Dear all,
Some of you may know, but some of you may not, that Wikimedia District of
Columbia along with Sunlight Labs will be hosting a roundtable discussion
on Wikidata and global open data this Thursday at the Sunlight Foundation
offices in Washington, DC (see here:
http://wikidataroundtable.eventbrite.com/). Katie Filbert, one of our Board
of Directors members who's also on the development team for Wikidata, will
be one of the speakers. If anyone on this list is in or near Washington,
DC, please RSVP and join the discussion on Thursday. If not, please use
this threat to discuss questions that you might want raised during the
brainstorming session, or comments that you want to share with everyone
there about Wikidata and its potential role in the global open data
movement, etc. This discussion will not be focused solely on the technology
or the development process of Wikidata, but also what features may make it
useful to open data and other NGOs around the world, how to maximize its
usefulness, how to ensure its success upon launch, and how to get the most
people involved.
We hope that following this event and before Wikimania, we will write a
report with a set of suggestions and comments that we can deliver to the
Wikidata team members who will be in attendance at Wikimania in July.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Michael Bashour
President
Wikimedia District of Columbia
Washington, DC, USA