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
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