Hi David, If I'll make it to Wikimania I'll definetly join the meetup.
Also, I've submitted proposal for Tutorial-style presentation, mainly targeted for those relatively new to Wikisource. https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/From_paper_book_to_a_digital_one_on_Wikisource On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:42 PM, David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > this year the Wikimania will be in* London* and it will be a great > opportunity to have a *Wikisource community meet-up* there. I requested a > room for* Aug 9th* (Saturday), who would be coming? > > During the wmcon I learnt that it is possible to apply for funds to the > GAC to bring selected members from strategically-targeted language > communities (Diversity), or someone who wants to learn about how to > revitalize their wikisource (Community building) or learn how to start > projects (Outreach). It could also be someone from an external organization > we want to partner with. As always there must be a very strong motivation > to do things and it has to yield results, since travels are expensive. Are > there suggestions about who should we try to bring? > > Additionally this year there are several Wikisource-related submissions, > so we could also "package" the ones that get accepted into a brouchure to > promote Wikisource and the related talks. Some that have been identified: > *DIY-Scanner<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Open_hardware_and_Open_Source_for_Open_Content:_GLAM,_the_DIY_Book_Scanner_community_and_Wikimedia_digitalize_public_domain_books._Case_study_from_Argentina>: > to learn how it was done and evaluate if we can replicate the project > internationally > *Wikisource technical > infrastructure<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikisource_technical_infrastructure:_what_we_have_done_and_what_we_could_do>: > to see what has been done and the discussion about the technical > developments > *Wikisource > panel<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Panel:_Wikisource,_from_digitization_to_data>: > general discussion, workflow and metadata handling > *Gujarati > Wikisource<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Gujarati_Wikisource>: > to learn about how a small community overcame the initial challenges > *Malayalam Digitization > Contest<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Malayalam_Wikisource_Digitization_Contest>: > the Wikisource > contest<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/21/wikisource-proofreading-contest/>is > becoming global, good time to discuss lessons learnt and how to make it > grow further. > > Feel free to vote them if you find them interesting! > > Cheers, > Micru > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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