Hampedia Revitalization Project



The Hampedia Revitalization Project is an effort to bring Hampedia up-to-date as an informational resource for current and potential students, and a space for the Hampshire community to share information freely without administrative filter. Its goals more broadly also include promoting Wiki literacy in the Hampshire community, both to optimize the functionality of Hampedia and to give Hampshire students the tools to engage successfully with wikis in general as an informational resource.

The project is led by Aidan, Alice West, Shivani Kapadia, and T.X. Watson, whose first goal is to establish a new Hampedia Board of Trustees.

= Spring 2017=

The first Hampedia Revitalization Project meeting was held in the Airport Lounge on Feb. 11. Meeting minutes were recorded.

Upcoming meetings are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 18 in the Airport Lounge at 2:30, and Thursday, Feb. 23 in the Kern Center at 3:30. Interested students, staff or faculty can reach out to T.X. Watson at tfs15@hampshire.edu, Aidan, Alice West at aw14@hampshire.edu, or Sara Webber at smw16@hampshire.edu.

= History =

Hampshire Bureau of Information
The Hampedia Revitalization Project was originally organized by the non-official student group Hampshire Bureau of Information (HBI). Its organizers, Aidan, Alice West, T.X. Watson, and Shivani Kapadia, were given charge of Hampedia after the last remaining editor graduated in spring 2016. Over the summer of 2016 and into the fall semester of 2016, Hampshire Bureau of Information was struggling to gain student group recognition, therefore Aidan, Alice West and T.X. Watson decided instead to focus on specifically revitalizing Hampedia.