Hey Pharos,
Sorry for the late reply, just saw this :) , I will definitely use the
geonotice, thanks. Hope more action can be arranged for SoCal.
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hi Muhammad,
We actually had an event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for
'Wikipedia Loves Art' in February 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art
I would highly recommend that future SoCal real-life events take
advantage of the geonotice system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Geonotice
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Muhammad Yahia <shipmaster(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hey Everyone,
I am originally from Egypt, and I am involved in the ongoing effort to
create a chapter in Alexandria, my home city.
One thing I found strange was that it was much easier to find an
organized,
active community in Alexandria, than it was in
Los Angeles where I moved
some time ago. The situation may be a lot better up north owing to the
presence of WMF and silicon valley in general. So, I support the idea of
a
Wikimedia chapter if it will mean more local
events/projects/etc, I also
find it hard to believe that the potential for funding opportunities in
california has been fully explored by the foundation.
However, I have come to support the chapters committee idea about how a
chapter should grow organically from an organized community and not vice
versa, I dont know what the situation is up north with regards to the
number
of active members willing to organize more and
commit to projects, etc,
but
for me in SoCal, the only sign of activity I
could personally find was a
couple of informal meetups that happened in 2005...
--
Best Regards,
Muhammad Yahia
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