The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is expanding for the coming term, and we're having 5 regional Campus Ambassador training events in the US: *San Francisco, 7-8 January *Washignton, DC, 8-9 January *New York City, 11-12 January *Baton Rouge, 13-14 January *Indianapolis, 15-16 January
(Alex Stinson, User:Sadads, will also be working to get the program started in the UK over the next few months, while he's studying at Oxford.)
With a few exceptions (we need some more Campus Ambassadors in the Boston/Cambridge area and in Houston) it looks like we'll have enough local ambassadors to support the 25-30 courses we'll be working with between January and May. But if you're near one of the training events and would be free for the scheduled days of training, and you want to help spread the Wikipedia Ambassador Program to new campuses and disciplines or to try to start a Wikipedia club on your campus, please apply to be a Campus Ambassador: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Steering_Committee/Campus...
(I can provide a .doc version of the application by email, upon request.)
I also want to invite people to join the ambassador program as Online Ambassadors. We may be working with upwards of 500 students who needs experienced Wikipedians to serve as mentors. If you're comfortable giving reviews of articles in development, and want to be a friendly face/username for newcomers, please apply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Online_Ambassadors
Being an Online Ambassador is also a good way to get some experience with the ambassador program if you're interested in doing in-person outreach as a Campus Ambassador or similar role down the line; by the end of the Public Policy Initiative grant, expansion of the ambassador programs to new campuses and beyond will be driven by the ambassadors, and WMF will mostly or completely step back.
Cheers, Sage Ross Online Facilitator, Public Policy Initiative Wikimedia Foundation