Wiki Wander

magnumlady

This is taking place in Sligo on January 22nd, it's free and there are prizes to be won.
More details here:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=123888091011109

sligopark

can you post the details magnum please - the facebook thing needs a log in and I am not facebooked

magnumlady

Wikipedia celebrates its tenth birthday and to mark the event Sligo VEC and volunteers from Open Coffee Sligo will be hosting an Open Source Fair and ‘Wiki Wander’ on Saturday 22nd January 2011, the only event nationwide to recognise the occasion. This event is free, there will be great prizes and giveaways on the day and it is open to all members of the community, young and old, technologically savv...y or not.

The event will kick off with a ‘Wiki Wander’ Photography Time Challenge beginning at 10am at Co. Sligo VEC, Quay Street. The quest is simple. Anyone who can get their snap happy hands on a digital camera or camera phone can participate. A list of items will be given to each photographer/team with a time deadline to return with all items photographed. The focus of the day is to create an archive of open source pictures from Sligo and its’ environs – a scrapbook of community generated images that will be available online showing off your town and county as you see it.

Photographers should be aware that all images will need to be in jpeg format and memory sticks should preferably be clear, but help will be on hand on the morning for anyone unsure of the technicalities. The time challenge will finish at 1:00pm whereon all photographers/teams must be back at base to download their images. Images will then be printed and exhibited that afternoon.

This event was the brainchild of Heather James, who has worked with Sligo IT and is a founding member of Open Coffee Sligo. Heather and her team of dedicated volunteers will be holding short workshops and talks from 2pm onwards to familiarise people with open source and its’ role in providing freely available, user generated content built from the community for the community. There will also be some workshops on basic computers and image editing. Giveaways will be available to participants.

In the week running up to the 22nd January, a further photography event will take place. ‘Share Ireland’ will be looking for photographs, not just of Sligo, but from all over Ireland to build an open source archive.

So why not brush off the January blues? Enjoy some free fun with family and friends and maybe even learn something new! This event is free of charge and is open to all. Anyone who is interested in finding out more should contact wikiwander@gmail.com or check out http://www.sligovec.ie/.

Cool Running

Cool looks really good

If I was around I would defo head

Ill send it on to a few people who would be interested

sligopark

Thank you MagnumLady

nearly

Thanks for posting this Magnum Lady!

Here's a link to the article directly.

http://sligovec.ie/news/sligo-celebrates-wikipedia-10

We do hope this is the start of more techie events here in Sligo.

nearly

Saturday, 22nd Jan - Join a photo scavenger hunt, win prizes and contribute to a free, open photo archive of Ireland.

At Sligo VEC, we'll be kicking off a photo scavenger hunt, and you can enter to win a prize and make a significant contribution to the open web.

More info at: http://sligovec.ie/news/sligo-celebrates-wikipedia-10
- Perfect for families and groups of friends to join together
- Learn about Wikipedia
- Win Prizes

There are 314 events happening world wide to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia. Please join us for the only event happening in Ireland!
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page