: 10:00 am on Friday, July 22nd 2016

Where: University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. We will meet in the Data Science Studio, on the 6th floor of the Physics and Astronomy Tower.

How: If you're interested, sign up!

Who: Yuri Astrakhan, Senior Software Engineer from the Discovery department at the Wikimedia Foundation, with the support of the University of Washington Interactive Data Lab and the UW eScience Institute.

Note: This is a day before the OpenStreetMap State of the Map US conference.

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Memorial Day 2016

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  • There will be a Wikimedians hike at Evans Creek Preserve (see www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/evans-creek-preserve. We meet at the *old* trailhead at 12 PM. Please bring cameras and/or tools suitable for taking notes (smartphone, tablet, or pencil and paper notepad). The reports are that there is plenty of wildlife. (You might want to bring bear spray just in case we encounter a bear.) The current weather forecast is for partial sun in the afternoon
  • There will likely be a break between the hike and the evening meeting.
  • At 6 PM, we will have our monthly meetup. We'll meet this time at the Redmond Town Center Starbucks. We can choose a place to eat after we all find each other. Agenda items include documenting the hike, upcoming GLAM and diversity conferences, WikiConference USA in San Diego, Wiknic planning, and a brief update about our 501(c)(3) and plans for the rest of 2016. There *may* be an announcement with news from WMF (I'm waiting to hear back follow up from an initial email.) There will likely be time for additional agenda items and open discussion.

Monthly meeting May 2, 2016, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above); should be upstairs this time, ask at counter if you don't know how to get there.

Agenda
  • Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, 2016
  • WikiConference USA 2016
  • Someone in Seattle should apply for Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp - travel probably funded
  • Outreach plans for the next several months
  • Wiki Loves Earth
  • WikiExpedition hike on Memorial Day weekend
  • Transit
  • QR codes
  • City of Seattle
  • QR codes
  • WikiAPA and other GLAM activities
  • Wiknic 2016

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  • I am glad Lane mentioned Boot Camp. I was going to mention this here or via email, too. I was able to attend this weekend activity back in 2013 and 1) found it to be very informational 2) met some fantastic, like-minded, enthusiastic Wikimedians, new and experienced, and 3) had a really great time. It would be great if someone else from Cascadia who is interested in collaborating with cultural institutions to attend this event. ---Another Believer (Talk) 22:39, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Monthly meeting Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above); should be upstairs this time, ask at counter if you don't know how to get there.

Agenda
  • Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, 2016
  • WikiCon 2016

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Monthly meeting Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above) in the back room.

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  • WikiCon 2016

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Monthly meeting Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above) in the back room.

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  • WikiCon 2016

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Wikipedia 15 anniversary celebration, January 16, 2016, 12:15pm to 5pm

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Wikipedia 15 meetup in Seattle, January 16, 2016

At UW in Communications 126 12:15 Potluck lunch 1:00 lightning talks and presentations

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Monthly meeting Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above) upstairs.

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2015 Seattle meetups

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2015 Seattle meetups

End-of-year party with Seattle TA3M and the Seattle Privacy Coalition, December 14, 2015

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Lightning talks and pizza. See the mailing list for details.

 
List of talks

Annual members' meeting and Board of Directors meeting, December 13, 2015

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The physical meeting will occur in Communications (CMU) room 126 at the University of Washington. There will be a Google Hangouts connection for remote attendance.

Agenda
  • Board election

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via telepresence

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Monthly meeting Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above), in the back room. Another group reserved the upstairs room.

Agenda
  • Planning for Wikipedia Day, 2016
    • Wikipedia Day Weekend Editathon series
  • WikiCon 2016

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  • SounderBruce: I'm attending the KCTS Ask the Governor event at UW that night (beginning at 7pm), so I can probably stay and chat for a little while.


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Monthly meeting Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above), in the back room. Another group reserved the upstairs room.

Note: changed to a day later than normal to accommodate attendees returning from WikiConference USA 2015.

Agenda
  • Reports on WikiConference USA 2015
  • Planning for Wikipedia Day, 2016
    • Wikipedia Day Weekend Editathon series
  • WikiCon 2016
  • Discussions with Doc James
  • Local GLAM engagement update (Seattle and Portland) including Art+Feminism
  • GLAM-Wiki US consortium
  • Moving our mail service due to cost considerations
  • Possible goals for UW expanded engagement
  • Wikipedia "game" "parties"?
  • Administrative workload sharing
  • Upcoming membership registrations and board elections
  • How to recruit more editors who stick, and/or do we try for popular events at GLAMs but have low goals for retention?
  • Seattle School District outreach
  • Website cosmetic update?

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WikiLab Logo, by Brother Benedict. Licensing: CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL

University of Washington Fall Quarter "Wikipedia Lab" series

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Starts October 5th. For more detail and to sign up, go here: Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/UWRCWikiLab

Date Theme Focus
10/5/2015 WikipediaLab: Women and the Sciences Women and Economics
10/12/2015 WikipediaLab: Women and the Sciences Women and Astronomy
10/19/2015 WikipediaLab: Women and the Sciences Women and Health Sciences
10/26/2015 WikipediaLab: Women and the Sciences Women and Technology
11/2/2015 WikipediaLab: Pacific Northwest Hawks & Huskies: Northwest Sports
11/9/2015 WikipediaLab: Pacific Northwest Native Americans in the Northwest
11/16/2015 WikipediaLab: Pacific Northwest The Port of Seattle as a Site of Labor
11/23/2015 WikipediaLab: Pacific Northwest Water, Ecology & Sustainability
11/30/2015 WikipediaLab: Pacific Northwest Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Economy of the Pacific Northwest

September Seattle Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon

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We created at least six articles and edited at least one additional article at this editathon:

  1. Kaili Chun
  2. Eva Fong Chang
  3. George Chann
  4. Harry K. Shigeta
  5. Midori Kono Thiel
  6. Toshio Aoki
  7. Yoong Bae

Monthly meeting Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above), in upstairs room.

Agenda
  • Discussion with WMF employee Brion Vibber, including prep work for WebM VP9 support (links to follow)
  • Preview of video celebrating 5 million edits to ENWP
  • Discussion with Brion about using Quarry to get stats for media files
  • Request for feedback
  • Used camera and lens show & tell (Sony Alpha 5000 with 16-50mm lens); hopefully an acquisition for Cascadia Wikimedians that can be loaned out (plus a memory card), pending CWUG Board approval and grant funding from WMDC or WMF. Good attributes: pocketable, ease of use, performance per dollar, low cost, reasonable performance even in low light, NFC, and Wifi. Problem: nonfunctional flash, although it may be repairable.
  • Fall 2015 events
  • UW and Cascadia Wikimedians events for fall 2015
  • September 17th Wikipedia APA edit-a-thon (see below)


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Monthly meeting August 11, 2015, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above), in upstairs room.

Agenda
  • Videography (see Discussion at bottom)
  • Wikimania 2015 report
  • Fall 2015 events
  • UW and Cascadia Wikimedians events for fall 2015
  • Wikipedia Day 2016-01-15. Peaceray is suggesting these candidate dates in Cascadia:
    • Vancouver, Saturday, 16 Jan
    • Seattle, Sunday, 17 Jan
    • Portland, Monday, 18 Jan, Martin Luther King Day (Another Believer agrees with latter)
  • Discussion of multimedia and other technical subjects with Brion
  • (optional) Report on meetings with Wiki Community Ireland

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Looking forward to it, and maybe over Thai noodles, you can explain what Nathan Fillion was doing in a Kirkland tavern. Say 5:15? — Brianhe (talk) 19:30, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion

There has been a lot of talk in the Wikipedia community about producing more video. I have a friend in Seattle who is a videographer and amateur filmmaker. She is planning to attend this meetup and bring her camera. Could one of you, any of you, all of you be prepared to give a short presentation on anything Wikipedia related so that she can record you? I am floating the idea that a videographer would be useful to have at Wikipedia events, both to capture presentations by scheduled speakers and also to give any Wikipedian the opportunity to present in a video. If anyone would be willing to be recorded then I would appreciate it. Perhaps plan to speak for 3 minutes explaining any Wikipedia topic when you are in a corner of Allegro and the camera is stationary on you. In the longer term, I am hoping that there can be assistance in helping Wikipedians film video with slidesets, as here. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:44, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 27, 2015 Meetup to revitalize & prioritize WikiProject Seattle, 6pm to 9pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above), in upstairs room. Please see WikiProject Seattle.


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  • PraetorianFury (talk) I can't make anything on a weekday. I'm in Olympia, it's an hour and a half away without traffic and leaving at 5 would hit the worst of it dead center...

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Wiknic! Sunday, July 5

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The Great American Wiknic is an annual wiki-picnic held in cities across the United States on or around a common day every summer. The 2015 Seattle Wiknic will be on Sunday, July 5, 2015, 12pm to 3pm, at the Washington Park Arboretum.

Board business meeting, June 26 at Starbucks in "The Lodge" portion of Bellevue Square at 6:30pm

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May be at tables just upstairs from Starbucks by door to parking garage

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Agenda

Programs
  • Seattle Wiknic 2015
  • Possibility of a joint State of the Map U.S. / WikiConference USA + SeaGL in the Seattle area for 2016
  • Friends of the Ballard Locks collaboration & visiting the Locks
  • UW collaboration
  • OHSU collaboration
  • Anything in BC?
  • WikiConference USA likely to be Friday 9 October - Sunday 11 October in Washington DC. Monday is Columbus Day. Travel scholarships will be available. Cascadia Wikipedians are invited to participate.
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  • Programs
  • CascadiaNow!'s Rainingman festival over Labor Day weekend
  • Other potential joint programs and partnerships
  • Finance and administration
Wikimedia Conference 2015
  • Wikimedia Conference brief overview of Signpost report, discussion of takeaways for us
Finance, administration, and legal
  • Ratification of Cascadia.wiki account policy, to be done by Another Believer
  • WMDC grant report & status
  • 501(c)(3)
  • Credit card (important to keep business expenses contained inside of the org where possible, rather than billed to board members and reimbursed later)
  • Bylaw updates (modification: email consent; otherwise update per original agreement from earlier this year)
  • Withdrawal of annual plan?
  • Temporary withdrawal of background checks
  • See other comments from Alex
  • External funding with WA, OR, and or BC fundraising licenses (in WA, "charity" status)
  • 501(c)(3) benefits: easier to attract funding and in-kind support
  • VisualEditor training, including possible WMDC grant application
  • Any other updates from Brianhe
  • Any other updates from Peaceray
  • Any other updates from Pine
  • Budget for the remainder of this year:
  • Calendar of programs
  • New PEG request?
  • New WMDC request?
  • External funding?
  • Interim funding

Monthly meeting Monday, May 25 at Cafe Allegro, 6pm to 8pm

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Upstairs!

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UW Library Special Collections edit-a-thon, 4-25-2015, 10:30am-04:00pm

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Go here for more info & to sign up.

Privacy and security themed editathon with Seattle TA3M at the Montlake Library, 4-19-2015, 1pm to 4:45pm

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Go here for more info & to sign up.

Spring 2015 UW Community Data Science Workshops - register by April 3rd!

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Hi Cascadians! There will be another set of Community Data Science Workshops at UW starting on April 10th. Details here. Apply by April 3rd for best consideration. The series consists of one Friday evening and three saturday sessions. It is free and open to the public, and lunch is included! You don't need to know anything about programming or data science to participate. If you do already know a little Python, please consider registering as a mentor—these workshops require a lot of individual mentorship to work, and it's a lot of fun (and you might still learn something!). Ping me if you have any questions. Also: could someone post this annoucement to Cascadia.wiki? I don't have an account there yet. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 21:47, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will work on posting it to Cascadia.wiki. Peaceray (talk) 22:06, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eastside meetup March 24, 2015, 6-9 PM

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Trying a new thing ... there will be an Eastside meeting on March 24 at the Bellevue KCLS Library, room 4, 6 to 9 PM. If we get decent attendance we make this an ongoing thing and try to make it between the regular Seattle meetups.

Directions and information

Agenda
  • Business discussions (hopefully these will be brief):
    • Washington State Secretary of State registration documents (and accompanying celebration)
    • New bank account
    • Annual plan updates/feedback
  • Content agenda:
    • Creation of video about how to use VisualEditor, inspired by our upcoming workshop at UW and feedback from the last workshop
    • General editing
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  • Oh, bummer - I had wanted, after many years, to attend a meetup again, and when I just checked it out, I was so happy to see it's on the Eastside, and at a time that would be very convenient for me - but just that day I have an extraordinary commitment. — Sebastian 00:32, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we will count you as a vote in favor of continuing Eastside events. — Brianhe (talk) 01:31, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Monthly meeting March 10, 2015, 6pm to 8pm, at The Den Coffeehouse in Bothell

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The Den Coffeehouse in Bothell.
Find it on a map: 47°45′37″N 122°12′01″W / 47.76035°N 122.2002564°W / 47.76035; -122.2002564 (The Den Coffeehouse)

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Editing Workshop: Learn to Contribute to Wikipedia! on February 13, 2015, 2 PM to 4 PM

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Sign up at Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Editing workshop 2-13-2015

Wikipedia Editing Facilitation Training Workshop on February 13, 2015, 6 PM to 8 PM

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Sign up at Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Facilitation Training Workshop 2-13-2015

Feminism+Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, February 14, 2015, from 9:30am - 1:30pm

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University of Washington at Seattle Research Commons, details at ilovetoyouedit.wordpress.com/about-the-event/. Scheduled before WikiWomen's History Month due to scheduling logistics.

Sign up at Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Art+Feminism (February 2015)

Monthly meeting February 10, 2015, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above). This day is "Safer Internet Day"..

Agenda
Probably attending
Maybe attending
Probably not attending

Cascadia board meeting, January 27 2015, from 6pm to 9pm

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As announced on lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia, the next Cascadia Wikimedians User Group board meeting will be at the Mercer Island Library. If you plan to attend remotely, please note that.

Agenda (remaining business from last meeting)
Founding board members with voting responsibilities: AnotherBeliever, Brianhe, Peaceray, Pine, Mako, and Ragesoss.
  • Goals, budget and calendar. We can submit supplemental budget requests in May or later. We can also submit requests to WMDC for smaller items.
  • Strategic goals complete
  • 2015 calendar of projects and events
  • Added development of award scoring to the tasks for the Program Committee
  • 2015 goals
  • Changes to align with WMF Global Metrics
  • 2015 expenditures (almost complete)
  • Added budget line with $0 for dependent care expenses at events. We can take funds from the reserve and/or request supplemental funds if we decide to sponsor events where dependent care will be provided. We currently have no firm plans to do so, which is why the budget is currently $0.
  • Added $30 fee from Secretary of State for nonprofit corporation registration. This appears to be separate from and addition to the Department of Revenue business license cost.
  • Added Google Apps subscription fees. Once we become eligible for Google for Nonprofits, the apps subscriptions will be free.
  • 2015 income, may be adjusted if WMDC approves a grant request
  • 2015 2nd half stretch goals
  • Chair of the Board, Vice Chair of the Board, President, Secretary, and Treasurer
  • Board Committee assignments
Probably attending

Monthly meeting (and board meeting) January 13, 2015, 6pm to 10pm

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At University of Washington Seattle Campus, in Communications 321.

Agenda
  • Feminism+Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, Saturday, Feb. 14 from 9:30am - 1:30pm in UW Research Commons, details at www.ilovetoyouedit.wordpress.com
  • To discuss: A facilitator to come from Washington DC User Group to conduct an edit-a-thon training on the evening of Feb. 13 and/or to schedule a facilitator to come later in the spring.
Founding board members with voting responsibilities: AnotherBeliever, Brianhe, Peaceray, Pine, Mako, and Ragesoss.
  • Strategic goals
  • Board resolution to set annual dues
  • Goals, budget and calendar. We can submit supplemental budget requests in May or later. We can also submit requests to WMDC for smaller items.
  • Bylaws draft.
  • Appointments by the Board
  • Executive positions
  • Governance positions
  • Board Committee assignments
Notes
  • To accommodate board members who are away from Seattle on that date, Mako has graciously agreed to provide us with access to the Internet via UW so that we can video conference.
  • For non-board members: there won't be confidential business at this meeting, so everyone is welcome to attend. Although only Board votes will be counted, your good-faith comments and questions are welcome.
  • If any board members cannot make that date and time, please let us know. Google Hangout available so that people can attend remotely. If you plan to attend via phone or Google Hangout, please let us know here.
Attendees
 
Cascadia Wikimedians User Group board meeting 2015-01-13
Large picture: Bluerasberry—Inset: (left to right) Another Believer, Peaceray*, Ragesoss (Sage), Brianhe*, Pine*
*Attended in person at University of Washington, Seattle
  1. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 23:04, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2. - Peaceray (talk) 07:34, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:46, 5 January 2015 (UTC) (remotely)[reply]
  4. I will be attending by video. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:59, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Tentative. I'll be there by video if I'm available. I'll be in San Francisco for a rather work week.--ragesoss (talk) 22:39, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. --Pine 20:05, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Brianhe (talk) 21:35, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. I'd love to attend by video. --Mssemantics (talk) 18:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. I'll be there for the first half, will let folks in the room, and can assist with facilitating Google Hangout if need be. Shameran81 (talk) 18:45, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Md gilbert (talk) 01:04, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Question

Are these Seattle meetup pages archived? If not, they probably should, especially if they are related to the Cascadia user group. I know we will discuss the website this evening, but I wonder if we might also want to have a designated page here at English Wikipedia for Cascadia-related notes, meetups, activities, etc. Of course, already have the Meta-Wiki page, so that may be overkill. I imagine most of our activities will take place here, though. ---Another Believer (Talk) 20:00, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


2014 Seattle meetups

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2014 Seattle meetups

Monthly meeting December 2014

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The December 2014 meetup is a joint holiday event with Seattle TA3M and the Seattle Privacy Coalition. It will feature lightning talks and an extended discussion of Wikimedia's interoperability with Tor. Information is available on the Cascadia Wikimedians public mailing list.

Event report
  • The signup spreadsheet had 30 unique registrations after removing one person who backed out and two duplicate entries, and I counted about 30 people present at the event.
  • Affiliations noted on the signup spreadsheet include TA3M Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, the University of Washington, Seattle Privacy Coalition, and SURF Incubator.
  • We had six speakers. The presentations were about the following subjects:
  1. Overview of Surf Incubator
  2. Firmware manifesto to OEMs
  3. Privacy and Wikipedia Zero
  4. Ricochet instant messaging software
  5. Lightning photography with free software
  6. Overview of the Seattle Privacy Coalition
  • We had a roundtable discussion about editing Wikipedia through Tor and open proxies.
  • We had more pizza than we needed (:
  • Anecdotal reports are that the venue was good, the food was good, the presentations were good, and the networking was good.
  • The suggestion has been made that we hold a similar event in December of next year.

Report by --Pine 00:42, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2014

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Community Data Science Workshops

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As we discussed at last week's meeting, Mako, Frances Hocutt and I are organizing a series of free, public workshops that use Wikimedia data to teach people programming and data science skills. The first sessions are on November 7th and 8th. Go here for more information and to register, and contact Mako or me if you'd like to volunteer/mentor! Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 18:40, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Monthly meeting October 14, 2014, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

Agenda

Probably attending

Maybe attending


Probably not attending

Monthly meeting September 9, 2014, 6pm to 8pm

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At Café Allegro (see Directions above)

Agenda

attending

regrets

Monthly meeting Sunday, August 17 at Cafe Allegro, 6pm to 8pm

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Probably will attend

Benjamin Mako Hill and all, I'm in a traffic backup that I hope will clear any minute. --Pine 00:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May attend

Probably will not attend

Agenda

  • Meet and greet
  • Discussion of IEG research projects by Mssemantics and Libcub
  • Discussion of Wikimedia Cascadia

Wiknik! Sunday, July 6

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Archived at Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/Wiknic/2014

Monthly meeting Thursday, June 12 at Cafe Allegro, 6pm to 8pm

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Mssemantics and I showed up. We walked around several times, but didn't see anyone who looked like they were there for the meetup. We stayed till 6:30p. Hope to see you all next month! Libcub (talk) 02:38, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mssemantics and Libcub, sorry, as I said in my email to Mssemantics I was stuck, stuck, stuck in traffic. I got here around 7. I think that traffic affected at least one other person who planned to attend, and someone else had something come up. Private discussion sent via email to Mssemantics, feel free to share with Libcub. --Pine 02:49, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RSVP

Agenda

  • Meet and greet
  • Discussion of IEG research projects by Mssemantics and Libcub
  • Discussion of Wikimedia Cascadia
  • Invitations to TA3M and other groups
  • Location and timing

Monday, May 19, 2014 meeting

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We will meet at 6 PM at Black Coffee Coop, 501 E. Pine St; Seattle, WA 98122. The meeting is open to the public. At 7 PM we will join the Techno Activism 3rd Monday (TA3M) meeting in the same coffee shop. We are inviting TA3M members to come early to participate in the Wikimedia portion.

RSVP

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--Pine 06:50, 13 May 2014 (UTC) and others have confirmed via email[reply]

Ima be there - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 15:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Community Data Science Workshops

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I'm helping Benjamin_Mako_Hill with a series of programming workshops at UW, focused on learning how to use data science tools & methods to explore large public datasets. Because we are who we are, we'll be working with a lot of Wikipedia data. The workshops will take place on three saturdays between April and May. Participation is free and open to the public. You don't have to have any experience with programming, science, etc. to participate—that's kind of the point, in fact. Signup instructions are on the website! Ping me or Mako if you have questions. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 18:38, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiconference USA 2014

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Please come if you can!

Hello! In New York City Friday 30 May - Sunday 1 June Wikiconference USA will be held as a national United States Wikipedia meetup hosted by Wikimedia New York City and Wikimedia DC. All are welcome to attend. Scholarship applications to cover travel expenses are accepted until the end of March and presentation submissions are requested until that time but can be accepted until closer to the conference.

In previous years New York City conferences have gathered 150 attendees. At this conference we are hoping for more people to attend.

It would be nice if participants and supporters of the Seattle meetup could attend. Anyone with questions may contact me or any of the other organizers, or post on the conference website. Blue Rasberry (talk) 22:02, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Archive of past meetings

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April 8, 2014 at 6pm

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Please note the change of date and time. Sign if you're planning to come. Thanks!

--Pine 07:36, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 23:33, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

February and March 2014

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No meetings

January 11, 2014

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Change for this month to accommodate people's availabilities: This month we'll meet at the University of Washington HUB Pagliacci Pizza on January 11 at 6 PM for dinner and conversation. (Bring or buy your own food.) Please sign up below with four tildes (~~~~)). There may also be a second meeting later in the month with Wikimedia visitors from outside our area.


2013 Seattle meetups

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2013 Seattle meetups

December 10, 2013

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An ad hoc meeting in Kirkland, Washington was set up off-wiki. — Brianhe (talk) 16:38, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

November 12, 2013

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Monthly meeting at Cafe Allegro, 7–8 PM. Please sign up below with four tildes (~~~~))

Regrets

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Wikimedia Research & Data Hackathon, November 9th, 2013

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Hi all! First off, it was great to meet you today and/or see you again. I'm thrilled that my first Seattle Meetup was so well-attended and interesting.

I mentioned during the event that I'm coordinating the Seattle Research & Data Hackathon on Saturday, November 9th. This inaugural research hackathon will be a relatively informal event: there's a broad proposed agenda here, but we can really make the day whatever we want. Probably topics of conversation/collaboration include:

  • research tools and datasets (and how to use them)
  • burning research questions (and how to ask and answer them)
  • ongoing research projects (and how to get involved)
  • new research projects (...you get the idea).

The hackathon is for both interested local Wikipedians and students and researchers from UW. The event will be held semi-concurrently with other hackathons in Minnesota, San Francisco, the UK, and elsewhere, hosted by WMF researchers and Wikipedians from around the world. There will be open IRC channels and Google Hangouts throughout the day so that we can share ideas and even collaborate with the other sites and with Wikipedians who don't have a hackathon in their area.

Afterwards, I'd be happy to re-convene somewhere on the Ave for food and drink. Please sign up, spread the word, and let me know if you have any questions!

I look forward to seeing you at next months' meetup if not sooner. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 05:24, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just posted a bunch more information about the hackathon next Saturday here. Hope to see you there! Ping me if you have any questions. Cheers, - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 03:56, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

October 8, 2013

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Ada Lovelace Day and Wikipedia Loves Libraries October 12 or 13

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Ada Lovelace Day will be commemorated on October 12-13 at Seattle InfoCamp at the University of Washington. This will also be the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries event for Open Access Week This conference will include an editathon in which people contribute to articles on women scientists.

See Seattle InfoCamp. Please post on the talk page or write to user:bluerasberry if you would like a scholarship to cover the entrance cost to this conference.

September 9 2013

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If anyone else is here at the Allegro for the meetup: I'm in the "GS8" t-shirt, at a table near the center of the main room, come join me. - Jmabel | Talk 02:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Special event - Open Science Hackathon at HUB near Smith Tower 7 August 2013

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The HUB Seattle is hosting an open science hackathon on Wednesday 7 August at 5:45. No science background required! This group is seeking to become more wiki-oriented. See details at

Tuesday 14 May 2013

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This month's regular meeting will be at Café Allegro at 7pm. The first person to arrive, please post where you're sitting if Allegro's wi-fi is working.

Planning to attend:

  1. Dennis Bratland (talk) 13:50, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Jmabel | Talk 19:09, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Your name here! Sign with ~~~~ (four tildes) to automatically insert your name.

Regrets:

Tuesday 2 April 2013

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Planning to attend:

Regrets:

Tuesday 5 March 2013

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This month's regular meeting will be at the usual place and time - Café Allegro at 7pm. Planning to attend:

Regrets:

  • sign here with ~~~~

Disorganization:

Well, I was at Allegro. They said whoever had the upstairs reserved had cancelled. I went up anyway and there was a hip-hop group, who said they had the room reserved. If there are Wikipedians here, damn if I know who they are/were. What a waste of time. Yworo (talk) 03:26, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to hear - I think Dennis was probably the guy singing hip-hop. Anyway, I messaged you on your talk page. Let's talk about Seattle Wikipedia stuff some time. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:33, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I did finally connect with them shortly before the meeting broke up. They weren't upstairs and weren't obviously all on Wikipedia, so I didn't know how to identify them. Yworo (talk) 22:54, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]


2012 Seattle meetups

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2012 Seattle meetups

Tuesday 6 December 2011

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Tour of Wikipedia! Wikipedia does many things. At this meeting we will take a tour of many of the work areas on Wikipedia and assess interest for future meetings.

Planning to attend:

Regrets:

Meeting summary - We toured the site with new users and reviewed each others' work. We talked about how to get access to copyrighted journal articles by using community resources such as libraries.

The 2012 Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Seattle is planned. It's Dec 8th 10am-3pm at Seattle Public Library, and we'd love to have you there, and hear your ideas about what to edit. Maximilianklein (talk) 23:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tuesday 25 October

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Past meetings in Seattle are posted at WP:meetup/Seattle.

7 people attended! See above link for details.

2012 Seattle Wiknic

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The second annual Seattle Wiknic was on Sunday June 24th, 2012 at Golden Gardens Park in Ballard, 12:00 to 3:00 PM. Details are here.


Pre-2012 Seattle meetups

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Pre-2012 Seattle meetups

Tuesday 6 December 2011

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Tour of Wikipedia! Wikipedia does many things. At this meeting we will take a tour of many of the work areas on Wikipedia and assess interest for future meetings.

Planning to attend:

Regrets:

Meeting summary - We toured the site with new users and reviewed each others' work. We talked about how to get access to copyrighted journal articles by using community resources such as libraries.

Wikipedia Loves Libraries - October 2011

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Wikipedia:Meetup/seattleWLL

Tuesday October 25, 7-9pm Allegro Coffee in University District

A Google map of Allegro Coffee is here.

Wikipedia is encouraging local communities to organize Wikipedia Loves Libraries events this October. The primary topic for discussion is creating or improving the Wikipedia articles about local library resources so that researchers can use Wikipedia as a tool by means through which they can find reference materials.

Seventh meetup

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Saturday, June 25, 2011 - Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle7

You ought to be outside picnicking anyway, so why not go to a place with other Wikipedians doing the same thing? Wikipedia is promoting June 25 as an international Wikipedia picnic day, the Wikipedia:Wiknic!

Reddit, another popular information website, has an active Seattle community which was already organizing a picnic at Golden Gardens Park on this day. Their organizers have asked Wikipedians to join in and share common interests in information sharing, the beach, and barbecue.

The link to the Reddit picnic can be found here. Please join!

Sixth meetup

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Sessions: April 8 and April 18, 2009 See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle6 for a more detailed account of this meetup.

Note that this is to gather Wikipedians, but not in the traditional style of a meetup. Our research group, from the University of Washington (Seattle campus), is looking for user input to help design an application that will eventually be released to the Wikipedia community. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle6 for more information.

Fifth meetup

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tentative: June 19, 2008 See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle5 for a more detailed account of this meetup.

Still in the planning phases. Some researchers at the University of Washington have expressed interest in helping organize this meetup.

Fourth meetup

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September 9, 2006. See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle4 for a more detailed account of this meetup.

Topics of conversation included:

Third meetup

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14 January 2006 See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle3 for a more detailed account of this meetup.

Topics of conversation included:

Second meetup

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15 January 2005 See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle2 for a more detailed account of this meetup.

Topics of conversation included:

  • Wikipedia Signpost, Wikipedia's new internal newspaper, started by Michael Snow.
  • SeattleWiki [1], started by Matiasp.
  • Possible contact with small, local history museums; DanKeshet and Jmabel followed up to the point of writing Wikipedia:Museum projects, though there has not yet been systematic outreach.
  • Whether some (maybe 1%?) of articles are either sufficiently controversial or sufficient "vandal magnets" that our normal, open way of free-for-all editing may just not work for these; suggestion of starting dialogue on alternatives. Jmabel will probably try to start discussion on this.
  • Larry Sanger's recent criticisms of Wikipedia, and the issues of elitism/anti-elitism
  • ... and we pretty much all seem to think Seattle is ready to be a featured article.

First meetup

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6 November 2004 See Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle1 for a more detailed account of this meetup.

The first Seattle Meetup took place Saturday, 6 November 2004 at the Seattle Central Library and was a great success. Decumanus says it was "fantastic". Participants came from a geographic area ranging from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Topics of discussion included:

  • How to get librarians to understand Wikipedia so they might consider it worthy of being an authorative source. (Within days after the meeting, this led to a pretty good start on a document at Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia.)
  • Licensing issues
  • Possible software changes that might allow POV-type overlays
  • Wikipedia war stories about POV warriors, trolls, etc.
  • BryceHarrington regaled us with tales of the wild and wooly early days of GNUPedia and Nupedia, and how he made the leap to Wikipedia.
  • User:Jwrosenzweig earned our sympathy with his stories about being on the arbitration committee, a thankless task for which none of us seemed to envy him.
  • We came to a quasi-agreement, mostly through a nodding of heads, that a system of committees that might judge the worthiness of questionable content (rather than just violation of Wikipedia rules per se), might save everyone lots of pain and heartache. As of November 12, however, no one has begun fleshing this into a concrete proposal.

After initially gathering at the coffee cart we moved to the 10th floor, under the slanted roof designed by Rem Koolhaas We also tried our hands at Michael Snow's Wikipedia quiz.

At six o'clock most of us adjourned to have dinner in Seattle's International District, at a Chinese restaurant, Hing Loon.