Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 11


 * Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2010
 * Time: 15:00 (3pm) PST.
 * Location: Wikimedia Foundation Offices (149 New Montgomery, San Francisco)
 * Yay! We're going to terrorize the new WMF offices! -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By "terrorize", you, of course, mean "admire the shiny-ness of...", right? Right.  /me makes a note to steer ShakataGaNai away from his desk....  :-P   Philippe Beaudette, Facilitator, Strategy Project (talk) 00:54, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Attendees
Please add your name if you plan to come
 * -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * -- phoebe / (talk to me) 01:31, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * -- w L &lt;speak&middot;check&gt; 01:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * - Philippe 05:21, 16 January 2010 (UTC).   Sorry, there's a Board Meeting that day, and I may be occupied. :(  Looks like I'll be able to make it after all, Board meeting permitting.
 * Dragons flight (talk) 15:46, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * guillom 20:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delirium (talk) 18:52, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ProveIt I'll be there... -- Prove It (talk) 23:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Stephen LaPorte (talk) 01:55, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Sabahat Ashraf "iFaqeer" (talk) 05:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC) Will try to make it.
 * Stu (talk) 05:59, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Malpern (talk) 03:42, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The editor apparently known as 99.56.138.51 (talk) 17:27, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Pete Forsyth (WMF) (talk)
 * Shuhari (Naoko Komura) (talk) 17:32, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * James Owen (talk) 17:40, 2 February 2010 (UTC) Will attend after the WMF Board of Trustees Meeting Concludes
 * Cam Vilay (talk)
 * girl2k (talk)--Girl2k (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * user:Lucadealfaro
 * babbage (talk) 23:40, 2 February 2010 (UTC) ☺☻☺☻
 * Az1568 (talk) 02:45, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Eekim (talk) 23:07, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * EugeneZelenko (talk) 04:10, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * brion (talk) 18:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Eloquence* 19:09, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Edward (talk) 17:42, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Me too! --66.159.230.95 (talk) 19:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Newell Post (talk) 21:53, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Agenda

 * Socialize until everyone arrives
 * 3:05pm: Introductions
 * Announcements
 * upload interface usability CFP
 * EFF benefit Wed 10 Feb 8pm DNA Lounge, $30 suggested donation
 * Planning Meetup/San Francisco 12
 * recruiting more meetup members
 * People will signup to "run" one meeting.
 * Only 9 months remaining
 * Can be anywhere (Even Vallejo)
 * Can be any activity you think Wikimedians would enjoy
 * Brainstorm other place we'd like to go
 * Samovar in the Yerba Buena gardens seemed to work well, though it's not cheap
 * Maybe if we all behave really well we'll be allowed to use the office again
 * other locations have been proposed
 * Planning for Maker Faire 2010
 * What is Maker Faire?
 * Last years results
 * Almost no one edits, need to do something different.
 * IRC Recent Changes/Commons pictures always big hit
 * Recent changes on an LED wall display? (e.g. )
 * Will Foundation sponsor if they can mount it in their lobby after the Faire?
 * 'Phosphor' xscreensaver url feed on lcd panels?
 * This years activities?
 * People go to Maker Faire to "Do Stuff"
 * Games
 * Reliable source criteria quiz game?
 * Donations!
 * How can we best help Haiti? http://haiti.com ?
 * Q&A for Foundation officials [if time, may be informal]
 * 4:00pm: Planning for possible Bay Area Wikimania 2011 (or 2012) bid
 * 5mn introduction to Wikimania by Phoebe
 * Bid process
 * What's going on
 * What people expect
 * Requirements and criteria
 * Locations
 * Meetup/San Francisco/Wikimania (UCSC)
 * Quote received from U.C. Berkeley
 * Wikimania 2011/Bids/Stanford (Stanford; no quote by promised date)
 * Added placeholder for SF. UCSF?
 * 2011 or 2012?
 * Phoebe's checklist -- Can we divide responsibilities?
 * 4:20pm: Wrap up, socialize. Meet the board?
 * 4:30pm: leave for drinking/food/escapades/escaping/etc.
 * informal gathering at a local bar & eatery

Results

 * Future Meetups:
 * 12 - March - Micah Alpern-Malpern - Maker Faire Marketing
 * 13 - April - James Salsman - Angel Island
 * May - Maker Faire
 * (Maybe) 14 - June - ShakataGaNai - USS Hornet
 * 17 - September - Lucadealfaro - Google?
 * November -- "Wiki Conference West" -- see below
 * We still need July, August, October, December (Assuming Nov is WCW)
 * Maker Faire
 * INTERACTIVE is the word of the day
 * Hopefully contact O'Reilly to get a double wide/better space
 * Games are important
 * Guess the WP language
 * Wiktionary tie definition game?
 * Touch screens would be AMAZINGLY useful
 * Be "other project"-centric
 * Wandering Commons photographers with Eye-Fi cards
 * Present live images from the cards, upload to commons
 * Have the ability to give short URLs?
 * Have small macro object booth
 * Present images live, upload to commons
 * Photo scavenger hunt/bingo
 * Scout Friday night and make something up?
 * Contact groups going to be there in advance and work something out?
 * Place "Q" Cards about. Little cards w/ logo and code to take pictures of
 * "Make" stuff before hand (?)
 * Marketing Materials:
 * posters
 * leaflets
 * 1-2page brochures
 * Maker Faire specific
 * booth setup
 * Visualizations
 * Digital
 * Analog (Posters)
 * Computer Displays
 * Trading Card Game
 * Schedule Talks/Presentations/Howto's
 * Get a whiteboard to use
 * 15 minutes, tops
 * "Why it's cool" from the other projects
 * How to edit, and get someone from the audience to do so
 * How to upload on commons, get audience to do it
 * Give away more valuable swag for people that actually edit (T-shirts?)
 * Swag?
 * Stickers
 * Mini-Commons!!!
 * Tshirts
 * Books (sell?)
 * Volunteers Saturday & Sunday
 * 3 hour shifts
 * At least 2 people
 * 1 extra commons photog separate
 * One or two peoples help on Friday depending on complexity
 * Visualizations
 * RC Always Popular
 * Commons featured pictures
 * Wandering commons photog uploads
 * LED RC?
 * What can we build/do that the office can put up?
 * How can we present the other projects?
 * Donation jar for the loose change/cash that isn't "tacky" (Point of contention from years past)
 * What about just "selling" symbolic items like t-shirts for donation prices? ($10 donation comes with a sticker, or something)
 * Wikimania SF
 * Bid for 2012
 * Research now is still useful
 * Look at old bids, keep an eye on this years bids
 * If Montreal gets 2011, might be difficult to get 2012
 * Sponsorship will be important
 * Expect up to 1000 people
 * Find out how many people have gone each year
 * WikiConfrence West
 * Expect 100-200 people
 * Unconference
 * See if we can get one serious (scheduled) talk/demo from each project
 * Usability project presentation
 * Fall of 2010 - Early November
 * Use as launching point for Wikimania 2012 bid
 * Set date soon.
 * Get a few people willing to "lead" the project
 * Booze!
 * Mailing List URL: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
 * Pictures! Commons:Category:SF Meetup 11