Thanks to everyone who filled out the quick survey I sent earlier this
week. The good news is that it looks like there are enough people who are
already planning to attend the Chapters Meeting in Milan to make it
worthwhile to have the education workshop in conjunction with it.
The bad news is that after further research, it looks like there isn't any
money available from the Wikimedia Foundation for travel funding. :(
We realize this significantly limits the number of people who are able to
attend, but given the choice of a meeting with a small number of education
program leaders who were already coming to the chapters meeting and no
in-person meeting at all, we've chosen to move forward with the small
meeting. We're working on some videoconferencing solution to bring people
in virtually if that can be feasible, and we'll do our best to document the
discussions well. We'll also plan a larger meeting in conjunction with
Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong, in hopes that more program leaders worldwide
will be able to attend that.
If you're interested in learning more about the education workshop, please
see this wiki page for more details:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/Education_Pr…
If you are able to join us, either virtually or in person, please add your
name to that page.
LiAnna
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LiAnna Davis
Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
http://education.wikimedia.org
(415) 839-6885 x6649
ldavis(a)wikimedia.org