Reminder - lightning talks tomorrow! We have four topics. Participation links will be send out just in advance of the talks. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks Thanks, Rachel
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 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