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   San Francisco Meetup # 11
  Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2010
  Time: 15:00 (3PM)
  Place: WMFoundation offices
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Attendees

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Agenda

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  • Socialize until everyone arrives
  • 3:05pm: Introductions
  • Announcements
  • Planning Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 12
    • recruiting more meetup members
    • People will signup to "run" one meeting.
      • Only 9 months remaining
      • Can be anywhere (Even Vallejo)
      • Can be any activity you think Wikimedians would enjoy
    • Brainstorm other place we'd like to go
      • Samovar in the Yerba Buena gardens seemed to work well, though it's not cheap
      • Maybe if we all behave really well we'll be allowed to use the office again
      • other locations have been proposed
  • Planning for Maker Faire 2010
    • What is Maker Faire?
    • Last years results
      • Almost no one edits, need to do something different.
      • IRC Recent Changes/Commons pictures always big hit
        • Recent changes on an LED wall display? (e.g. [1])
          • Will Foundation sponsor if they can mount it in their lobby after the Faire?
        • 'Phosphor' xscreensaver url feed on lcd panels?
    • This years activities?
      • People go to Maker Faire to "Do Stuff"
      • Games
        • Reliable source criteria quiz game?
    • Donations!
  • How can we best help Haiti? http://haiti.com ?
  • Q&A for Foundation officials [if time, may be informal]
  • 4:00pm: Planning for possible Bay Area Wikimania 2011 (or 2012) bid
  • 4:20pm: Wrap up, socialize. Meet the board?
  • 4:30pm: leave for drinking/food/escapades/escaping/etc.
    • informal gathering at a local bar & eatery

Results

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  • Future Meetups:
    • 12 - March - Micah Alpern-Malpern - Maker Faire Marketing
    • 13 - April - James Salsman - Angel Island
    • May - Maker Faire
    • (Maybe) 14 - June - ShakataGaNai - USS Hornet
    • 17 - September - Lucadealfaro - Google?
    • November -- "Wiki Conference West" -- see below
    • We still need July, August, October, December (Assuming Nov is WCW)
  • Maker Faire
    • INTERACTIVE is the word of the day
    • Hopefully contact O'Reilly to get a double wide/better space
    • Games are important
      • Guess the WP language
      • Wiktionary tie definition game?
      • Touch screens would be AMAZINGLY useful
    • Be "other project"-centric
    • Wandering Commons photographers with Eye-Fi cards
      • Present live images from the cards, upload to commons
      • Have the ability to give short URLs?
    • Have small macro object booth
      • Present images live, upload to commons
    • Photo scavenger hunt/bingo
      • Scout Friday night and make something up?
      • Contact groups going to be there in advance and work something out?
      • Place "Q" Cards about. Little cards w/ logo and code to take pictures of
    • "Make" stuff before hand (?)
    • Marketing Materials:
      • posters
      • leaflets
      • 1-2page brochures
      • Maker Faire specific
      • booth setup
      • Visualizations
        • Digital
        • Analog (Posters)
      • Computer Displays
      • Trading Card Game
    • Schedule Talks/Presentations/Howto's
      • Get a whiteboard to use
      • 15 minutes, tops
      • "Why it's cool" from the other projects
      • How to edit, and get someone from the audience to do so
      • How to upload on commons, get audience to do it
      • Give away more valuable swag for people that actually edit (T-shirts?)
    • Swag?
      • Stickers
        • Mini-Commons!!!
      • Tshirts
      • Books (sell?)
    • Volunteers Saturday & Sunday
      • 3 hour shifts
      • At least 2 people
      • 1 extra commons photog separate
      • One or two peoples help on Friday depending on complexity
    • Visualizations
      • RC Always Popular
      • Commons featured pictures
      • Wandering commons photog uploads
      • LED RC?
      • What can we build/do that the office can put up?
      • How can we present the other projects?
    • Donation jar for the loose change/cash that isn't "tacky" (Point of contention from years past)
      • What about just "selling" symbolic items like t-shirts for donation prices? ($10 donation comes with a sticker, or something)
  • Wikimania SF
    • Bid for 2012
    • Research now is still useful
    • Look at old bids, keep an eye on this years bids
    • If Montreal gets 2011, might be difficult to get 2012
    • Sponsorship will be important
    • Expect up to 1000 people
    • Find out how many people have gone each year
  • WikiConfrence West
    • Expect 100-200 people
    • Unconference
    • See if we can get one serious (scheduled) talk/demo from each project
    • Usability project presentation
    • Fall of 2010 - Early November
    • Use as launching point for Wikimania 2012 bid
    • Set date soon.
    • Get a few people willing to "lead" the project
  • Booze!
  • Mailing List URL: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
  • Pictures! Commons:Category:SF Meetup 11