On 06/19/2012 03:41 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:

This is a reminder that you're invited to the pre-Wikimania hackathon, 10-11 July in Washington, DC, USA:

https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon

In order to come, you have to register for the Wikimania conference:

https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration

(Unfortunately, the period for requesting scholarships is now over.)

At the hackathon, we'll have trainings and projects for novices, and we welcome creators of all Wikimedia technologies -- MediaWiki, gadgets, bots, mobile apps, you name it -- to hack on stuff together and teach each other.

Hope to see you!

Actually, you don't have to register for Wikimania to come to the hackathon. The registration fee is only required for the main conference days; everyone is welcome to come to the hackathon days and unconference for free. So tell your DC friends to sign up at https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon and come!