Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane/8

For details of previous meetups please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane.

Brisbane Wikipedians

When: 11am, Saturday August 22, 2015
Where: State Library of Queensland Café, Stanley Place, South Brisbane 27°28′17″S 153°01′02″E / 27.4713°S 153.0173°E / -27.4713; 153.0173 (State Library of Queensland Cafe)
Why: An informal wiki-meet for Brisbane editors of Wikipedia & associated projects. It's also been far too long since Brisbane meetup #7!

Getting there

The Library is located on Stanley Place, in South Brisbane, next to the river. The café is on the ground floor, facing the Museum and The Edge.

There is parking available, but it can be expensive and full on a Saturday. A better bet is public transport, it's within easy walking distance of South Brisbane and Cultural Centre stations.

Planning on attending

Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:40, 4 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]
Kerry (talk) 11:59, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Kgbo (talk) 22:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Shiftchange (talk) 03:07, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
NemoThorx (talk) 04:33, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Marzogh (talk) 13:07, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Robyn Myrtlegroggins (talk)
Commander Keane (talk) 08:32, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
User:Alexdaw (talk)
Sid Young (talk) - Tentative
Shujen Chang (talk) 11:20, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
LOLhouseonfire ^(talk) 10:41, 21 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Discussion

Do we want to have a set agenda and discuss any given topics, or shall we go with a freeform "drinks, snacks, and chat" sort of event? Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:41, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm much more of a 'freeform' kinda person. I'd rather have a social chat about wikipedia, than a committee meeting about wikipedia :) --.../NemoThorx (talk • Contributions) 01:18, 6 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Me too, just putting the option out there! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 10:40, 7 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]

What time of day did you have in mind? Kerry (talk) 11:58, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking about 11am-ish, that way people who just want to have a coffee and a chat can do so, those of us who want to stay for lunch can also do that? Not completely welded to that time and happy to go with another if it's more convenient for others. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:50, 5 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]

11am sounds good to me. Kerry (talk) 22:22, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I made a booking at the cafe. I think we will be on an inside table. It's in my name also with the word Wikipedia attached. I will be wearing a Wikipedia T-shirt to help you all to identify the right table (hint hint, if you have any Wikipedia clothes, please wear them to help with the visual identification of the group). Kerry (talk) 00:44, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Would like to attend but can't

Just wanted to mention that I would like to attend but can't as I only arrive in Brisbane in mid Oct. (and stay until August 2016). But I will put this on my watchlist and if there are further ones after this one, then I will try to be there. My main interest are water and sanitation topics (see "my" Wikipedia Project Sanitation) and also letting students edit Wikipedia as part of assignments in MSc courses dealing with development cooperation topics. EvM-Susana (talk) 12:49, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- @EvM-Susana: No worries, we'll keep you in mind for the next one! Hopefully this event is a success and Brisbane meetups will become a more regular thing. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 09:35, 8 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Hi there! Just noticed your meeting proposal. As a Wikipedian it's always attractive when I meet others to share our common interests as on Wiki community. If only time permitted that I could join you guys. However, due to my personal itinerary conflicts, I may not be able to show up on 22 Aug. I am still looking forward to your further meeting and hope I could be there once I was free. I currently focus on Sports(especially Soccer) topics' editing as my friend and I are now devoting to a project related to U.S. Soccer. Wish one day we could see guys with same interests in the meetup. And wish you folks who are about to attend have a great one! :) Scherbenmeer (talk) 10:21, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I won't be able to attend. Hope everything goes well. All the best. Figaro (talk) 08:21, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]