Hello everyone and welcome to our new list subscribers! About two weeks ago I shared information on the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium, which we officially launched at the GLAM Night Out event at the Newseum during Wikimania. We were also lucky enough to have the launch reiterated by the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, during the closing plenary. The defining goal of the Consortium is to bring GLAM professionals together with Wikipedians to work and discuss more efficiently together - and we've definitely started off on the right foot! Already we have many organizations, cultural professionals, and Wikipedians who are interested in being a part of the GLAM-US Consortium. So with this momentum, it's truly time to come together and establish a useful structure for this network. I urge you to join the conversation and help to establish what the Consortium will look like, both in the short-term and long-term. Things you can do: - *Read *through this one-page overview of the Consortium's broad goals: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Consortium*<http://en.wik… - *Sign up* as an affiliate organization, chapter, or individual if you are interested in taking part. - *Share* your thoughts on the Consortium on the* talk page*, if you're comfortable doing so, or on this *email list*. - You can specifically address the following questions: - What platforms for discussion and information dispersal are most immediately useful & relevant to you? - What organizational structures should be aimed for in the future? - What funding models could be pursued in the future? I have cc'd the Libraries list and the global GLAM list on this email just as an FYI. In the future, all discussion of the GLAM-US Consortium will be centralized here on the GLAM-US list. If you are on these other lists and are interested in taking part, please sign up here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam-us With the abundance of talks, events, and praise for GLAM last week at Wikimania, I've never been more proud to be a part of this incredible global community. I'm really excited to see where the GLAM-US Consortium might lead - in particular in bringing cultural professionals more coherently into the conversation. Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Best, Lori -- Lori Phillips Digital Marketing Content Coordinator The Children's Museum of Indianapolis US Cultural Partnerships Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation http://loribyrdphillips.com/