Thread:Talk:Groups/San Francisco/New, related group starting up/reply

Check in with the San Francisco Engineering MediaWiki group (would they like to merge, or remain separate?)

Is that something your core peeps are considering? I came a bit late to the party, but had I been planning this from the get go, I would wanted a more inclusive group. I am a fan of cognitive diversity, and I also think a non-technical focus is better in general. I don't think it has to be prohibitive, but my interest is in using wikae to improve our lives and communities, and it only take a handful of sysops to get that done.

Quim, what are you thoughts on this? I don't know how much of this group is you working alone to get something together, and how much it is the group deciding things have to be a certain way. I really like the idea of supporting the BART region, since that is also an important region for positive social change and easy access to events. I would feel a lot more empowered to participate if we operated way the WikiBUG folks are suggesting, since we can still do vendor and user outreach, and it is still sanctioned by WMF, but we would have folks on the ground with specific plans.

I will draw attention to this discussion on the mailing list. Pete, would you followup with the folks you are working with and see how they feel about the stated goals of this group, and if a merge is possible? We should wait for Quim to respond, since I know e has done a lot of work setting this up, and I am being disruptive, but I think it merits consideration.