Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Gordon Joly]

On 20/08/2011 08:35, James Forrester wrote:
> Yes. We've had the London meetups on the second Sunday of the month
> now 42 times now (November will be London meetup 51 - I've now created
> it at [[m:Meetup/London/51]]). All Wikimedians or Wikimedia-friendly
> people welcome, as always.:-)
Why was Wikimeet 50 moved, James?

:-)


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

>
> It should be going ahead then, and if the event does go ahead, it'll be on
> that date, but I can't seem to get a response from the Skiff anymore...
>

Ok, I'll pencil it in as very likely :) I notice there are more names on the
attendees list - that's kinda cool.


> Advertising wise, let me get a reply from the skiff first... I was rather
> suprised to see a note on the Brighton hackathon in the latest Wiki
> Signpost... :)
>

Good stuff! The blog post linked in that article was interesting (
http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2011/09/01/0)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 09/09/11 09:38, Thomas Morton wrote:
> Just to bump this...
>
> I'm sorting out my Schedule for November; is this definitely planned
> to go ahead?
>
> Is it time to start promoting it more (two months lead in is just
> enough to stir up some attendance I suspect).
>
> Tom
>
> On 26 August 2011 23:01, Lewis Cawte  > wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I'm already in talks with some people at the Skiff discussing us
> using it :) Glad you know about it as well!
>
> Designer wise, I don't see why not? I'm sure there are plenty of
> design related bugs out there and other things they can do...
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
>
> On 26 August 2011 17:19, Tom Morris  > wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:41, Thomas Morton
>  > wrote:
> > I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they
> might be
> > interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and
> other helpful
> > stuff).
> > The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
> > As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
> >
>
> What Brighton does have: BarCamp!
>
> 
>
> I'll be there and will be happy to talk Wikimedia stuff to
> anyone who
> will listen: might be an idea to try and get people from the
> BarCamp
> community to come along, as well as the many open source
> communities
> in Brighton:
>
> * BrightonPy - http://brightonpy.org/
> * Async - http://asyncjs.com/
> * Brighton Ruby User Group - http://www.brighton-ruby.org.uk/
> * Brighton Girl Geek Dinners
> * UX Brighton (because Wikimedia could do with some UX people
> to tell
> us how to suck less)
>
> etc. etc.
>
> I've tweeted about it as I know a lot of designers and
> developer types
> in Brighton who might be interested - I'm presuming we are
> going to
> let designers turn up and give us their wisdom? ;-)
>
> I'll contact The Skiff, a coworking place in Brighton that a
> friend of
> mine runs to see if he's interested in letting us use some space
> there. They have hosted BarCamp for 100+ people, but have nice
> small
> rooms and office space for hacking.
>
>
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It should be going ahead then, and if the event does go ahead, it'll be
on that date, but I can't seem to get a response from the Skiff anymore...

Advertising wise, let me get a reply from the skiff first... I was
rather suprised to see a note on the Brighton hackathon in the latest
Wiki Signpost... :(

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

Just to bump this...

I'm sorting out my Schedule for November; is this definitely planned to go
ahead?

Is it time to start promoting it more (two months lead in is just enough to
stir up some attendance I suspect).

Tom

On 26 August 2011 23:01, Lewis Cawte  wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> I'm already in talks with some people at the Skiff discussing us using it
> :) Glad you know about it as well!
>
> Designer wise, I don't see why not? I'm sure there are plenty of design
> related bugs out there and other things they can do...
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
>
> On 26 August 2011 17:19, Tom Morris  wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:41, Thomas Morton
>>  wrote:
>> > I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
>> > interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
>> > stuff).
>> > The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
>> > As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
>> >
>>
>> What Brighton does have: BarCamp!
>>
>> 
>>
>> I'll be there and will be happy to talk Wikimedia stuff to anyone who
>> will listen: might be an idea to try and get people from the BarCamp
>> community to come along, as well as the many open source communities
>> in Brighton:
>>
>> * BrightonPy - http://brightonpy.org/
>> * Async - http://asyncjs.com/
>> * Brighton Ruby User Group - http://www.brighton-ruby.org.uk/
>> * Brighton Girl Geek Dinners
>> * UX Brighton (because Wikimedia could do with some UX people to tell
>> us how to suck less)
>>
>> etc. etc.
>>
>> I've tweeted about it as I know a lot of designers and developer types
>> in Brighton who might be interested - I'm presuming we are going to
>> let designers turn up and give us their wisdom? ;-)
>>
>> I'll contact The Skiff, a coworking place in Brighton that a friend of
>> mine runs to see if he's interested in letting us use some space
>> there. They have hosted BarCamp for 100+ people, but have nice small
>> rooms and office space for hacking.
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

Hi Tom,

I'm already in talks with some people at the Skiff discussing us using it :)
Glad you know about it as well!

Designer wise, I don't see why not? I'm sure there are plenty of design
related bugs out there and other things they can do...

-- Lewis Cawte

On 26 August 2011 17:19, Tom Morris  wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:41, Thomas Morton
>  wrote:
> > I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
> > interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
> > stuff).
> > The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
> > As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
> >
>
> What Brighton does have: BarCamp!
>
> 
>
> I'll be there and will be happy to talk Wikimedia stuff to anyone who
> will listen: might be an idea to try and get people from the BarCamp
> community to come along, as well as the many open source communities
> in Brighton:
>
> * BrightonPy - http://brightonpy.org/
> * Async - http://asyncjs.com/
> * Brighton Ruby User Group - http://www.brighton-ruby.org.uk/
> * Brighton Girl Geek Dinners
> * UX Brighton (because Wikimedia could do with some UX people to tell
> us how to suck less)
>
> etc. etc.
>
> I've tweeted about it as I know a lot of designers and developer types
> in Brighton who might be interested - I'm presuming we are going to
> let designers turn up and give us their wisdom? ;-)
>
> I'll contact The Skiff, a coworking place in Brighton that a friend of
> mine runs to see if he's interested in letting us use some space
> there. They have hosted BarCamp for 100+ people, but have nice small
> rooms and office space for hacking.
>
>
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> Tom Morris
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Tom Morris]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:41, Thomas Morton
 wrote:
> I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
> interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
> stuff).
> The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
> As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
>

What Brighton does have: BarCamp!



I'll be there and will be happy to talk Wikimedia stuff to anyone who
will listen: might be an idea to try and get people from the BarCamp
community to come along, as well as the many open source communities
in Brighton:

* BrightonPy - http://brightonpy.org/
* Async - http://asyncjs.com/
* Brighton Ruby User Group - http://www.brighton-ruby.org.uk/
* Brighton Girl Geek Dinners
* UX Brighton (because Wikimedia could do with some UX people to tell
us how to suck less)

etc. etc.

I've tweeted about it as I know a lot of designers and developer types
in Brighton who might be interested - I'm presuming we are going to
let designers turn up and give us their wisdom? ;-)

I'll contact The Skiff, a coworking place in Brighton that a friend of
mine runs to see if he's interested in letting us use some space
there. They have hosted BarCamp for 100+ people, but have nice small
rooms and office space for hacking.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

Thanks to all the advice all, I'm (still) working with people from the venue
I've been looking at, yes they have whiteboards and wifi :)

And anyone want to cook lunch? :P (Still working on that one, depending on
the venue, we might be going out for lunch somewhere, depending if the venue
want to supply lunch/give us access to their kitchen.


On 26 August 2011 12:02, Thomas Morton  wrote:

> That makes it at least 5 then (If Roan is still interesting)
>
> Attendee list: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Brighton_Hackathon_2011
> *
> *
> Lewis: if your certain of the date & are sure the venue won't be an issue I
> will try and drum up some trade on Wikipedia.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 26 August 2011 11:59, Harry Burt  wrote:
>
>> Per previous, I am still interested in this, though I would probably
>> attend for a day (no overnight), but we'll see.
>>
>> No point getting a large place though, if it's still such a short list.
>> Even a packed 20-seater would be better than an empty 80-seater, I guess.
>>
>> But on the upside, it can still be a success even with low numbers of
>> attendees and I'm looking forward to it :)
>>
>> --
>> Harry
>> p.s. sumanah is Sumana Harihareswara, the Foundation's Volunteer
>> Development Coordinator.
>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:53 AM, WereSpielChequers <
>> werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've put it in the meta meetup template
>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AMeetup_list&action=historysubmit&diff=2845220&oldid=2843061
>>>
>>> But I suggest not doing any geonotices until you have booked at a venue
>>> and put it on the meetup page.
>>>
>>> WSC
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26 August 2011 10:41, Thomas Morton wrote:
>>>
 I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
 interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
 stuff).

 The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)

 As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.

 Tom


 On 26 August 2011 10:22, Michael Peel wrote:

>
> > Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for
> this
> > :| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these …
>
> Sorry about that - the dates have been at
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings for a while, but I only realised
> that they weren't on the events page this morning.
>
> > Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
> > made it in yet..
>
> I can't spot it on the online system - did you apply online or by post?
>
> > It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
> > looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
> > breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
> > interesting ^.^
>
> I'm sure you'll fill it in the end - it'll just take a little work to
> get people's attentions. ;-) Another thought - it would probably be worth
> contacting university computer science departments to see if they have
> anyone interested in coming along and learning how to contribute to
> mediawiki. Similarly other UK tech groups.
>
> Mike
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

That makes it at least 5 then (If Roan is still interesting)

Attendee list: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Brighton_Hackathon_2011
*
*
Lewis: if your certain of the date & are sure the venue won't be an issue I
will try and drum up some trade on Wikipedia.

Tom

On 26 August 2011 11:59, Harry Burt  wrote:

> Per previous, I am still interested in this, though I would probably attend
> for a day (no overnight), but we'll see.
>
> No point getting a large place though, if it's still such a short list.
> Even a packed 20-seater would be better than an empty 80-seater, I guess.
>
> But on the upside, it can still be a success even with low numbers of
> attendees and I'm looking forward to it :)
>
> --
> Harry
> p.s. sumanah is Sumana Harihareswara, the Foundation's Volunteer
> Development Coordinator.
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:53 AM, WereSpielChequers <
> werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've put it in the meta meetup template
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AMeetup_list&action=historysubmit&diff=2845220&oldid=2843061
>>
>> But I suggest not doing any geonotices until you have booked at a venue
>> and put it on the meetup page.
>>
>> WSC
>>
>>
>> On 26 August 2011 10:41, Thomas Morton wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
>>> interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
>>> stuff).
>>>
>>> The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
>>>
>>> As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26 August 2011 10:22, Michael Peel wrote:
>>>

 > Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for
 this
 > :| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these …

 Sorry about that - the dates have been at
 http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings for a while, but I only realised
 that they weren't on the events page this morning.

 > Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
 > made it in yet..

 I can't spot it on the online system - did you apply online or by post?

 > It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
 > looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
 > breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
 > interesting ^.^

 I'm sure you'll fill it in the end - it'll just take a little work to
 get people's attentions. ;-) Another thought - it would probably be worth
 contacting university computer science departments to see if they have
 anyone interested in coming along and learning how to contribute to
 mediawiki. Similarly other UK tech groups.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Harry Burt]

Per previous, I am still interested in this, though I would probably attend
for a day (no overnight), but we'll see.

No point getting a large place though, if it's still such a short list. Even
a packed 20-seater would be better than an empty 80-seater, I guess.

But on the upside, it can still be a success even with low numbers of
attendees and I'm looking forward to it :)

--
Harry
p.s. sumanah is Sumana Harihareswara, the Foundation's Volunteer Development
Coordinator.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:53 AM, WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've put it in the meta meetup template
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AMeetup_list&action=historysubmit&diff=2845220&oldid=2843061
>
> But I suggest not doing any geonotices until you have booked at a venue and
> put it on the meetup page.
>
> WSC
>
>
> On 26 August 2011 10:41, Thomas Morton wrote:
>
>> I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
>> interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
>> stuff).
>>
>> The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
>>
>> As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 26 August 2011 10:22, Michael Peel wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for this
>>> > :| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these …
>>>
>>> Sorry about that - the dates have been at
>>> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings for a while, but I only realised
>>> that they weren't on the events page this morning.
>>>
>>> > Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
>>> > made it in yet..
>>>
>>> I can't spot it on the online system - did you apply online or by post?
>>>
>>> > It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
>>> > looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
>>> > breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
>>> > interesting ^.^
>>>
>>> I'm sure you'll fill it in the end - it'll just take a little work to get
>>> people's attentions. ;-) Another thought - it would probably be worth
>>> contacting university computer science departments to see if they have
>>> anyone interested in coming along and learning how to contribute to
>>> mediawiki. Similarly other UK tech groups.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[WereSpielChequers]

I've put it in the meta meetup template
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AMeetup_list&action=historysubmit&diff=2845220&oldid=2843061

But I suggest not doing any geonotices until you have booked at a venue and
put it on the meetup page.

WSC

On 26 August 2011 10:41, Thomas Morton  wrote:

> I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
> interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
> stuff).
>
> The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)
>
> As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 26 August 2011 10:22, Michael Peel wrote:
>
>>
>> > Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for this
>> > :| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these …
>>
>> Sorry about that - the dates have been at
>> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings for a while, but I only realised
>> that they weren't on the events page this morning.
>>
>> > Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
>> > made it in yet..
>>
>> I can't spot it on the online system - did you apply online or by post?
>>
>> > It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
>> > looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
>> > breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
>> > interesting ^.^
>>
>> I'm sure you'll fill it in the end - it'll just take a little work to get
>> people's attentions. ;-) Another thought - it would probably be worth
>> contacting university computer science departments to see if they have
>> anyone interested in coming along and learning how to contribute to
>> mediawiki. Similarly other UK tech groups.
>>
>> Mike
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

I don't know if Brighton has a Linux User Group? But they might be
interested (and also may have suggestions for venues and other helpful
stuff).

The only really important thing in a venue is the WiFi ;)

As to advertising; post on the Bot Owners Noticeboard.

Tom

On 26 August 2011 10:22, Michael Peel  wrote:

>
> > Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for this
> > :| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these …
>
> Sorry about that - the dates have been at
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings for a while, but I only realised
> that they weren't on the events page this morning.
>
> > Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
> > made it in yet..
>
> I can't spot it on the online system - did you apply online or by post?
>
> > It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
> > looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
> > breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
> > interesting ^.^
>
> I'm sure you'll fill it in the end - it'll just take a little work to get
> people's attentions. ;-) Another thought - it would probably be worth
> contacting university computer science departments to see if they have
> anyone interested in coming along and learning how to contribute to
> mediawiki. Similarly other UK tech groups.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Michael Peel]

> Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for this
> :| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these …

Sorry about that - the dates have been at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings 
for a while, but I only realised that they weren't on the events page this 
morning.

> Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
> made it in yet..

I can't spot it on the online system - did you apply online or by post?

> It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
> looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
> breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
> interesting ^.^

I'm sure you'll fill it in the end - it'll just take a little work to get 
people's attentions. ;-) Another thought - it would probably be worth 
contacting university computer science departments to see if they have anyone 
interested in coming along and learning how to contribute to mediawiki. 
Similarly other UK tech groups.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 26/08/11 09:22, Michael Peel wrote:
> On 26 Aug 2011, at 09:18, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>
>> On 26/08/11 09:15, Michael Peel wrote:
>>> Requesting a geonotice is a good plan.[1] We can also tweet about it from 
>>> @wikimediauk if that would help - there's a lot of mediawiki techie people 
>>> on twitter. 
>> Sounds like a plan :) Who do I poke when I've got a bit more info available?
> Let either me or Chris Keating know, and we'll sort out the tweet.
>
> BTW, I've just realised that we have a WMUK in-person board meeting scheduled 
> to place that weekend (19-20 Nov), so I'm probably not going to be able to 
> attend this, sadly. :-(
>
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Crumbs, I'm not having the best of luck with organising a date for this
:| I see the wiki was only just updated for both of these ...

Speaking of board meetings, I wonder if my membership application has
made it in yet..

It doesn't look like we're going to fill much of the hall/area I've
looked into booking, let alone the breakout room (if anyone wants a
breakout room for up to 20 people, let me know!) lol.. could be
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Michael Peel]

On 26 Aug 2011, at 09:18, Lewis Cawte wrote:

> On 26/08/11 09:15, Michael Peel wrote:
>> Requesting a geonotice is a good plan.[1] We can also tweet about it from 
>> @wikimediauk if that would help - there's a lot of mediawiki techie people 
>> on twitter. 
> Sounds like a plan :) Who do I poke when I've got a bit more info available?

Let either me or Chris Keating know, and we'll sort out the tweet.

BTW, I've just realised that we have a WMUK in-person board meeting scheduled 
to place that weekend (19-20 Nov), so I'm probably not going to be able to 
attend this, sadly. :-(

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 26/08/11 09:15, Michael Peel wrote:
> Requesting a geonotice is a good plan.[1] We can also tweet about it from 
> @wikimediauk if that would help - there's a lot of mediawiki techie people on 
> twitter. 
Sounds like a plan :) Who do I poke when I've got a bit more info available?
> Dropping a note to wikitech-l [2] would also be a good plan. But I'd 
> recommend expanding the info on the wiki page some more before advertising it 
> too widely...
Will do, once I've got the venue confirmed :)
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geonotice
> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
>
> Mike
>
> On 26 Aug 2011, at 08:23, Deryck Chan wrote:
>
>> You can have a geonotice on selected projects if you so wish. This has been 
>> the standard way to publicize an event in the past 2 years or so.
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2011 3:09 PM, "Lewis Cawte"  wrote:
>>> On 26/08/11 02:12, Thomas Morton wrote:
 Lewis, I am still definitely interested.

 Perhaps it is a good time now to get a firm list of possible attendees? 

 I mean; so far it seems to be me and Richard who are interested in
 attending. If it is only three of us, hell, I am still up for it :)
 but maybe drumming up more firm interest would be good?

 Is there a way to drum up wider interest on-wiki?

 Tom

 On 25 August 2011 20:58, Lewis Cawte >>> > wrote:

 I've decided (due to various factors) that I'm going to move it
 back a weekend, it will now be on the 19th/20th of November. Still
 confirming a venue, maybe looking at a group booking at
 Travellodge ...

 Can't think of what else I was going to mention but feel free to
 question me. :)

 -- Lewis Cawte


 On 22/08/11 10:50, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.
> People can't attend both and for most people the London meetup
> will be closer.
>
> WSC
>
> On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte  > wrote:
>
> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
>> On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>>> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that
> we try and
>>> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still
> leaves you
>>> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>>>
>> I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to
> the London
>> Wikimeet.
>>
>> Gordo
> If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I
> will, but at
> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what
> people have
> seen or been told that it will probably be...
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
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>>> Good question, I know I have a WMF staff member/contractor who said he'd
>>> come (Catrope - Dutch Citizen) and 'sumanah' has been drumming up some
>>> interest on IRC... I'll see about listing it on Meta events, maybe
>>> that'll show some up, but I was told chapter folk know the best way to
>>> advertise this on wiki :)
>>>
>>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>>
>>> PS: The wiki page for this is located at
>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Brighton_Hackathon_2011 - however
>>> registration via another form will be required if anyone is after the
>>> group booking (I need atleast 10 rooms booked for that?) and to speed up
>>> stuff on the day.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Michael Peel]

Requesting a geonotice is a good plan.[1] We can also tweet about it from 
@wikimediauk if that would help - there's a lot of mediawiki techie people on 
twitter. Dropping a note to wikitech-l [2] would also be a good plan. But I'd 
recommend expanding the info on the wiki page some more before advertising it 
too widely...

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geonotice
[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Mike

On 26 Aug 2011, at 08:23, Deryck Chan wrote:

> You can have a geonotice on selected projects if you so wish. This has been 
> the standard way to publicize an event in the past 2 years or so.
> 
> On Aug 26, 2011 3:09 PM, "Lewis Cawte"  wrote:
> > On 26/08/11 02:12, Thomas Morton wrote:
> >> Lewis, I am still definitely interested.
> >>
> >> Perhaps it is a good time now to get a firm list of possible attendees? 
> >>
> >> I mean; so far it seems to be me and Richard who are interested in
> >> attending. If it is only three of us, hell, I am still up for it :)
> >> but maybe drumming up more firm interest would be good?
> >>
> >> Is there a way to drum up wider interest on-wiki?
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> On 25 August 2011 20:58, Lewis Cawte  >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I've decided (due to various factors) that I'm going to move it
> >> back a weekend, it will now be on the 19th/20th of November. Still
> >> confirming a venue, maybe looking at a group booking at
> >> Travellodge ...
> >>
> >> Can't think of what else I was going to mention but feel free to
> >> question me. :)
> >>
> >> -- Lewis Cawte
> >>
> >>
> >> On 22/08/11 10:50, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> >>> Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.
> >>> People can't attend both and for most people the London meetup
> >>> will be closer.
> >>>
> >>> WSC
> >>>
> >>> On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte  >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
> >>> > On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> >>> >> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that
> >>> we try and
> >>> >> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still
> >>> leaves you
> >>> >> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
> >>> >>
> >>> > I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to
> >>> the London
> >>> > Wikimeet.
> >>> >
> >>> > Gordo
> >>> If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I
> >>> will, but at
> >>> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what
> >>> people have
> >>> seen or been told that it will probably be...
> >>>
> >>> -- Lewis Cawte
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
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> > Good question, I know I have a WMF staff member/contractor who said he'd
> > come (Catrope - Dutch Citizen) and 'sumanah' has been drumming up some
> > interest on IRC... I'll see about listing it on Meta events, maybe
> > that'll show some up, but I was told chapter folk know the best way to
> > advertise this on wiki :)
> > 
> > -- Lewis Cawte
> > 
> > PS: The wiki page for this is located at
> > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Brighton_Hackathon_2011 - however
> > registration via another form will be required if anyone is after the
> > group booking (I need atleast 10 rooms booked for that?) and to speed up
> > stuff on the day.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Deryck Chan]

You can have a geonotice on selected projects if you so wish. This has been
the standard way to publicize an event in the past 2 years or so.
On Aug 26, 2011 3:09 PM, "Lewis Cawte"  wrote:
> On 26/08/11 02:12, Thomas Morton wrote:
>> Lewis, I am still definitely interested.
>>
>> Perhaps it is a good time now to get a firm list of possible attendees?
>>
>> I mean; so far it seems to be me and Richard who are interested in
>> attending. If it is only three of us, hell, I am still up for it :)
>> but maybe drumming up more firm interest would be good?
>>
>> Is there a way to drum up wider interest on-wiki?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On 25 August 2011 20:58, Lewis Cawte > > wrote:
>>
>> I've decided (due to various factors) that I'm going to move it
>> back a weekend, it will now be on the 19th/20th of November. Still
>> confirming a venue, maybe looking at a group booking at
>> Travellodge ...
>>
>> Can't think of what else I was going to mention but feel free to
>> question me. :)
>>
>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>
>>
>> On 22/08/11 10:50, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>>> Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.
>>> People can't attend both and for most people the London meetup
>>> will be closer.
>>>
>>> WSC
>>>
>>> On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte >> > wrote:
>>>
>>> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
>>> > On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>>> >> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that
>>> we try and
>>> >> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still
>>> leaves you
>>> >> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>>> >>
>>> > I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to
>>> the London
>>> > Wikimeet.
>>> >
>>> > Gordo
>>> If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I
>>> will, but at
>>> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what
>>> people have
>>> seen or been told that it will probably be...
>>>
>>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>>
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>>>
>>
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> Good question, I know I have a WMF staff member/contractor who said he'd
> come (Catrope - Dutch Citizen) and 'sumanah' has been drumming up some
> interest on IRC... I'll see about listing it on Meta events, maybe
> that'll show some up, but I was told chapter folk know the best way to
> advertise this on wiki :)
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
> PS: The wiki page for this is located at
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Brighton_Hackathon_2011 - however
> registration via another form will be required if anyone is after the
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 26/08/11 02:12, Thomas Morton wrote:
> Lewis, I am still definitely interested.
>
> Perhaps it is a good time now to get a firm list of possible attendees? 
>
> I mean; so far it seems to be me and Richard who are interested in
> attending. If it is only three of us, hell, I am still up for it :)
> but maybe drumming up more firm interest would be good?
>
> Is there a way to drum up wider interest on-wiki?
>
> Tom
>
> On 25 August 2011 20:58, Lewis Cawte  > wrote:
>
> I've decided (due to various factors) that I'm going to move it
> back a weekend, it will now be on the 19th/20th of November. Still
> confirming a venue, maybe looking at a group booking at
> Travellodge ...
>
> Can't think of what else I was going to mention but feel free to
> question me. :)
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
>
> On 22/08/11 10:50, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>> Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.
>>  People can't attend both and for most people the London meetup
>> will be closer.
>>
>> WSC
>>
>> On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte > > wrote:
>>
>> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
>> > On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>> >> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that
>> we try and
>> >> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still
>> leaves you
>> >> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>> >>
>> > I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to
>> the London
>> > Wikimeet.
>> >
>> > Gordo
>> If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I
>> will, but at
>> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what
>> people have
>> seen or been told that it will probably be...
>>
>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>
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>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>>
>
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Good question, I know I have a WMF staff member/contractor who said he'd
come (Catrope - Dutch Citizen) and 'sumanah' has been drumming up some
interest on IRC... I'll see about listing it on Meta events, maybe
that'll show some up, but I was told chapter folk know the best way to
advertise this on wiki :)

-- Lewis Cawte

PS: The wiki page for this is located at
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Brighton_Hackathon_2011 - however
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

Lewis, I am still definitely interested.

Perhaps it is a good time now to get a firm list of possible attendees?

I mean; so far it seems to be me and Richard who are interested in
attending. If it is only three of us, hell, I am still up for it :) but
maybe drumming up more firm interest would be good?

Is there a way to drum up wider interest on-wiki?

Tom

On 25 August 2011 20:58, Lewis Cawte  wrote:

> **
> I've decided (due to various factors) that I'm going to move it back a
> weekend, it will now be on the 19th/20th of November. Still confirming a
> venue, maybe looking at a group booking at Travellodge ...
>
> Can't think of what else I was going to mention but feel free to question
> me. :)
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
>
> On 22/08/11 10:50, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>
> Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.  People can't
> attend both and for most people the London meetup will be closer.
>
>  WSC
>
> On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte  wrote:
>
>> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
>> > On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>> >> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and
>> >> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you
>> >> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>> >>
>> > I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to the London
>> > Wikimeet.
>> >
>> > Gordo
>>  If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I will, but at
>> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what people have
>> seen or been told that it will probably be...
>>
>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

I've decided (due to various factors) that I'm going to move it back a
weekend, it will now be on the 19th/20th of November. Still confirming a
venue, maybe looking at a group booking at Travellodge ...

Can't think of what else I was going to mention but feel free to
question me. :)

-- Lewis Cawte

On 22/08/11 10:50, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.  People
> can't attend both and for most people the London meetup will be closer.
>
> WSC
>
> On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte  > wrote:
>
> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
> > On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> >> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and
> >> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still
> leaves you
> >> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
> >>
> > I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to the London
> > Wikimeet.
> >
> > Gordo
> If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I will,
> but at
> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what
> people have
> seen or been told that it will probably be...
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
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[WereSpielChequers]

Well I thought I made a decent case for avoiding a clash.  People can't
attend both and for most people the London meetup will be closer.

WSC

On 22 August 2011 05:57, Lewis Cawte  wrote:

> On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
> > On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> >> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and
> >> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you
> >> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
> >>
> > I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to the London
> > Wikimeet.
> >
> > Gordo
> If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I will, but at
> the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what people have
> seen or been told that it will probably be...
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 20/08/11 09:00, Gordon Joly wrote:
> On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
>> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and 
>> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you 
>> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>>
> I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to the London 
> Wikimeet.
>
> Gordo
If anyone gives me a decent case on why I should move it, I will, but at
the moment, I'm staying put, just because thats already what people have
seen or been told that it will probably be...

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Gordon Joly]

On 20/08/2011 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and 
> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you 
> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>
I tend to disagree. Make the choice without reference to the London 
Wikimeet.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[James Forrester]

On 20 August 2011 08:20, Lewis Cawte  wrote:
> On 20/08/11 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> > As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and avoid
> > having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you the 1st, 3rd
> > and 4th weekends of the month.
> > WSC
>
> I don't see any info on a London meetup that weekend, or is it "common
> knowledge" and they are always on the 2nd weekend or something?

Yes. We've had the London meetups on the second Sunday of the month
now 42 times now (November will be London meetup 51 - I've now created
it at [[m:Meetup/London/51]]). All Wikimedians or Wikimedia-friendly
people welcome, as always. :-)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 20/08/11 01:01, WereSpielChequers wrote:
> As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and
> avoid having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you
> the 1st, 3rd and 4th weekends of the month.
>
> WSC
>
> On 19 August 2011 09:59, Lewis Cawte  > wrote:
>
> On 19/08/11 09:28, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>> On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote:
>>> Youch... but of a trek :)
>>>
>>> But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain.
>>>
>>> Are there any suggested dates?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough
>>> mailto:rich...@farmbrough.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds good!  Last time I spent the night in Brighton was
>>> WorldCon, no
>>> sleeping was involved!  However that is not a great idea if
>>> I am driving
>>> 
>>>
>>> On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>>> > Glad to hear your interested :)
>>> >
>>> > I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their
>>> designated
>>> > person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has
>>> Wifi, not sure
>>> > about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its
>>> used for
>>> > hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.
>>> >
>>> > Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally
>>> from what I've
>>> > heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers,
>>> and dinner
>>> > people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to
>>> get dinner and
>>> > drinks...
>>> >
>>> > Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had
>>> the right
>>> > balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there
>>> were too
>>> > many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after
>>> I've got the
>>> > venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put
>>> out a call
>>> > for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently
>>> the space is
>>> > small enough not to require microphones, but if any
>>> speaker specificly
>>> > wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will
>>> be providing a
>>> > projector for us.
>>> >
>>> > Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute
>>> walk (mostly
>>> > downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as
>>> I think
>>> > there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but
>>> don't hold me to this!
>>> >
>>> > Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to
>>> arrange, I'll
>>> > put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but
>>> its not my
>>> > strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its
>>> never been
>>> > something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so
>>> cheap?) hotels
>>> > along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for
>>> other things
>>> > if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in
>>> past hackathons
>>> > people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but
>>> thats not
>>> > something I personally am going to be able to do, if
>>> someone is worried
>>> > about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope
>>> out a cheap
>>> > place where we can book people into where needs be.
>>> >
>>> > Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!
>>> >
>>> > -- Lewis Cawte
>>> >
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>> Currently discussing the weekend of the 12th, at the venue for
>> the Saturday and half of the Sunday, but people are welcome to
>> come for just the Saturday if they need to get home etc, and for
>> people travelling down early on the Friday, if there's enough
>> interest 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[WereSpielChequers]

As Brighton is rather close to London can I suggest that we try and avoid
having this clash with the London meetup? That still leaves you the 1st, 3rd
and 4th weekends of the month.

WSC

On 19 August 2011 09:59, Lewis Cawte  wrote:

> **
> On 19/08/11 09:28, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>
> On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote:
>
> Youch... but of a trek :)
>
>  But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain.
>
>  Are there any suggested dates?
>
> Tom
>
> On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough wrote:
>
>> Sounds good!  Last time I spent the night in Brighton was WorldCon, no
>> sleeping was involved!  However that is not a great idea if I am driving
>> 
>>
>> On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>> > Glad to hear your interested :)
>> >
>> > I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their designated
>> > person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi, not sure
>> > about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for
>> > hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.
>> >
>> > Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from what I've
>> > heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner
>> > people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get dinner and
>> > drinks...
>> >
>> > Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right
>> > balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too
>> > many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the
>> > venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out a call
>> > for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the space is
>> > small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker specificly
>> > wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be providing a
>> > projector for us.
>> >
>> > Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk (mostly
>> > downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think
>> > there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't hold me to
>> this!
>> >
>> > Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to arrange, I'll
>> > put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its not my
>> > strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been
>> > something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels
>> > along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things
>> > if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past hackathons
>> > people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but thats not
>> > something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is worried
>> > about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap
>> > place where we can book people into where needs be.
>> >
>> > Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!
>> >
>> > -- Lewis Cawte
>> >
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> Saturday and half of the Sunday, but people are welcome to come for just the
> Saturday if they need to get home etc, and for people travelling down early
> on the Friday, if there's enough interest I'll stick up some activity for
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 19/08/11 09:28, Lewis Cawte wrote:
> On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote:
>> Youch... but of a trek :)
>>
>> But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain.
>>
>> Are there any suggested dates?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough > > wrote:
>>
>> Sounds good!  Last time I spent the night in Brighton was
>> WorldCon, no
>> sleeping was involved!  However that is not a great idea if I am
>> driving
>> 
>>
>> On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>> > Glad to hear your interested :)
>> >
>> > I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their
>> designated
>> > person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi,
>> not sure
>> > about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for
>> > hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.
>> >
>> > Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from
>> what I've
>> > heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner
>> > people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get
>> dinner and
>> > drinks...
>> >
>> > Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right
>> > balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too
>> > many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the
>> > venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out
>> a call
>> > for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the
>> space is
>> > small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker
>> specificly
>> > wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be
>> providing a
>> > projector for us.
>> >
>> > Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk
>> (mostly
>> > downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think
>> > there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't
>> hold me to this!
>> >
>> > Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to
>> arrange, I'll
>> > put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its
>> not my
>> > strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been
>> > something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels
>> > along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things
>> > if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past
>> hackathons
>> > people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but
>> thats not
>> > something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is
>> worried
>> > about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap
>> > place where we can book people into where needs be.
>> >
>> > Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!
>> >
>> > -- Lewis Cawte
>> >
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> Saturday and half of the Sunday, but people are welcome to come for
> just the Saturday if they need to get home etc, and for people
> travelling down early on the Friday, if there's enough interest I'll
> stick up some activity for anyone that doesn't want to be stuck in
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote:
> Youch... but of a trek :)
>
> But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain.
>
> Are there any suggested dates?
>
> Tom
>
> On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough  > wrote:
>
> Sounds good!  Last time I spent the night in Brighton was WorldCon, no
> sleeping was involved!  However that is not a great idea if I am
> driving
> 
>
> On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote:
> > Glad to hear your interested :)
> >
> > I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their
> designated
> > person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi, not
> sure
> > about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for
> > hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.
> >
> > Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from what
> I've
> > heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner
> > people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get
> dinner and
> > drinks...
> >
> > Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right
> > balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too
> > many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the
> > venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out a
> call
> > for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the space is
> > small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker
> specificly
> > wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be
> providing a
> > projector for us.
> >
> > Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk (mostly
> > downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think
> > there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't hold
> me to this!
> >
> > Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to arrange,
> I'll
> > put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its
> not my
> > strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been
> > something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels
> > along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things
> > if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past
> hackathons
> > people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but thats not
> > something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is
> worried
> > about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap
> > place where we can book people into where needs be.
> >
> > Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!
> >
> > -- Lewis Cawte
> >
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Saturday and half of the Sunday, but people are welcome to come for just
the Saturday if they need to get home etc, and for people travelling
down early on the Friday, if there's enough interest I'll stick up some
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

Youch... but of a trek :)

But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain.

Are there any suggested dates?

Tom

On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough wrote:

> Sounds good!  Last time I spent the night in Brighton was WorldCon, no
> sleeping was involved!  However that is not a great idea if I am driving
> 
>
> On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote:
> > Glad to hear your interested :)
> >
> > I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their designated
> > person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi, not sure
> > about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for
> > hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.
> >
> > Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from what I've
> > heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner
> > people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get dinner and
> > drinks...
> >
> > Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right
> > balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too
> > many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the
> > venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out a call
> > for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the space is
> > small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker specificly
> > wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be providing a
> > projector for us.
> >
> > Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk (mostly
> > downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think
> > there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't hold me to
> this!
> >
> > Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to arrange, I'll
> > put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its not my
> > strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been
> > something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels
> > along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things
> > if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past hackathons
> > people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but thats not
> > something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is worried
> > about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap
> > place where we can book people into where needs be.
> >
> > Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!
> >
> > -- Lewis Cawte
> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Richard Farmbrough]

Sounds good!  Last time I spent the night in Brighton was WorldCon, no 
sleeping was involved!  However that is not a great idea if I am driving 


On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote:
> Glad to hear your interested :)
>
> I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their designated
> person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi, not sure
> about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for
> hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.
>
> Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from what I've
> heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner
> people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get dinner and
> drinks...
>
> Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right
> balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too
> many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the
> venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out a call
> for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the space is
> small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker specificly
> wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be providing a
> projector for us.
>
> Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk (mostly
> downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think
> there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't hold me to this!
>
> Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to arrange, I'll
> put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its not my
> strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been
> something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels
> along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things
> if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past hackathons
> people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but thats not
> something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is worried
> about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap
> place where we can book people into where needs be.
>
> Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Lewis Cawte]

On 18/08/11 21:05, Richard Farmbrough wrote:
> I would be interested in a UK Hackathon, and there are a fair number of 
> heavy-duty UK techies,  I suppose the way forward would be a weekend 
> event,  and  the crux would be, primarily, suitable premises.
>
> * Good wifi, plenty of mains outlets.
> * Food and drink
> * Presentation facilities
> * Cheap accommodation
> * Reasonably easy to get to (this is always a problem in the UK of course)
>
> Perhaps the best way is to start small but scalable?
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Glad to hear your interested :)

I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their designated
person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi, not sure
about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for
hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty.

Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from what I've
heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner
people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get dinner and
drinks...

Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right
balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too
many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the
venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out a call
for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the space is
small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker specificly
wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be providing a
projector for us.

Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk (mostly
downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think
there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't hold me to this!

Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to arrange, I'll
put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its not my
strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been
something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels
along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things
if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past hackathons
people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but thats not
something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is worried
about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap
place where we can book people into where needs be.

Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome!

-- Lewis Cawte

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Richard Farmbrough]

I would be interested in a UK Hackathon, and there are a fair number of 
heavy-duty UK techies,  I suppose the way forward would be a weekend 
event,  and  the crux would be, primarily, suitable premises.

* Good wifi, plenty of mains outlets.
* Food and drink
* Presentation facilities
* Cheap accommodation
* Reasonably easy to get to (this is always a problem in the UK of course)

Perhaps the best way is to start small but scalable?








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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Michael Peel]

On 15 Aug 2011, at 12:31, Andrew Gray wrote:

> On 15 August 2011 12:22, Michael Peel  wrote:
>> 
>> Just a quick comment on this point - we'll be increasing the microgrants to 
>> a maximum of £250, and streamlining the process
>> a bit more, in the very near future (i.e. as soon as I find the time to 
>> implement the changes…). Macrogrants (defining that as
>> any grant over £250) are another kettle of fish that we need to figure out a 
>> more transparent process for, but in the interim,
>> proposals sent to the board would be very welcome.
> 
> A thought - other than funding for MW/WM related events, what sort of
> thing do you envisage microgrants being used for?

There's a list of examples at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Microgrants/Examples
but microgrants aren't restricted to just those things - so if you're thinking 
of something that isn't currently listed, put in an application anyway and 
we'll mull it over. :-) The basic criteria is that it has to further the 
chapter's Object:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Memorandum_of_Association#Object

Thanks,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Andrew Gray]

On 15 August 2011 12:22, Michael Peel  wrote:
>
> Just a quick comment on this point - we'll be increasing the microgrants to a 
> maximum of £250, and streamlining the process
> a bit more, in the very near future (i.e. as soon as I find the time to 
> implement the changes…). Macrogrants (defining that as
> any grant over £250) are another kettle of fish that we need to figure out a 
> more transparent process for, but in the interim,
> proposals sent to the board would be very welcome.

A thought - other than funding for MW/WM related events, what sort of
thing do you envisage microgrants being used for?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Michael Peel]

On 15 Aug 2011, at 12:17, Chris Keating wrote:

> Indeed, I'm hoping that for 2012 escalating the current "microgrant" scheme 
> to handle larger grants as well, so we have a more transparent and 
> easy-to-publicise process than people posting on this email list and then 
> someone from the board saying "good idea, what do you need!" 

Just a quick comment on this point - we'll be increasing the microgrants to a 
maximum of £250, and streamlining the process a bit more, in the very near 
future (i.e. as soon as I find the time to implement the changes…). Macrogrants 
(defining that as any grant over £250) are another kettle of fish that we need 
to figure out a more transparent process for, but in the interim, proposals 
sent to the board would be very welcome.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Chris Keating]

I've already mentioned this to Lewis off-list but might as well post here as
well.

If Lewis and the others who have expressed interest can organise the event
then WMUK will be keen to support it financially to make sure there is no
entrance fee and no-one is digging into their own pockets.

Formally speaking it will need a written proposal with a figure for us to
approve, but we definitely want to support community initiative like this.

Indeed, I'm hoping that for 2012 escalating the current "microgrant" scheme
to handle larger grants as well, so we have a more transparent and
easy-to-publicise process than people posting on this email list and then
someone from the board saying "good idea, what do you need!"

Chris

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Thomas Morton <
morton.tho...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Same here; I've be happy to consider attending if we got a few people
> together.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 13 August 2011 11:38, Harry Burt  wrote:
>
>> Hey Lewis,
>>
>> I'd be really interested in attending a UK hackathon. I'm a bot developer,
>> Toolserver tool operator, and occasional MediaWiki hacker.
>>
>> That said, the dates would be really important to me. It's either got to
>> be a weekend in September (too close) or some time in December. Sorry.
>>
>> Anyway, best of luck with the whole initiative.
>>
>> Harry (User:Jarry1250)
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Lewis Cawte 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Right, I'm not going to bore you with the long back story of this, but I
>>> was reading about the recently announced New Orleans hackathon, and as I
>>> normally do when I can't get to an event because its abroad or whatever, I
>>> go onto IRC and do my normal whiney thing (which I really hate myself for).
>>> But anyway, I got talking with 'sumanah, who is the Volunteer Development
>>> Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation (I guess that makes hackathons and
>>> stuff part of her job), but she suggested that if I can't get to these, why
>>> don't I organise my own...
>>>
>>> So anyway, then we got talking about some stuff, and we decided that it
>>> would be best, especially for my first event not necessarily worry about
>>> international developers and participants as much, and that I should focus
>>> the event locally.
>>>
>>> A few of the main hurdles with me not being able to get to the other
>>> hackathons are that my age, I'm 14 (15 in early September), so it makes
>>> finding a simple flight or whatever harder to find (because my parents don't
>>> have passports, and would not be able to afford coming with me, or finding
>>> something else to do), and cash to pay for hotel room and travel is also a
>>> problem. These problems also kind of apply to me running a hackathon, and a
>>> few solutions that came up were that 1, I hold it somewhere in Brighton, or
>>> somewhere rather close, and 2, that I contact my local chapter (if
>>> memberships a problem for no chapter support, I'll get the application in
>>> for the next meeting).
>>>
>>> And basicly I need to know,
>>>
>>>- How many of you would be interested in coming to a MediaWiki
>>>Hackathon, will be before Christmas this year, which would last a day or
>>>two, depending on the level of support and interest we get. There may be 
>>> an
>>>opportunity for a chapter/GLAM/board meetup depending on
>>>time/venue/interest, but I still need to find out the relevant 
>>> information
>>>before that can be arranged fully. I plan to cross post an announcement 
>>> to
>>> - What support I can get from the chapter, I don't have a lot of
>>>money, and I don't get a lot either, if anything, how much would the 
>>> chapter
>>>be willing to put into this event.
>>>- Would anyone interested be willing to pay a small fee to attend,
>>>like £5/10 a day? This has yet to be decided but it would help 
>>> especially if
>>>the chapter doesn't have much money it can spare...
>>>- How many MediaWiki developers, toolserver users (not toolserver
>>>tools users, but people that have their own tools/bots on toolserver) do 
>>> we
>>>have here, because I personally don't know of that many, but it'd be 
>>> nice if
>>>we could have some kind of workshop thing or mentoring program, because 
>>> if
>>>we don't have a few, we're going to have a lot of bored people sitting 
>>> in a
>>>room for a couple of days. I've spoken to a few of the other developers 
>>> in
>>>#mediawiki, and I know one or two people that have said they would be 
>>> happy
>>>to travel into the UK if I can get one organised and run by Christmas...
>>> - Deputy Event manager like person. As I've said, I'll be 15 when
>>>this happens, and I'm not comfortable running this by myself, or booking
>>>stuff in my name... or being the emergency contact on the time of the 
>>> event,
>>>mainly because I'm a stupidly heavy sleeper. I am happy, however to go to
>>>the event, do some speaking, go shopp

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Thomas Morton]

Same here; I've be happy to consider attending if we got a few people
together.

Tom

On 13 August 2011 11:38, Harry Burt  wrote:

> Hey Lewis,
>
> I'd be really interested in attending a UK hackathon. I'm a bot developer,
> Toolserver tool operator, and occasional MediaWiki hacker.
>
> That said, the dates would be really important to me. It's either got to be
> a weekend in September (too close) or some time in December. Sorry.
>
> Anyway, best of luck with the whole initiative.
>
> Harry (User:Jarry1250)
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Lewis Cawte wrote:
>
>> **
>> Hi all
>>
>> Right, I'm not going to bore you with the long back story of this, but I
>> was reading about the recently announced New Orleans hackathon, and as I
>> normally do when I can't get to an event because its abroad or whatever, I
>> go onto IRC and do my normal whiney thing (which I really hate myself for).
>> But anyway, I got talking with 'sumanah, who is the Volunteer Development
>> Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation (I guess that makes hackathons and
>> stuff part of her job), but she suggested that if I can't get to these, why
>> don't I organise my own...
>>
>> So anyway, then we got talking about some stuff, and we decided that it
>> would be best, especially for my first event not necessarily worry about
>> international developers and participants as much, and that I should focus
>> the event locally.
>>
>> A few of the main hurdles with me not being able to get to the other
>> hackathons are that my age, I'm 14 (15 in early September), so it makes
>> finding a simple flight or whatever harder to find (because my parents don't
>> have passports, and would not be able to afford coming with me, or finding
>> something else to do), and cash to pay for hotel room and travel is also a
>> problem. These problems also kind of apply to me running a hackathon, and a
>> few solutions that came up were that 1, I hold it somewhere in Brighton, or
>> somewhere rather close, and 2, that I contact my local chapter (if
>> memberships a problem for no chapter support, I'll get the application in
>> for the next meeting).
>>
>> And basicly I need to know,
>>
>>- How many of you would be interested in coming to a MediaWiki
>>Hackathon, will be before Christmas this year, which would last a day or
>>two, depending on the level of support and interest we get. There may be 
>> an
>>opportunity for a chapter/GLAM/board meetup depending on
>>time/venue/interest, but I still need to find out the relevant information
>>before that can be arranged fully. I plan to cross post an announcement to
>> - What support I can get from the chapter, I don't have a lot of
>>money, and I don't get a lot either, if anything, how much would the 
>> chapter
>>be willing to put into this event.
>>- Would anyone interested be willing to pay a small fee to attend,
>>like £5/10 a day? This has yet to be decided but it would help especially 
>> if
>>the chapter doesn't have much money it can spare...
>>- How many MediaWiki developers, toolserver users (not toolserver
>>tools users, but people that have their own tools/bots on toolserver) do 
>> we
>>have here, because I personally don't know of that many, but it'd be nice 
>> if
>>we could have some kind of workshop thing or mentoring program, because if
>>we don't have a few, we're going to have a lot of bored people sitting in 
>> a
>>room for a couple of days. I've spoken to a few of the other developers in
>>#mediawiki, and I know one or two people that have said they would be 
>> happy
>>to travel into the UK if I can get one organised and run by Christmas...
>> - Deputy Event manager like person. As I've said, I'll be 15 when
>>this happens, and I'm not comfortable running this by myself, or booking
>>stuff in my name... or being the emergency contact on the time of the 
>> event,
>>mainly because I'm a stupidly heavy sleeper. I am happy, however to go to
>>the event, do some speaking, go shopping or order shopping for snacks, 
>> work
>>out transport routes and stuff, and I'll go along with someone to visit 
>> the
>>venue if need be...
>>
>> Oh yeah, and if anyone doesn't know what a hackathon is, I've probably
>> left it a bit late to explain, but its a meetup with a few talks and a lot
>> of coding and bug fixing (and for this one, specifically MediaWiki related
>> tools (so toolserver, pybot etc as well)).
>>
>> Hope I haven't forgotten anything,
>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A proposal... MediaWiki Hackathon

[Harry Burt]

Hey Lewis,

I'd be really interested in attending a UK hackathon. I'm a bot developer,
Toolserver tool operator, and occasional MediaWiki hacker.

That said, the dates would be really important to me. It's either got to be
a weekend in September (too close) or some time in December. Sorry.

Anyway, best of luck with the whole initiative.

Harry (User:Jarry1250)

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Lewis Cawte wrote:

> **
> Hi all
>
> Right, I'm not going to bore you with the long back story of this, but I
> was reading about the recently announced New Orleans hackathon, and as I
> normally do when I can't get to an event because its abroad or whatever, I
> go onto IRC and do my normal whiney thing (which I really hate myself for).
> But anyway, I got talking with 'sumanah, who is the Volunteer Development
> Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation (I guess that makes hackathons and
> stuff part of her job), but she suggested that if I can't get to these, why
> don't I organise my own...
>
> So anyway, then we got talking about some stuff, and we decided that it
> would be best, especially for my first event not necessarily worry about
> international developers and participants as much, and that I should focus
> the event locally.
>
> A few of the main hurdles with me not being able to get to the other
> hackathons are that my age, I'm 14 (15 in early September), so it makes
> finding a simple flight or whatever harder to find (because my parents don't
> have passports, and would not be able to afford coming with me, or finding
> something else to do), and cash to pay for hotel room and travel is also a
> problem. These problems also kind of apply to me running a hackathon, and a
> few solutions that came up were that 1, I hold it somewhere in Brighton, or
> somewhere rather close, and 2, that I contact my local chapter (if
> memberships a problem for no chapter support, I'll get the application in
> for the next meeting).
>
> And basicly I need to know,
>
>- How many of you would be interested in coming to a MediaWiki
>Hackathon, will be before Christmas this year, which would last a day or
>two, depending on the level of support and interest we get. There may be an
>opportunity for a chapter/GLAM/board meetup depending on
>time/venue/interest, but I still need to find out the relevant information
>before that can be arranged fully. I plan to cross post an announcement to
> - What support I can get from the chapter, I don't have a lot of
>money, and I don't get a lot either, if anything, how much would the 
> chapter
>be willing to put into this event.
>- Would anyone interested be willing to pay a small fee to attend, like
>£5/10 a day? This has yet to be decided but it would help especially if the
>chapter doesn't have much money it can spare...
>- How many MediaWiki developers, toolserver users (not toolserver tools
>users, but people that have their own tools/bots on toolserver) do we have
>here, because I personally don't know of that many, but it'd be nice if we
>could have some kind of workshop thing or mentoring program, because if we
>don't have a few, we're going to have a lot of bored people sitting in a
>room for a couple of days. I've spoken to a few of the other developers in
>#mediawiki, and I know one or two people that have said they would be happy
>to travel into the UK if I can get one organised and run by Christmas...
> - Deputy Event manager like person. As I've said, I'll be 15 when this
>happens, and I'm not comfortable running this by myself, or booking stuff 
> in
>my name... or being the emergency contact on the time of the event, mainly
>because I'm a stupidly heavy sleeper. I am happy, however to go to the
>event, do some speaking, go shopping or order shopping for snacks, work out
>transport routes and stuff, and I'll go along with someone to visit the
>venue if need be...
>
> Oh yeah, and if anyone doesn't know what a hackathon is, I've probably left
> it a bit late to explain, but its a meetup with a few talks and a lot of
> coding and bug fixing (and for this one, specifically MediaWiki related
> tools (so toolserver, pybot etc as well)).
>
> Hope I haven't forgotten anything,
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
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