Wikipedia:Meetup/St. Louis/15

Want to Write History? Join seasoned Wikipedians in 1st session to plot regular meetups of St. Louis area Wikipedia editors and be introduced how you too may edit the world’s collection of Knowledge. Emphasis will be placed upon articles on Wikipedia of the region, reviewing the status of the St. Louis WikiProject, and identifying knowledge gaps in current articles.

This is the 15th Wikipedia Meetup! The plan is from 5-6 we meet with more structure. Jon Phillips has agreed to lead the discussion this meetup and see how we may organize a bit better. Then from 6-7 pm we can grab a free drink and continue the socializing.

Event information
4240 Duncan Ave (Second Floor check-in), St. Louis, MO 63110
 * Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018
 * Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
 * Location: Venture Café, RED ROOM
 * Cost: Free!
 * Please bring a laptop if possible or tablet or editing wikipedia device :)

There is free parking at Venture Café after 3 pm in the visitor parking lot, the surface lot on Duncan Avenue and at another surface lot at the corner of Sarah St. and Duncan Ave. There is also metered parking on the street. Or take MetroLink to the newly opened Cortex station. Upon arrival into the building front continue back all the way to the elevator and go to the second floor. Upon exit of the elevator, go left to see the big mass of people at the cafe. After you check in, you are allowed up to three free drinks. You might save on that until after the more formal part of the meetup in the RED ROOM (ask Venture Café staff where this is located). The meetup goes from 5–6 pm. From 6–7 pm we will exit the room and go to the Venture Café and grab a free drink or two and socialize in the cafe area.

What to expect
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. This event is aimed at finding the Wikipedians in the St. Louis area and then also finding out who is interested in learning howto edit Wikipedia. The event will be guided, so we can organize more for more regular meetups.

Event Structure

 * 5m - Welcome (Jon Phillips)
 * 10m - Introductions (ALL)
 * 10m - Review of WikiProject St. Louis (Jon Phillips)
 * 10m - Goals for Meetup Discussion (ALL)
 * 10m - Articles want to write? in addition to breaking down main WikiProject page
 * 10m - Proposals (Jon Phillips)
 * 5m - Next Meetup :)
 * Social Time

Attending

 * Jon Phillips
 * Strictly Business
 * Ajpolino
 * Jackiekoerner
 * Add your name! :)

Event Invite

 * Template:STL_meetup_invite_15

Prepare

 * If possible, please register a Wikipedia account before the day of the event!
 * If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get a head start with this this training module.
 * Wikipedia markup cheatsheet

Proposals

 * 1st Proposal, set a regular meetup time. Monthly at Venture Cafe under the same or similar model on the 2nd Thursday of the month Jon Phillips (talk) 21:11, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 2nd Proposal: Each meetup, a different person leads, creates structure :)
 * 3rd Proposal: Where to communicate? Propose we communicate on Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/St._Louis
 * And used for taking notes from the event Jon Phillips (talk) 04:53, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Add your proposal here to be discussed. Jon Phillips (talk) 21:11, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Discussion

 * How to send out invites to list of participants? Jon Phillips (talk) 05:29, 11 August 2018 (UTC)