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Be a part of the Appropedia community - join us online for the monthly Appropedia Jam!

This is an editing jam with internet chat, where we get in and edit articles, help each other out, ask and answer questions, and talk about Appropedia. As this is new, we may try out different chat tools, so check here for details each month, or join the Appropedia Working Group to help with planning.

It's on the second Sunday of each month, at 10pm GMT. (That's the Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)

Next meeting

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(Tuesday morning in Asia & Australasia.)

Pick a topic or an article you want to work on, join the chat and get help with your article.

When: Monday November 12, 2012, 6pm PST(Tuesday November 13, 2012, 2am GMT). See what time this is in your time zone. (We've blocked out 90 min, but you can drop in briefly or stay as longer if things are on a roll.) A few examples of local times are given below:

North and Central America:
- Pacific Time (PST) 2pm
- Central Time (CST) 4pm
- Eastern Time (EST) 5pm
UK, Ireland and Portugal 10pm
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Central Indonesia 6am Tuesday 13th (early start!)
Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Hobart, Australia 9am Tuesday 13th AEDT
New Zealand 11am Tuesday 13th (NZDT).

Where (virtual meeting place): IRC - see #Joining the channel below. (If you have trouble getting on, send a message to chriswaterguy, and/or call Chris on +61-439-471-632 (Australia). We also have this Etherpad (collaborative notepad) for shared notes - enter a user name and you can start editing.

Theme: Edit jam - think about what page you'd like to start or improve, and any questions you'd like to ask... or just turn up and join in!

Joining the channel

Easiest option for connecting to IRC: enter via the Freenode Web Chat. Enter a username and connect.

If you already have an IRC client (desktop app), connect to #appropedia on Freenode.net. See Appropedia:IRC for advanced options.

See Appropedia:IRC if you need more info or suggestions for clients to use.

Details for future events

Day: Second Sunday of each month. (That's the Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)

Time: 10pm GMT. We'll give a few local times around the world each time, and you can also look up the time in your own timezone (see the Time Zone Converter to convert from "UTC/GMT").

Virtual meeting place:

Tips: `

If you're in a timezone that uses daylight saving, or if you sometimes change timezones, then adding the event as a recurring event can be very difficult in Google Calendar. Instead, subscribe to this calendar: Appropedia online events. (Click the "Add this calendar" button, bottom right. This should add the event to your calendar in your correct local time each month. It may adds a grey GMT timescale to your calendar... but hopefully not!)

These were new events in 2012, and we're expanding them for 2013.

Face-to-face Appropedia Jams

These may be held together with the online jam or at different times. Face-to-face jams are planned for 2013 in:

Arcata, California - Appropedians at HSU and from the community
Melbourne, Australia - with the Melbourne Appropedia Working Group (new in 2013) and partner organizations.

How about your city? Leave a note on Chriswaterguy's talk page with you questions and ideas.

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-Our '''monthly chat''' is an internet chat and editing jam to talk about Appropedia - what you're working on, challenges for Appropedia, and ideas to improve things. As this is new, we may try out different chat platforms, so check here for details, or join the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/appropedia-community community mailing list].
+<big>Be a part of the Appropedia community - join us online for the monthly '''Appropedia Jam'''! </big>
+This is an editing jam with internet chat, where we get in and edit articles, help each other out, ask and answer questions, and talk about Appropedia. As this is new, we may try out different chat tools, so check here for details each month, or join the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/appropedia-working-group Appropedia Working Group] to help with planning.
+It's on the second Sunday of each month, at 10pm GMT. (That's the Monday morning in Asia & Oceania.)
 == Next meeting ==
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+(Tuesday morning in Asia & Australasia.)
-Be a part of the Appropedia community - join us online for the '''Appropedia Jam''' this Monday, November 12th! (Tuesday morning in Asia & Australasia.)
 Pick a topic or an article you want to work on, join the chat and get help with your article.
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 ::* New Zealand 11am Tuesday 13th (NZDT).
-:'''Where''' (virtual meeting place): IRC - see [[#Joining the channel]] below. We'll also have an Etherpad (a collaborative notepad) open [http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam '''here'''] for shared notes. (If you have trouble getting on, send a message to {{email|chriswaterguy|appropedia|org}}, and/or call Chris on +61-439-471-632 (Australia).
+:'''Where''' (virtual meeting place): IRC - see [[#Joining the channel]] below. (If you have trouble getting on, send a message to {{email|chriswaterguy|appropedia|org}}, and/or call Chris on +61-439-471-632 (Australia). We also have '''[http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam this Etherpad]''' (collaborative notepad) for shared notes - enter a user name and you can start editing.
 :'''Theme''': Edit jam - think about what page you'd like to start or improve, and any questions you'd like to ask... or just turn up and join in!
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 :'''Time''': 10pm GMT. We'll give a few local times around the world each time, and you can also look up the time in your own timezone (see the [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Time Zone Converter] to convert from "UTC/GMT").
 :'''Virtual meeting place''':
-'''Tips''':
+'''Tips''': `
-* If you're in a timezone that uses daylight saving, or if you sometimes change timezones, then adding the event as a recurring event can be difficult. (It's possible to choose the correct GMT timezone, but a bug in Google Calendar shows the wrong time for future recurrences. Instead, add
+* If you're in a timezone that uses daylight saving, or if you sometimes change timezones, then adding the event as a recurring event can be very difficult in Google Calendar. Instead, subscribe to this calendar: [https://www.google.com/calendar/b/1/embed?src=appropedia.org_fsb06atcdjctk67jpu88uo7qo4@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Etc/GMT&gsessionid=AFXLCkYN7g5SuiAqSp2NbA Appropedia online events]. (Click the "Add this calendar" button, bottom right. This should add the event to your calendar in your correct local time each month. It ''may'' adds a grey GMT timescale to your calendar... but hopefully not!)
-* The [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html Time Zone Converter] can convert from UTC/GMT to your time zone.
+These were new events in 2012, and we're expanding them for 2013.
-This is a new event in 2012. We'll announce by mailing lists, Twitter, FB, [[A:Village pump]].
+=== Face-to-face Appropedia Jams ===
+These may be held together with the online jam or at different times. Face-to-face jams are planned for 2013 in:
+* '''Arcata, California''' - Appropedians at [[HSU]] and from the community
+* '''Melbourne, Australia''' - with the '''Melbourne Appropedia Working Group''' (new in 2013) and partner organizations.
-== Preparation for an Appropedia jam ==
+How about your city? Leave a note on [[User talk:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy's talk page]] with you questions and ideas.
-It's useful to set up an Etherpad - a collaborative notepad. We usually use: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/appropediajam
 == See also ==
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 * [[Appropedia:Site development]]
 * [[:Category:Appropedia content development]]
+* [[Appropedia:Appropedia Jam/Preparation]] - for the organizers.
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