*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
organizations or businesses, or to locally-operating government
agencies, departments or commissions. Organizations not located in
Berkeley may be required to provide proof of regular operation or
programs within Berkeley such as brochures, newsletters or website
printouts."
That seems awfully restrictive to me, but maybe we can get around it.
One of the problems of meeting on campus is that they don't have easy
guest access to their wifi network -- someone with certain stature has
to request individual guest passwords that are valid for 24 hours.
These are some of the reasons why I've been hoping for an independent
hacker space.
kc
On 7/12/13 10:19 AM, Shreyas Patankar wrote:
Hi Karen,
I'm also interested in trying to find or arrange for some place where we
can do edit-a-thons in Berkeley, in addition to the many options in
Oakland and SF. A couple of ideas I had was trying to arrange something
at the Berkeley Public Library (like the OaklandWiki people have done in
Oakland) or one of the University libraries. I'll talk to my friends in
campus student organizations to see if they have any suggestions.
Let me know if you can think of something - I would be happy to help in
organizing a meeting.
Shreyas
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net
<mailto:kco...@kcoyle.net>> wrote:
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 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
<http://oaklandwiki.org/Local_History_Editathons>
Hacker Moms is a hacker space in Berkeley. We approached them
about hosting a women's Wikipedia meetup once, but it didn't
work out, I think because their space wasn't as large as we
wanted it to be? Someone else on the list might remember.
http://mothership.hackermoms.__org/
<http://mothership.hackermoms.org/>
Merrilee
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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 like to talk to anyone else in Berkeley who might be
interested
in finding or getting a space going where we can edit together.
I'm currently working on updating articles relating to
librarianship,
but looking at the articles of local interest (Berkeley, Phoebe
Hearst,
Free speech movement), there is work we could do, and the
resources are
here.
kc
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