[Wikimedia-SF] Berkeley Wikipedians

2013-07-12 Thread Karen Coyle
Hello. I am interested in having some meetups (both working and social) with other wikipedians in this area. I would like to see some meetings in Berkeley if we can find (or create) a space. There are hacker spaces in SF and Oakland, but I'm not aware of any in Berkeley that we can use. I would

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Berkeley Wikipedians

2013-07-12 Thread Proffitt,Merrilee
Hi Karen, The Oakland Local wiki people have regular meetups once a month or more. Wikipedians are welcome. I've joined them in the past and enjoyed it quite a bit! And meeting in the Oakland History room is totally awesome. http://oaklandwiki.org/Local_History_Editathons Hacker Moms is a ha

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Berkeley Wikipedians

2013-07-12 Thread Stephen LaPorte
Hello Karen, Good to hear! I am located in San Francisco, but willing to venture to Berkeley. In addition to this list, we usually organize San Francisco/Bay Area events at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco If you don't mind hosting a Wikipedia event in San Francisco, I

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Berkeley Wikipedians

2013-07-12 Thread Neil
Asaf: Really good to hear from you and thank you for taking a moment to reach out to the original group. I appreciate your efforts to start an EB group. Karen, Merrilee and other interested EB Wikipedians and wikipedians to be, I have hosted Oakland wiki, and several other like-minded orgs and ev

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Berkeley Wikipedians

2013-07-12 Thread Karen Coyle
Merrilee - I will stop in at the Hackermoms space - I haven't been there. I do fear that it may be a bit ... mom-ish, but I should hold that thought until I get a look at it. Thanks, kc On 7/12/13 8:10 AM, Proffitt,Merrilee wrote: Hi Karen, The Oakland Local wiki people have regular meetups

Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Berkeley Wikipedians

2013-07-12 Thread Karen Coyle
*sigh* I'm hoping that the public library isn't too strict about use of their community spaces, but unfortunately this is what they say about it: "Permission to use the Library’s Community Rooms or Electronic Classroom will be granted to Berkeley-based civic, cultural, educational organization