Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Seattle2

Next meetup: January 15

 * Date: Saturday, January 15, 2005
 * Time: 1pm–3pm and probably beyond
 * Meetup point: Seattle Central Library, 10th floor east seating
 * Dinner afterwards: tentatively...

Planning to attend

 * Jmabel | Talk
 * Michael Snow
 * RadicalSubversiv E
 * Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]  would like to make it.
 * Niteowlneils 21:41, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC) I'll be in town for a family gathering 1/7, so I'll see if I can extend my visit to make it to the meetup.
 * Only for a couple of hours - I'd prefer a meeting in the U-District (parking on the weekends is always $2.00, thanks to the lot on 11th) or even the Eastside (although I grant that would be tougher for the out of towns), given time constraints on my end. Also, while I have no experience yet using Wikipedia in the classroom, I intend to before the year is out and am still trying to decide how, so any discussion of that would be great for me. Jwrosenzweig 10:09, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC) Only 10% chance of attendance at this point (sorry!) -- semester end = too many essays to grade.  All my best to all in attendance: I'll be there next time! Jwrosenzweig 06:19, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Lion Kimbro - I'll be there, & bring a friend (or two.) With luck, one will be a UW grad student studying library science. I prefer the Seattle Central Library, and recommend the trip planner for those concerned about parking prices. Those needing lodging are free to use my apartment, spend the night.
 * I might try to make it. BTW, parking at Pacific Place is relatively inexpensive for Seattle ... and there's lots of street parking.  Count me tentatively in. JHK
 * Still much cheaper to park across the freeway than anywhere downtown, unless it's street parking for 2 hours or less. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:49, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * i'll make it if i can... popefauve 10:25, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * DanKeshet Unsure for now. U District (perhaps the U itself?) would be easier in the future, but let's stick with Central library for now.  Eastside would be pretty hard for me, as I don't have a car. DanKeshet
 * Matiasp
 * Trent

Can't make it, comments, etc.

 * Decumanus I'll be in Colorado on a temporary business project in January.
 * PMC - Oh, wow, that'd be really cool. Can't see me getting there though. My parents are already paranoid enough about me talking to "older people" on the Internet. Suggesting a meetup would make them panic. Too bad...it'd be easier if it were in Vancouver. Oh well *shrug* Someday.
 * Bumm13
 * BCRCornet 13:16, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)
 * JesseW 09:09, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC) - I'm not in Portland currently; but I'll try to make it to one next fall!
 * Eclecticology 21:30, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC) - Undecided at this point. Maybe I'll know better after the holidays.  Some place with cheaper parking would be nice.  The $18.00 for an afternoon was a bit of a shock. Eclecticology 21:30, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
 * Much cheaper parking in the lots across the freeway (4 block walk to a lot that should be $5 all day on a Saturday). Or you can park free on the street in any of a bunch of places with free, abundant on-street parking (some examples: a mile or two east of downtown; just northeast of Seattle Center; Beacon Hill; Wallingford), get an all-day bus pass for $2.50, and someone will probably even drive you back to your car at the end of the day.
 * Alternatively, if we can get consensus, we could meet somewhere in the University District (maybe one of the U.W. libraries, or a coffeehouse), where parking is cheaper, though not necessarily more abundant. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:41, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * By the way, if anyone from out of town needs a place to crash the night before or after, I have a spare bedroom, plus a couple of couches. First come, first served. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:43, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * llywrch As much fun as it was the first time, I don't think I'll have the time to attend. On a different note, I've been contemplating making a presentation on Wikipedia to PLUG in Portland in one of the upcoming meetings (the evening of the 1st Thursday of every month). Would any Portland area people be interested in attending & helping with the discussion, then having a beer over at the Lucky Lab afterwards? -- llywrch 21:22, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Mkmcconn (Talk) 23:23, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC) - Very grateful for the notice, but I won't be able to come. Mkmcconn (Talk)
 * I'd like to make such a meeting (and love Seattle!) but I'll be back in class then. I wish this was scheduled a little earlier, as I just spent a full week there. Sarge Baldy 08:02, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice but I won't be able to make it. NeoJustin 05:10, Jan 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm noticing that a lot of people have transportation issues, with some preferring downtown (because they can get near it by train) and others preferring the U. District (mostly because parking is cheaper). I'm guessing we'll be doing another of these in the spring. If we wanted to hold that one in the U. District, some of us who live here and have cars could certainly arrange to meet the train and give people a lift up to the District. Of course, I'd be equally open to holding the next one in Portland, Tacoma, Bellingham, or Vancouver, BC, all of which would be just as appropriate as Seattle and would probably each draw a somewhat different crowd. In any of those cases, I'd be glad to carpool. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:48, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I'd love to, but I won't be on the west side until February 16-17. If there were a meetup about then, I'd certainly try!  Put it in Olympia at that time and I'd be sure to be there!  Brian Sayrs 02:55, 2005 Jan 10 (UTC)

Tentative agenda
Please make suggestions
 * Does anyone have experience with using Wikipedia in some way in a formal educational context (either as a source or having students write articles)? If so, I think that would make a great topic of discussion (how it went, what additional support we could give for that, etc.) -- Jmabel | Talk 08:41, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * Might we want to start some particular regionally-oriented project? Or maybe regionally "adopt" some unrelated subject matter? -- Jmabel | Talk 08:41, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * I'd like to talk about SeattleWiki, a Mediawiki-powered wiki I started for the Seattle area, including the possibility of sharing or delgating articles between Wikipedia and Seattlewiki, and so on. -- Matiasp 23:34, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)