I started attending meetups because of a watchlist notice, and we get lots of people every year who come to London meetups because of that notice. We have also had some success in the past with inviting editors who we know are in or near London.
As for donors, Fabian and I ran a couple of training events for donors in the London area a couple of years ago. We got quite a few attendees as I remember, and I think we invited donors to one of the backstage passes. I'm not sure I would invite donors to meetups though, as I can see some cultural differences. Meetups are a great opportunity for experienced editor to share experiences and discuss things with fellow editors, things like Wikipedia's tenth birthday party were a good opportunity to answer questions about the project from donors. But while a meetup is a great place for a five minute lesson on a tool like hotcat, or a 5 minute chat about a specific problem, a noisy pub isn't a suitable venue for an hour long training session for a new editor. I've given up many an afternoon or evening to train other people, and I might go for a beer afterwards. A London meetup is a more social event where I and most of the others drink beer, and if I knew that I was going to be spending my Sunday afternoon training then I would stick to coffee. So I'd be happy to invite newish editors to meetups, but I prefer to have some events where you can assume that everyone round the table has done some editing. Regards Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Press Enter to send your message. On 18 September 2014 19:03, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > This is definitely a great idea, well done. :-) I think the last time that > local ads were tried for events was back in 2010 with Britain Loves > Wikipedia at the Postal Museum and Archive, which worked really well. > > Another option is for WMUK to invite local donors to come along to them - > I think this might have been done before, but I can’t recall whether it was > a success or not. Perhaps we could give this a go for the Manchester > wikimeet on the 27th? > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 18 Sep 2014, at 10:54, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I noticed this: > > > http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-host-Wikipedia-website-8216-Wikimeet/story-22945215-detail/story.html > > > > Just a short local press story noting there's a wikimeet happening. > > > > It strikes me that wikimeets in general might be worth sending press > > releases about. Get interested members of the general public (i.e. our > > readers) along. Thoughts? > > > > > > - d. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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