Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore 7

The seventh Singapore Wikipedia meetup took place on the 31st of October 2012, at the Singapore hackerspace.

Confirmed participants

 * Please add a hex (#) and sign your name here with four tildes (like this: ~ ) if you wish to attend.


 * 1) Visiting from the Philippines. Hope I'm welcome to meet Singapore Wikipedians while I'm around (October 19-22 and 30-31)! :) --Sky Harbor (talk) 10:28, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Should be able to attend. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 15:44, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I plan to go — Francis Bond (talk) 01:16, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 13:30, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) coming! InfernoXV (talk) 17:42, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) User:Ordinary Person

Plan for the event
Sky Harbor from the Philippines would like to attend and has indicated the dates when he (she?) is free. What about Tuesday, 30 October? — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 10:54, 4 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm a he, and I'm arriving in Changi from Jakarta on the 30th at 7:00 pm. I can either catch up somewhere, or we can meet either on the 20th, 21st, 22nd or 31st. :) --Sky Harbor (talk) 12:03, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, 31 October, is OK for me too. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 12:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Shall we all go in costume for Halloween? :P --Sky Harbor (talk) 14:51, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Errr ... — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 15:44, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't worry: I wasn't being serious. ;) --Sky Harbor (talk) 22:52, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No, I didn't think you were! — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 08:52, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Is the date locked in? There are 100s of people to be invited.. ;-) John Vandenberg (chat) 23:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Just heard from Francis Bond. He may propose another date as 31 October is not good for him, apparently. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 06:31, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually 31st is now OK --- I am checking the availability of hackerspace (which looks ok, but hasn't been confirmed yet). Francis Bond (talk) 01:12, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, good to hear that. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 07:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, the 31st is confirmed at the Hackerspace so the date and time are locked in. Please invite 100s of people and someone suggest an agenda.  Francis Bond (talk) 09:12, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Great . I'll send out the invites tomorrow morning (I am training someone how to use mw:Manual:pywikipedia). Last time I notified 152 enwp people, five zhwp people, four idwp people, four frwp people, two mswp people, one jawp person = 169 people. Category:Wikipedians in Singapore now has 175 distinct members, so there has been growth ;-)
 * Last time the invite message was "Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup next Tuesday evening (4 September). Details and an attendee list are at Meetup/Singapore 6. Hope to see you there! John Vandenberg xx:xx, xx August 2012 (UTC)" Obviously this needs to change as I wont be there this time.  Let me know what you want the message to be. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:00, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Whoops. I forgot about these five or six. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:26, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

You can also organise a WP:GEONOTICE to inform everyone who checks their watchlist while they are in Singapore. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:03, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * How about something like "Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup on Wednesday the 31st of October. Details and an attendee list are at Meetup/Singapore 7. Hope you can make it." You can sing it as you or me, whichever you think is more appropriate: you are sending the message, I am hosting the meeting. Francis Bond (talk) 14:37, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I sent out 172 enwp invites to people who are in Category:Wikipedians in Singapore.. John Vandenberg (chat) 12:57, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * And another 36 enwp invite for people who arnt in Category:Wikipedians in Singapore (yet?). John Vandenberg (chat) 14:28, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I'd like to advise meetup attendees that my flight back to Manila is at 12:45 am on November 1. I will gladly check in online beforehand, but my presence is essentially dependent on the time that I have to be at the airport. I am amicable to meeting attendees a little earlier too if they like, but I think I won't be able to stay longer than 10:30 pm since I have to factor in transit times between Bugis and Changi Airport. But still, I hope for a successful meetup regardless. :) --<b style="color:#0066ff;">Sky Harbor</b> (<b style="color:#0066ff;">talk</b>) 09:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. Don't think we'll need to have that long a meet-up, anyway. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 14:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

I've added a Geonotice. Can someone email the SG mailing list? John Vandenberg (chat) 01:14, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The Geonotice is now live. You should see a notice on special:watchlist. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:40, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Agenda
Tenatative agenda, please add if there is anything you would like to discuss. Francis Bond (talk) 14:37, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * 1) Take a look at some of the pages at SGpedians%27_notice_board that are asking for comments, clean-up, expansion and so on
 * 2) Discuss any plans for Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong: attend or not for example?
 * 3) Other business

Can I suggest an issue, how are you guys planning about Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong? attend or not for example? --JéRRy.雨雨.talk.hk 08:25, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I can ask them about it. :) --<b style="color:#0066ff;">Sky Harbor</b> (<b style="color:#0066ff;">talk</b>) 09:19, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * merged into the Agenda, thanks for the suggestion (^_^) Francis Bond (talk) 13:13, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Apologies

 * Add your name here if you can't make it, but would like to attend future events in Singapore.


 * Sorry cannot make it, due to school, hope to attend one that doesn;t clash with my current schedule. Thanks and have fun to those who are going. Timothy Teo aka Evan Weinstein
 * What day of the week & time does suit you? ;-) John Vandenberg (chat) 13:42, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I am amicable to doing two meetups, as I will be in Singapore for the weekend as well anyway. :) --<b style="color:#0066ff;">Sky Harbor</b> (<b style="color:#0066ff;">talk</b>) 12:33, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Comments
blast, i completely forgot about and missed this. apologies! please keep me posted of the next ones. InfernoXV (talk) 07:24, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, too bad. Perhaps you would like to take the lead on organizing the next one? Hildanknight has suggested an editing session at the National Library, but feel free to suggest other possible activities. — Cheers, Jack Lee  –talk– 12:17, 5 November 2012 (UTC)