Dear John, I'd be happy to see the chapter bring back these sort of events. Thinking of a few lessons from when we last did them, coffee, soft drinks and some sort of snacks are important - remember that many attendees will be coming straight from work. We also used to designate a pub for the end of the evening.
You need to allow for a variable start time, some people will be working nearby, others may finish later and be an hour away - starting off with something informal such as a wiki surgery would give time for more people to get there. You don't want to give some people an hour to kill after work or exclude others because they can't slope off work early. Don't try to get 12 topics fixed before you start, topics will emerge as you talk to the attendees and potential attendees. But the ones we discussed at the London Meetup, FA writing, AWB workshop etc would give a good diverse start. Geni's talk on "photography in museums" is one I would happily hear again. Last Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday would give some distance from the existing London meetup on the second Sunday, and in the months with 5 weeks give you an advantage when you are competing against events that use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th week of the month. Jonathan Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:14:25 +0100 > From: John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > Message-ID: > <CAHEadKnNv= > cyvs_s8ccfpqw8djrq+lnqyztde1mnas1-ipm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > perhaps. > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to > the community and chapter members. > > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the > month. How does that sound to everyone? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:15 +0530 > From: Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > Message-ID: > < > caedaq_hn39ia6mvs3tn3wiwjybamcn0feqdozkwezma5pu+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Excellent idea. There was an idea to start something similar "what have you > learnt recently/Share your exciting new learning (of course Wiki-related)". > > Thanks > Tito Dutta > Note: If I don't reply to your email in 2 days, please feel free to remind > me over email or phone call. > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 16:45, John Lubbock <john.lubb...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > > > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup > yesterday, > > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work > at > > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month > programme > > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > > perhaps. > > > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to > have > > a workshop on? We need a list of 12 which would have some broad appeal to > > the community and chapter members. > > > > I would suggest Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, maybe first week of the > > month. How does that sound to everyone? > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:36:17 +0200 > From: "Peter Southwood" <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> > To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > Message-ID: <001601d4647b$4c0c5a60$e4250f20$@telkomsa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I like the idea. Once you have worked out how to do it efficiently, maybe > the WMF can send out trainers to places where the skills are thin on the > ground. > Cheers, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > Behalf Of John Lubbock > Sent: 15 October 2018 13:14 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Monthly skill share idea > > Hi all, after talking to community members at the London meetup yesterday, > I want to suggest that we start running a monthly skillshare after work at > the Wikimedia UK office. It would be good to organise a 12 month programme > with skillshares on things like 'getting an article to featured article > status', AWB, Wikidata infoboxes, something on commons or photography > perhaps. > > Would anybody like to suggest other subjects which it would be good to have > a workshop on? 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