Ok, let's plan for Leigh and/or I to share the Tec de Monterrey video at the lighning talks on August 25th if there are about 10 minutes available after the tech-focused talks. Leigh might be available for an introduction and/or questions.
Thanks, Pine On Aug 12, 2015 11:41 AM, "Rachel Farrand" <rfarr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Pine! I love the idea, so thanks for bringing it up. :) > > As I said in the email - it is not mandatory that the talks are tech > related, however the point of these specific lightning talks are to be > mostly tech related. Kevin, Megan and I are all very involved in Wikimedia > Tech and are doing this specifically with the goal of spreading information > about ongoing tech projects. We will probably give priority to tech focused > talks for this series, but any extra space can go to whatever else wants to > participate. > If there is someone else (you!?) or another group who wants to run lighting > with the purpose of a broader range of topics I will be happy and willing > to share our lessons learned from these lightning talks. Keep in mind that > this is only our second round of talks so we still have lots of room to > learn, improve, document and change. > > A goal of mine is to start documenting the organization process and lessons > from running these talks. Anything that gets written up will go here: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event#Lightning_Talks > There is already a small amount of info, but not much. Check back for > updates! :) > > Hope this helps! > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, nice idea. I'm just wondering if this concept could be expanded to be > > more explicitly inclusive of other kinds of activities like L&E, > education, > > GLAM, Legal, Comms, Research, affiliates, etc. I think that this could > > increase participation. > > > > Pine > > On Aug 12, 2015 10:53 AM, "Rachel Farrand" <rfarr...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > We (Kevin Leduc, Megan Nestler and I) will be doing a second run of > > > lightning talks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk> on > August > > > 25. The first round had about 40 people viewing living bother remotely > > and > > > in SF as well as another 45 views after the talks. > > > ~ More logistic details/signups found in the email below ~ > > > > > > These lightning talks are meant for anyone working on wikimedia tech > and > > > are not limited to WMF engineers. If you would like to do a lightning > > talk > > > on any project you are working on please feel free to sign up. Make > sure > > to > > > include contact information (or email it to me) so that we (the > lightning > > > talk organizers) can coordinate with you. These lightning talks should > be > > > relevant to something related to our movement and will mostly be > focused > > on > > > tech related projects however it is not mandatory that they are related > > to > > > tech. > > > > > > These talks will continue every month until there is no longer > interest. > > > > > > A youtube stream will be sent out to this list just before the talks > > start > > > so you can follow along, you can ask questions on IRC, and the talks > will > > > also be recorded so that you can watch them whenever you like. > > > > > > We will adapt this process as we go to make it as interesting and > useful > > to > > > everyone as we can. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Kevin Leduc <ke...@wikimedia.org> > > > Date: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:26 PM > > > Subject: > > > To: wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org, Engineering list < > > > engineer...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Cc: Rachel Farrand <rfarr...@wikimedia.org>, Megan Neisler < > > > mneis...@wikimedia.org> > > > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > > The next round of Lightning Talks are in two weeks. This effort will > not > > > work without your participation... > > > > > > Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ WMF & in the Community > to > > > showcase a Quarterly Goal acheived, significant milestone, release, or > > > anything of significance to the rest of the foundation and the movement > > as > > > a whole. These talks will be open to our communities. > > > > > > Each presentation will be 10 minutes or less, the formal part should be > > not > > > be longer than 5 minutes and the remainder can be used for questions. > > > > > > Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your > > > lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk. > > > > > > Second Round of Lightning Talks: > > > > > > When: Tuesday August 25, 1800 UTC > > > < > > > > > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lightning+Talks+-+August&iso=20150825T18&p1=1440&ah=1 > > > >, > > > 11am PDT > > > > > > Where: 5th Floor > > > > > > Remotees: On-Air google hangout will be provided just before the > meeting > > > > > > IRC: #wikimedia-tech > > > > > > Sign up for a 10 minute slot here: > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks > > > > > > With interest, this meeting will become a monthly event. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Kevin Leduc, Rachel Farrand, Megan Neisler > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
