Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Seattle1

message: I don't want to make this too official or anything, but I think it would be a good idea to list here anything we think we might want to discuss as a group.  I can't imagine what that would be, other than to discuss whether or not it would be fun to have a "regional board".  The Deep South and New England now both have regional posting boards where they work on local topics of interest.  Do we want a PNW board?  I don't know, but I'm willing to talk it over -- obviously we have a lot of Wikipedians in the area with free time on Saturdays. ;-)  Maybe we have time to pursue something like that.  Any other ideas?
Also, quizzes were given at the London and Boston wikimeets.  Is this more of a casual gathering, or would something like that be fun?  If so, does someone want to put it together?  The content of the quizzes (which were good and difficult) can be found by link-surfing from Wikipedia:Meetup to the info pages about London and Boston -- I don't have the links in my memory.  Just thought I'd mention it.  Any and all reactions, counterproposals, and ideas are welcome. Jwrosenzweig 22:52, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm game for discussion -- it sounds good.  Are you willing to come with some more specific ideas in mind?  That would help me -- outreach is a big term and I'm having trouble envisioning what you're thinking of.  And every other month might be a better idea (it's a ways to travel for our Oregon friends, and I don't know if we'd have enough to chat about going monthly) from my perspective, though of course we'll need to talk over the timing of it as a group. :-)  Great ideas: I'm glad to see we'll be doing more than say "oh, is that what you look like in real life?"! Jwrosenzweig 23:21, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I've been thinking about the outreach issues a lot, I'll be coming with several ideas. -- Jmabel|Talk 05:34, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)
I've given a little bit of thought to a quiz and have some potential questions in mind, so I can probably work that up. If people are interested we can do it, if not it can be done another time. As for the agenda, I figure once we've gone through the initial introductions and casual conversation, a group discussion on the issues Jmabel mentions could be held. Anyone who has additional items they want raised is welcome to suggest them too, I think. One thing I'd be particularly interested in is hearing something from Bryce about the very earliest days of Wikipedia - he's one of the people who came over from GNUPedia right after it started. --Michael Snow 23:59, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Agenda

message: Just want to be sure we're all still on board.  Michael, are you doing the quiz?  Need any help, or is it under control?  I assume you're way ahead of me there.  Also, we haven't talked about recognizing each other -- should we all assume some characteristic posture or chant "wiki wiki wiki" as we walk around the library cafe? ;-)  Seriously, though, I don't want us to look like an outing of the Red Hat Society but have we given any thought to how we will meet otherwise?  I'm not normally one to ask strangers if they edit an open source encyclopedia, but if that's the only reasonable way of doing this, I'll live I'm sure. :-)  Just curious if anyone had given this some thought... Jwrosenzweig 21:13, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The quiz is not finished yet, but I think I have it under control. I didn't want to encourage suggestions for fear of giving anyone an unfair advantage. To aid in recognition, I was thinking of printing out a copy of the picture I cobbled together to illustrate the page - just put that out and people should be able to figure out which one is the table full of Wikipedians, assuming that eavesdropping on conversations won't already be sufficient. --Michael Snow 22:36, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As always, Michael, your proposal is wise. I'll look for the Wiki-ed Space Needle -- thanks! Jwrosenzweig 22:54, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Last minute checkin

message: Could someone put names under the pictures so that we can share seeing people ? SweetLittleFluffyThing 15:19, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done so, although in a couple of cases it was hard to decide whether or not to name a person who was obscured save for a right foot. :-)  Hopefully no one minds, and if they do, they can pull out their name. Jwrosenzweig 19:07, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures

message: Jeeee, I made it in the quiz !!! SweetLittleFluffyThing 19:36, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you were the most readily identified user in the "real name/username/sig" mix and match. :-) Jwrosenzweig 19:37, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Quiz