WALRUS/March 2012

WALRUS March 2012 IRC Meeting

Where you can help

If you have any contacts at local or national GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) institutions or organizations (or if you are such a contact), please let GLAM/US know! w:Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect, w:Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect#Information_by_State
- "Well, for those who aren't into GLAM, I think the big picture is that creating relationships with these institutions is a great way to help build your local editor community. They might host meetups, tours, or editathons, which is not only a chance to meet but to bring in newbies and show the outside world that we're serious." -- User:Dominic
We now have two great guides to organizing an editathon, which is a key part of WALRUS activity. We should consolidate them into a single, definitive guide at outreach:Editathon which could be helpfully linked on all WALRUS activity pages (and used to reassure nervous, first-time WALRUSes like myself).
GLAM/US Action Plan

Have a solid format for the state page that we can point to as inspiration. (Like w:Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Colorado
Fix up the Contribute page with actual ways to contribute to existing GLAM projects
Create an orientation template to be re-used on each state page that includes an action step for both GLAM professionals & Wikipedians. (ex: GLAM's: go to this section for resources & leave a note on the talk page of these places. Wikipedians: Go to this section for ways you can help.)
Reach out to associated WikiProjects. Especially each state, history, and arts-related.
Make sure we link them to the Connect page so they can sign up as online volunteers.

Other to-dos

Let Lori know if you have a GLAM contact or a project you're working on so we can add it to the master list.