Re: books and things

This is all very interesting, and mirrors an idea that I've been
kicking around in my own head. The people at Wikiversity, I know,
conduct occasional meetings on IRC, in addition to the typical online
banter. I would like to do the same thing for Wikibooks, but I would
like to try to gather more participants then the handful of usuals
that #wikibooks sees.

Whereabouts are you located Adam, if you don't mind me asking? I'm in
PA myself and would be willing to meet up with like-minded people if
the commute wasn't too terrible. If IRL is impossible, online meetings
would be the next best thing. I definitely think we should put
something on the calendar, prepare some discussion topics and maybe
get a few speakers, etc.

--andrew whitworth

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:16 AM, adam hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey ,
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> good to hear from you about this :)
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> I was thinking about a structured event...online or offline...to pick
> some topics and invite people to speak and follow it with discussion
> (also, I should point out i am not strictly speaking a wikimedian, i am
> part of floss manuals which is a wiki dedicated to making free manuals
> on free software).
>
> there are several topics in this area that might not quite coincide with
> other wikimedia foundation projects but are more book-specific which
> would be interesting to discuss such as :
> * collaborative authoring and the place of the author
> * remixing books
> * current technologies
> * structuring book content within a wiki
> * output formats
> * print on demand technologies and models
> * wikis and publishing
> * legal issues (when does a wiki become a publisher etc)
> * invariant sections vs derivative works
> * what is the ideal book license?
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>
> etc etc etc
>
> i should have proposed this for wikimania in alex or tried to get it
> together there on the spot but it was a bit hectic. but perhaps a series
> of discussions that culminates with a irl meet for those that attend wm
> 09?
>
> adam
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> On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 07:51 -0300, mike.lifeguard wrote:
>> I'd love to get some Wikibookians together and just chat! I (can be) on
>> Skype if you're interested in that - I had some very good conversations a
>> few weeks back with some Wikipedians & if we get a few Wikibookians
>> together, I imagine it'd be a good time.
>>
>> But we always have #wikibooks on irc.freenode.net for exactly this sort of
>> thing. It's an open channel; you're welcome to /join :D
>>
>> As for meeting IRL - we are very spread out, and I don't know whether any of
>> us go to Wikimedia meetups (would be interested to know). Except folks in
>> Pennsylvania, who I think see each other IRL reasonably often, as there are
>> 3 (maybe) of them fairly close.
>>
>> -Mike.lifeguard
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: textbook-l-bounces-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
>> [mailto:textbook-l-bounces-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of adam hyde
>> Sent: July 30, 2008 5:53 AM
>> To: Wikimedia textbook discussion
>> Subject: [Textbook-l] books and things
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if it might be interesting to have an informal gathering
>> about wikis and books...I'd love to talk to more wikibooks ppl (and
>> others) about general and specific issues surrounding licenses, tech,
>> process etc
>>
>> either a realspace meeting or a organised series of discussions via VOIP
>> or similar...
>>
>> anyone keen for something like this?
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
> --
> Adam Hyde
> FLOSS Manuals
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