Wikiversity:Meetings

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This page is to gauge support for and plan synchronous meetings (i.e in real time) of Wikiversity community participants and others. This can be done face to face, or via IRC, Skype or other synchronous communication software. Meetings don't have to be 'work'-based - they can also be social events, or a mix of both.

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[edit] Possible ways of meeting

[edit] Face to face

There have been various meetups for Wikimedians around the world, including Wikimania the annual Wikimedia conference. See Wikiversity:Meetup.

Wikimania 2007 in Taipei

A real barnstar at a face to face meetup

Meetup by bike..

..or for food and a chat

[edit] IRC

Many Wikiversity participants use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to chat with others on an informal basis - see Wikiversity:Chat. There has been a proposal in the past to hold an IRColloquium - a regular meeting, which was suggested to be organised by various "schools".

[edit] Skype or other VoIP

There are a number of telephonic options for people to talk to each other online for free. Skype is well known, but there are others, such as Gizmo or Asterisk. This has been proposed as part of Wiki Campus Radio.

[edit] Videoconferencing

Fairly advanced - requiring specific software and hardware, as well as a sufficiently fast internet connection.

[edit] Upcoming meetings

If you are interested in having a meeting with other Wikiversity participants (and perhaps others), please add a subsection here with details for where how you would like to meet, and if relevant, what you would like to meet about. (It is not always necessary to have an agenda or purpose for a meeting!)

[edit] Learning on Wikiversity

I'd like to meet regarding Wikiversity's learning model and the provision of learning on Wikiversity. I see this as explicitly a part of the research project I am trying to facilitate, Developing Wikiversity through action research, as well as the "meta" work of Wikiversity in general. I'd like this meeting to do two things: 1) raise both broad and specific discussion of problems and opportunities with providing for learning on Wikiversity and 2) initiate the development of learning material on the basis of this discussion. Please add your name and time/date details/suggestions below if you are interested - or, if you are having trouble with the wiki-table, indicate your preference in the "discussion" section. Cormaggio talk 12:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

  • There was a meeting on 3rd June - see Wikiversity:Meetings/Learning on Wikiversity for details (and log).
  • There is a proposed meeting for Saturday 7th @ 18 UTC - you can sign up, comment, or suggest another date/time below.
  • Last meeting took place at #wikiversity-en, but it was suggested to use the interlingual channel #wikiversity.
Username Timezone (UTC+/-?) Preferred times Days/dates available/not Suggested date/time Suggested platform
Cormaggio UTC+1 09-24:00 UTC Generally available - though not much between 11-23 June Tue 3 June @ 21:00 UTC ? IRC
SB_Johnny UTC-4 8:00-9:30 UTC weekdays, 09:00-01:00 Sundays Honestly I never know when I'm available or not, but can try IRC
McCormack UTC+1 06.00 - 18.00 UTC Variable. Brain detaches after 18.00. Any. IRC
Daan UTC+2 (summertime) 16.00 - 21.00 UTC during weekdays; 7.00 - 21.00 UTC in the weekend When i sleep, work or meet my friends and family
Erkan Yilmaz UTC+2 (summertime) > 16:00 UTC IRC
Countrymike UTC+12 21 - 7 UTC Weekdays Any IRC
Rayc UTC-6 Weekdays: 11- 16 UTC (if I did the math right), Any on weekends Weekends, weekday evenings Any IRC
JWSchmidt UTC-7 Any Tu,F,Sa,Su best Any IRC
DanieleG UTC+1 9.00 - 17.00 UTC during weekdays Everyday except weekend. Any IRC
Remi UTC-7 ~21-3+ UTC F,Sa,Su,Mon Any IRC
Next person Timezone Preferred times Availability Suggested date/time Platform


[edit] Discussion

If you have any comments about the above meeting, please add them here.

I believe I could be there Saturday. Today unfortunately, this is not the case. : /--Remi 17:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Time schedules

I put in all data from the table, except for Rayc's and SB_Johnny's, because i can't imagine someone wanting to start at 5 'o clock in the morning. Suppose the three Americans (with JWSchmidt) sleep from 19-3 utc, than we can add that to the calculations.

  • Weekdays:
    • 0-3: Countrymike and Remi (less Americans)
    • 3-6: Countrymike
    • 6-7: Countrymike and McCormack
    • 7-9: McCormack
    • 9-16: Cormaggio, DanieleG and McCormack
    • 16-17: Cormaggio, Daan, DanieleG, Erkan Yilmaz and McCormack
    • 17-18: Cormaggio, Daan, Erkan Yilmaz and McCormack
    • 18-21: Cormaggio, Daan and Erkan Yilmaz (less Americans)
    • 21-24: Cormaggio, Countrymike, Remi and Erkan Yilmaz? (less Americans)
  • Weekend:
    • 0-3: Countrymike and Remi (less Americans)
    • 3-6: Countrymike
    • 6-7: Countrymike and McCormack
    • 7-8: McCormack
    • 8-9: Daan and McCormack
    • 9-16: Cormaggio, Daan and McCormack
    • 16-18: Cormaggio, Daan, Erkan Yilmaz and McCormack
    • 18-21: Cormaggio, Daan and Erkan Yilmaz (less Americans)
    • 21-24: Cormaggio, Countrymike, Remi and Erkan Yilmaz? (less Americans)

The higher the number, the more people will be able to join:

  • Weekdays:
    • 0-3: 2
    • 3-6: 4
    • 6-7: 5
    • 7-9: 4
    • 9-16: 6
    • 16-17: 9
    • 17-18: 7
    • 18-21: 3
    • 21-24: 4
  • Weekend:
    • 0-3: 2
    • 3-6: 4
    • 6-7: 5
    • 7-8: 4
    • 8-9: 5
    • 9-16: 6
    • 16-18: 7
    • 18-21: 3
    • 21-24: 4

Conclusion: The best time according to the above table would be during weekdays on 16 'o clock UTC.--Daanschr 19:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much for this, Daan. Btw, I'm pretty sure Rayc calculated the time difference wrongly (subtracting instead of adding) - and yes, SB_Johnny really does get up at 5 in the morning! Cormaggio talk 23:23, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
A couple more comments. User:Mu301 is an early American riser as well. User:jtneill seems to be active about 20 hours a day, but does not seem to be active during the (UK) afternoon. User:Darklama also seems to be active almost 24/24 - haven't quite worked out when he sleeps, but occasionally he is non-responsive on IRC. User:Juan has European times. --McCormack 10:20, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
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