Wikipedia:Meetup/Atlanta/Atlanta 3

Date

June 30, 2012

Time

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Description

Atlanta Wiknic

Venue

Piedmont Park

Address

10th and Piedmont

Parking at 1320 Monroe Dr., NE

Map of the location

Google

We'll put the banner on some trees near the Meadow or Oak Hill (wherever we find space southeast of the lake).

Meeting minutes

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The Altanta 3 meetup happened on June 30. Craig and Michael were first at the park at noon setting up the banner and the picnic area. Ganesh, LadyofShallot and Justin joined them later. Although the temperature was over 100F, it was very pleasant under the tree. We had some good discussion about the use of Wikipedia in education, the WP1.0 initiative, the WikiData project, Recaptcha and others. We agreed to start preparing for the Wikipedia Loves Libraries event in November. The meetup ended at 3:00 pm.

Intended Audience

Anyone interested in Wikipedia (user, contributor or curious about it). Meetup is open to members of all Wikimedia projects and Wikipedians from all languages. All are welcome, and we are especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. If you are interested in coming, please add your name below.

Participants

Add your name as " # ~~~ " if you have an username or else add " # Name"

Attended

1. Wakebrdkid (Michael) (talk)
2. CraigJW
3. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:46, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
4. LadyofShalott 20:21, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Signed up

1. CordazarW
2. Wakebrdkid (Michael) (talk)
3. CraigJW
4. — Ganeshk (talk) 12:46, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
5. LadyofShalott 20:21, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Tentative

1. LadyofShalott

1. Joel7687 (talk)
2. Bullmoosebell (talk)
3. MynameisSTIG

Regrets

#Sorry, it turns out I will be working that day. LadyofShalott 13:45, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

1. SudoGhost - Sorry, there's no way I was able to get out in the 100+ degree weather with the humidity while recovering from being sick. - SudoGhost 18:57, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Agenda

• Talks
  • WikiGolf app/site

• Discussions
  • Why does America embrace electronic credit card transactions but reject electronic voting despite successful implementations such as Wikipedia?
  • What role does Wikipedia have in education reform as internet access continues to expand?
  • How can some of the tenets of Wikipedia such as anonymity with tight spam control, direct democracy, and transparency be applied more broadly in society?

• Updates
• Networking

Notes

• There is a listserv (an email based subscription list) for those who wish to subscribe to the mailing list.