Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 10

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Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010

Schedule:

Welcome center at the Independence Avenue Entrance of the National Mall Air and Space Museum Building located in downtown Washington, DC. (Entrance near "C" at [1])
Cookies and lemonade will be provided. We will meet three members of the NMAI staff, including Jane Sledge, Associate Director - Museum Assets and Operations, Cheryl Wilson, Web Manager, and Holly Stewart, Editor, as well as two members of the Smithsonian outreach crew.

For the tour, we will have a guided look at the museum and opportunities for discussion between Wikipedians and Smithsonian people.

For dinner, the current plan is to have a salad, pizza and dessert buffet dinner for $15.50 per person. We will give them a guaranteed count on June 19, so if at all possible, please sign up by that date. We will collect from attendees as they get their name tags at our reception desk.

Official menu:

  • Pizza Buffet
    • Cheese & Tomato Deep Dish Pizza
    • Prima Pepperoni Deep Dish Pizza
    • Garden Veggie Deep Dish Pizza
  • House Salad w/ Choice of Ranch, Italian or Vinagrette
  • Chocolate Brownies
  • Soda and Water

All Taxes and Gratuities are included

If at all possible, please Although RSVPs by June 19 were requested, updating your status below will continue to be helpful.

Agenda

We are looking at devoting time to several different topics during the meetup.

Currently, probable topics include
  • Collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution - We have recently been put in contact with several people at the SI interested in giving us a tour earlier in the day (details are forthcoming).
  • Launch of new wikimedia theme 'Vector' + usability enhancements launched on Wikimedia Commons, and other Wikimedia sites coming soon. Hats off to all of to designers and beta testers alike.
  • Wikipedia and Higher Education; discussion with GWU media relations representative who's contacted me and may be in attendance.
Other possible activities
  • Discussing Wikimedia DC events (specifically, thinking outside the box on activities)

Note: Discussion that was previously here has been moved to the talk page.

Attendance

People probably attending a 2:30 Air-Space Museum pre-dinner tour

  1. Pharos (talk) 22:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  2. --Kumioko (talk) 12:58, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Sadads (talk) 13:27, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  4. bd2412 T 14:20, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  5. —NBahn
  6. Kirill [talk] [prof] 11:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  7. SchuminWeb (Talk) Likely.
  8. Perceval 23:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

People interested in a meeting with the American-Indian museum staff at starting ~3:30-4:30

Per interest expressed by the American Indian museum staff, there will be a meeting and discussion about future collaboration with the museum and possibly the SI in general. Please put your name below if you are interested in a meeting and helping plan future SI collaboration. Please add full real name to facilitate entrance through security.

  1. Sadads (talk) 11:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC) - Alex Stinson[reply]
  2. Kumioko (talk) 11:22, 18 June 2010 (UTC) - Reese Langlois Definately interested but I wonder if we will be somewhat rushed going from the A&S museum to this one.[reply]
    Well, we won't be able to get contact with the A&S museum staff because its the Weekend, so the tour will be by a docent. The American Indian staff looks forward to some form of collaboration, so we really ought to go. Right now we are running on our 2 SI contacts' coordination for these. We are letting the two of them figure it out. Sadads (talk) 11:39, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enought thanks for the clarification. --Kumioko (talk) 12:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Kirill [talk] [prof] 11:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Pharos (talk) 04:13, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  5. —NBahn Nathan Bahn
  6. May not be able to make it this early, but will try... Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 14:20, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Perceval 23:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

People definitely attending dinner

  1. rocketrye12 talk/contribs 15:14, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  2. FeanorStar7 (talk) 23:55, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  3. --Aude (talk) 20:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Stu (aeiou)I'm Researching Wikipedia 19:00, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Kirill [talk] [prof] 00:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  6. doorautomatica (talk) 03:37, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  7. SWATJester Son of the Defender 22:34, 12 May 2010 (UTC)3[reply]
  8. SchuminWeb (Talk) I can make June 26!
  9. MBisanz talk 20:06, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Looks like I will be available. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:49, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  11. CarolMooreDC (talk) 21:05, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  12. —NBahn
  13. Racepacket (talk) 17:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC) I think have a sit-down discussion and formal program would be useful.[reply]
  14. Steve Foerster (talk) 23:12, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  15. BRG (talk) 01:40, 13 June 2010 (UTC) (I hate to say "definitely," but it's so likely that I will sign in here.)[reply]
  16. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 19:40, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Pharos (talk) 22:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  18. --Kumioko - I am moving myself to the confirmed list cause it looks like Ill finally be able to make this one and introduce myself as the one guilty of causing so much drama in the WP community. Long live the King (Jimbo Wales). I would also like to do the Museum tour. --Kumioko (talk) 12:56, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Sadads (talk) 13:27, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Qwerty0 (talk) 17:40, 7 May 2010 (UTC) - Sure, last one was def. interesting.[reply]
  21. Josephgrossberg (talk)
  22. Ser Amantio di Nicolao ((talk)) - I should be available. 99.5% certain.
  23. Perceval 23:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

People possibly attending dinner

  1. BRG (talk) 17:09, 6 May 2010 (UTC) - Very likely, but I cannot be certain enough to say "definitely"![reply]
  2. LightSpectra (talk) 03:13, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Argos'Dad 13:43, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Gyrofrog (talk) 18:06, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Patrick {oѺ} 00:14, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Depends where, and if I can flex my schedule enough. ~ PHDrillSergeant...§ 03:01, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Completely dependent on the date. Will move my response to the appropriate section once the date has been nailed down. --Cyde Weys 20:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  8. --Pubdog (talk) 00:24, 13 May 2010 (UTC) depends on whe & where[reply]
  9. Likely David in DC (talk) 19:07, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  10. ~ PHDrillSergeant...§ 03:17, 14 June 2010 (UTC) dependent on schedule.[reply]
  11. --Gavin Baker (talk) 20:27, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  12. bd2412 T 14:21, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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