Talk:GLAM-WIKI 2010

Very interesting but can't go.

How will the event be disseminated, please?

Vernon White Cornwall former Public Libarian, now Museum volunteer in the Constantine Village Heritage Centre —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vernon39 (talk • contribs) 07:05, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it would be interesting to know if there are plans to release any videos of presentations on Commons (on the assumption that they would be respectable quality; often the problem is that audience coughs and chatter gets recorded better than the speaker)? Fæ 11:46, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

We're working on recording the talks, but can't promise anything just yet... Mike Peel 08:11, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Hopefully we'll get the keynote events filmed - but it's proving difficult to get a happy medium between quality and cost. Yes, if we do manage to get them recorded then we'll put them on Commons with an appropriate license. Otherwise, the twitter tag for the day will be #GLAMWIKI. Witty lama 04:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

• How do you register? I click on the register button and it just takes me to details of the button image. Andrew Davidson 07:23, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Clicking on the register button should take you to http://glamwikiuk.eventbrite.com/ - you can register there. It works OK for me (Firefox on a Mac) - can I ask which browser you're using? Thanks. Mike Peel 08:11, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for the link. I'm using Chrome. Andrew Davidson 09:46, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Button works fine for me in Chrome - btw assume there's no problem with attending just Friday evening and the Saturday? The Land 16:25, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

I've tested in Safari and Firefox and it worked... is this still a problem for you?

Technically there is only one registration fee - for the whole event. However, for Wikimedians I think we'd be cool if you just clicked on the "Registered attendee of MCG conference" button (which is half price and indicates that it is only for the 2nd day). How does that sound? Witty lama 04:51, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Timetable

I can't seem to find the full timetable of the event - is there one somewhere? I've got lectures in Cambridge until 1pm Friday (although I can skive all of them if I'm really desperate), after that I'm free for the whole event. --Deryck Chan 18:04, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

PS. the glamwiki.org link on http://glamwikiuk.eventbrite.com/ is still pointing to wikimedia.org.au . --Deryck Chan 18:12, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting the borked link - fixed.

I'm trying to put up the schedule now. It's subject to change but what IS fixed for Friday morning is Cory Doctorow's keynote. Other things on the Friday morning are mainly pitched at bringing the GLAM sector up to speed on things like cc-by-sa. Hope that helps. Witty lama 04:25, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Ok - the schedule is up now. Witty lama 06:46, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Liam! Just registered. I'll definitely come for that Friday evening and Saturday. --Deryck Chan 16:25, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Eventbrite

It may just be a co-incidence but I very rarely give out my mobile number and after using Eventbrite to register for this event I received a fake message about claiming for accident insurance. Anyone else? Fæ 14:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Was it an automated call? If so - I received one too, without registering for the event. I think it's more probable that a phone spammer correctly guessed your mobile number than that Eventbrite's database is compromised. The Land 19:38, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Odd. The mobile phone number field is not a "required" field. But even if it was, I would be surprised if this is something that has a direct relationship with the eventbrite system - more likely just a coincidence. There was nothing done at the Wikimedia end to publish the personal details of attendees I can assure you. Witty lama 05:55, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Nothing happened to my mobile! --Deryck Chan 17:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback, I feel much relieved that it was just a co-incidence after all and the folks at Eventbrite can be counted amongst the good guys. Fæ 01:55, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Hong Kong delegation

Good news: two volunteer members of staff of Wikimedia Hong Kong will be turning up in this event! I'll roll down from Cambridge, and Sam (w:zh:User:CX257) will roll down from Newcastle. --Deryck Chan 21:44, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Fantastic. :-) Make sure you say hi! Mike Peel 22:23, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Map

Would be helpful to have a map of the event location on this page, or even an address. 87.112.167.203 08:36, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

If you click on the Registration link there is a map included. Fæ 07:13, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Wrap-up notes

After discussion at the end of the conference, it might be useful to pen a few thoughts on this talk page though these might be relocated if someone has a better idea of where to take such a discussion. Please add other thoughts as an additional sub-section. Fæ 19:50, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Managing "trusted volunteers" to support organizational requests for help

During the conference I had very pleasant personal chats with new folks from the British Library, Natural History Museum, National Maritime Museum, a woman looking for help releasing their image database (who's org name I did not catch but I connected her up with Mike Peel a bit later) and someone I had not met before from the British Museum learning department (which includes school outreach and all those evening programmes they run). This was an impressive selection of folks and emphasises the importance of free-mingling at lunch or other breaks (an easy version of the speed-dating suggestion). A common theme was that these organizations wanted to know who to talk to for help and one suggested there should be some sort of ambassador to represent the Wiki(p|m)edia community. A couple of observations on this theme:

1. Why "Ambassador" is probably a poor term: if a volunteer goes to help a GLAM (or other org) by supporting internal workshops, "how-to" presentations or brainstorming future options they would not be speaking for Wikimedia and would not be empowered to make any promises or commitments. My later chats with a few fellow Wikipedians might suggest that sticking to "volunteer" is more accurate and keeps the right world-view on how Wikipedia (should) work.
2. Why we need to qualify those involved: such a volunteer would have to be comfortable and competent in delivering non-standard presentations and fielding a variety of sector-specific questions in a fairly impartial way (one could imagine issues with someone who has strong opinions on copyright attempting to support the NPG, for example). Such interaction might be at a fairly senior level in an organization and though negotiation might be better with direct involvement of a wm-UK board member, the volunteer will probably be seen as trusted and a key advisor even if they are not acting in any official capacity. Personally I would encourage significant flexibility on how to qualify prospective volunteer involvement (horses for courses) though the suggestion (from Seddon) of having an preliminary training session might be an idea, if only to normalize the concept of how such involvement might work, and consideration should probably be taken of the individual's past experience in delivering training and presentations (noting that our volunteers include teachers and those used to giving presentations in different environments). I would also suggest any significant engagement (say, a session with more that 8 people), should have at least two volunteers participating if not a board member. {N.b. by the word "qualify" I mean filtering possible volunteers using agreed criteria, not passing an exam.}

--Fæ 19:50, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

WP/WM volunteer network to GLAM volunteer network

This point was raised in the last GLAM-WIKI session and I separately discussed this (a little) with Harry Potter and a few others; instead of reaching out to the formal organizational hierarchy (with potential initial reactions of budget and copyright issues) we could offer to support any associated GLAM volunteer network they already have to simply offer "how-to" sessions and mentoring for current volunteers. This is probably an area not investigated with the British Museum and they might consider formally incorporating such sessions within their learning programme. For organizations not yet involved, this would be an interesting start to gaining their commitment on a low risk basis and further partnership or other types of involvement would be supported by internal GLAM volunteers that become enthused about getting their message out on Wiki(p|m)edia. --Fæ 19:50, 27 November 2010 (UTC)