Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 11

Please add your name if you plan to come

• --ShakataGaNai ^{^_^} 00:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
• -- phoebe / (talk to me) 01:31, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
• --w^{L<speak·check>} 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)

• Socialize until everyone arrives
• 3:05pm: Introductions
• Announcements
• [http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia:UX_study,_March_2010/CfP upload interface usability CFP]
• [http://www.eff.org/calendar/2010/02/10/effs-20th-birthday-with-adam-savage EFF benefit Wed 10 Feb 8pm DNA Lounge, $30 suggested donation]
• Planning Wikipedia: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
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_11&oldid=341991302#Proposed_location 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. [http://lianjinled.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008828442502/pdtl/LED-moving/1025577584/LED-Moving-Display-Board.htm])
• 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
• Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Wikimania (UCSC)
• Quote received from U.C. Berkeley
• m: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

• 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