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People

 Marina, Julio, Liberty

Summary

Health Fair this Saturday at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park

  • Dennis will email this list with details and time

Tidied up the Front Page, send feedback to Julio

StoryCorps Aug 23 -24 (10-4PM): A Spanish-speaker would be good to have?

Oakland Wiki Day on Aug 31: 

Oakland Local story: Marina will get a column started and share with the group

  • Teaching with Oaklandwiki.org
  • We did not post one this month... aiming to have it ready for next month. Due August 6
  • how teachers can use Oakland Wiki.
    • Check out the Educators Portal
    • Parts of the curriculum that Oakland Wiki can fulfill? (History)

Liberty mentioned Litterati (needs page) originated in Oakland

Meeting every other Thursday: Next meeting August 29

Past Events

Future

  • Chavez Branch Editathon

    • Tuesdays, the library is open until 8pm (Ivan works there)
    • No specific plan yet
  • Oakland Local Column, need to finalize by the end of this week: Contact Marina/Lani if you want to contribute, or edit this link: 
  • Oakland Wiki Logo Skateboard to identify/advertise ourselves at editathon: Ivan/Marina/Diana
    • Marina will provide a skateboard to paint
    • Diana will paint it
  • Possibility of hosting meetings at LOLSpace/SELC once in a while
    • Diana: Shooting for Mondays

Further Future

  • Rethinking the Front Page

  • New wording for "What we've been up to" (Vicky)

  • About Oakland Wiki

  • Stealth People Page:

    • Contributors who edit a lot, but don't come to meeting

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Editathon

    • Diana is maybe possibly making shoutouts to people. Greenkozi, you interested?
  • Oral History Event @ Sudoroom
    • Ivan will email about Tina Tamale oral history. No Update
    • Ivan will also reach out to Estelle Clemens. Community Action Partnership Experience on War on Poverty
    • Grocery Outlet Cheese?
    • Aiming for August

  • Youth Radio - just starting conversation. Kids in finals and vacation. No kids right now. working on a new website. Will be good to continue the conversation.

    • launching an app where kids submit their own stories. and how that might be tied to the wiki. No Update

  • TechLiminal has expressed interest in hosting an Oakland Wiki event with their clients
  • Need to consolidate Events pages
    • Future Events Ideas - just ideas....not yet set.
    • Events that are upcoming / past
    • What we have been up to - features of past events
    • Events by Month - may need to clean up events listings for current year to focus on significant historical events (like Brown dissolves redevelopment funds)  rather than periodic happenings (like Dan Kalb Listening Session on Feb 28, 2013)
    • Event Notes Pages - Notes from meetings attended.

  • ​Housing Justice Editathon: Causa Justa 

    • Diana also emailed Patricia Zamora. No response.

    • Back burner
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