Re: [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Wikimedia Asia Project + Smithsonian Asian American editathon(s) campaign

Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun! Would it work better the other way round - Smithsonian staff set out a range of dates they can be in each place, then local Wikimedians sign up to meet them? Deryck On 22 Aug 2015 04:02, "Pharos" <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Wikimedia Asia chapters and usergroups, > > I wanted to share with you details of the upcoming Smithsonian Asian > American editathon campaign for September 2015, which is also being joined > by Wikimedia Thailand and hopefully others in Asia (following a discussion > at Wikimania): > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia_APA > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wikipedia_APA#Global_Campaig… > > The Smithsonian folks have a pretty significant publicity effort they > can put out, and I think the Smithsonian is a well-known name globally (and > also Museum of Modern Art in NYC too), so it would be great if we could > promote participation among the different members of the Wikimedia Asia > Project as well. > > The Smithsonian people plan to hold events at museums in about 5-10 US > cities (and also has ties to art spaces in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, etc), > so pairing that with international events could be mutually beneficial (as > we did with the Art+Feminism campaign). > > If your chapter or usergroup is interested , we'd be very glad to put > you in touch with the Smithsonian folks who can share their own contacts in > these cities. > > Thanks, > Pharos > Wikimedia NYC > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list > Wikimedia-asia-chapters(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list Wikimedia-asia-chapters(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters