I like to call myself an "occasional Wikipedian", but I'd be happy to join if I'm around.
Bill user:codeofdusk -----Original Message----- From: Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 11:25 AM To: Wikimedia Cascadia group mailing list <[email protected]> Subject: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Re: Wiki-activation in the PNW? I want to join the call! Thanks for whatever you can do to schedule it. Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry 🟦🌀💙🌀🟦 On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM Oscar Costero <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > I’m thinking of a Zoom or Google Meet call with those who are > interested, probably just three or four of us to start. It’s an > exploratory chat, so there’s no pressure; we might decide to move > forward, or we might not. How that sounds? > > Cheers, > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM Joe Mabel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I, for one, have no idea what you mean here by an "exploratory > > call". To whom, about what? Or is that "call" as in "call for > > papers"? Or do you mean an online session such as Zoom? Or something else > > entirely? > > > > JM > > > > On 3/12/2025 1:30 PM, Oscar Costero wrote: > > > Glad to see some interest! > > > > > > I may not have all the answers, mainly questions, but thanks for > > > the suggestions! A major event in Seattle or Portland could be > > > ideal, and connecting with the wiki-folx behind SXSW might help us > > > strategize. How about an exploratory call to gauge interest? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM peaceray--- via Wikimedia-Cascadia > > > < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Just over two months out are these two events in Seattle: > > >> > > >> - Seattle International Film Festiva < > https://www.siff.net/festival > > >l > > >> (SIFF), May 15–25 – although Sundance gets the flashy > > >> premieres, > > SIFF > > >> has > > >> been touted as "the largest film gathering in the U.S. > > >> < > > >> > > > https://variety.com/2018/film/news/seattle-international-film-festival > -2018-lineup-1202795655/ > > >>> " > > >> & "the country's biggest international film festival > > >> < > > >> > > > https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/washington/articles/how-s > iff-became-the-countrys-biggest-international-film-festival > > >> ". > > >> - Last year's festival program > > >> <https://issuu.com/siffnews/docs/fest24_program> (p. 3) > > >> stated > > that > > >> they were screening a "total of 261 films from 84 > > >> countries/regions around > > >> the globe: 92 features, 47 documentaries, 115 short films > > >> in 14 different > > >> programs, five archival features, two conversations with > > incredible > > >> actresses, and two secret films. 18 of these films are > > >> world premieres, 26 > > >> are North American premieres, and 14 are U.S. premieres. > > >> 49% of > > our > > >> filmmakers are female or non-binary identifying, 35% > > >> identify > as > > a > > >> BIPOC > > >> director, and 18% identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. > > >> 62% are from > > >> first- or second-time filmmakers, and 63% don’t currently > > >> have > > U.S. > > >> distribution." > > >> - Should WikiPortraits > > >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WikiPortraits> > > >> (on Bcc:, *hint, > > >> hint*) ever desire to get easy access to up-and-coming > > filmmakers, > > >> this is the festival at which to do it! > > >> - 2025 NW Folklife Festival <https://nwfolklife.org/>, May > 23-26th > > – > > >> this > > >> 54th year's theme <https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html> > > >> is > > based > > >> on the Japanese *Ikigai *[life worth living] > > >> > > >> Seattle is also one of the five metropolitan areas with six or > > >> more > FIFA > > >> World Cup 2025 matches > > >> < > > >> > > > https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/83583980e0bb1fb/original/FCWC25-Match-Sc > hedule.pdf > > >> in June, with LA, Miami, NY/NJ, & Philadelphia being the other four. > > >> > > >> On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM Oscar Costero < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> DuckDuckGo was unable to verify sender identity > > >>> > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> I’m inspired by the wiki-activations happening at SXSW this week > > >>> <https://www.wiki.haus/>, and the possibility of bringing > > >>> something similar to the PNW. > > >>> > > >>> I’d love to explore what it would take to make it happen! > > >>> > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- > > >> [email protected] > > >>> To unsubscribe send an email to > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- > > [email protected] > > >> To unsubscribe send an email to > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- > > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
