Update from the conference :)   Please ask any questions you have about the event.

Some partnerships, collaborations, and US-specific conversations:  

* There were many discussions about influencing policy that affects free knowledge and the projects.  European wikimedians have an annual meeting to clarify policy positions, draft statements to share with politicians and campigns, and decide how to push for key topics.  US Wikimedians and the WMF discussed net neutrality and upcoming legislation in the coming month.  Senator Wyden is interested in meeting with Wikimedians to inform his positions in support of NN.

 --> How do we feel about supporting active NN advocacy and even lobbying?  A day of action is coming up on May 9

 --> WMDC and the WMF talked about having a permanent lobbyist in DC to support and coordinate national efforts.

* We shared ideas for better collaborations with universities and libraries, and connections b/t open repositories & wikidata. Special props to the many US librarians involved in that conversation.  Stanford has a large library-data initiative that is focusing on adding a wikidatan-in-residence to integrate their projects with WD.

* We started a new user group for offline distributions.

* There is now a user group focused on the annual US wikiconference; and a few new regional groups, all of which sent a representative.

* In the strategy discussions, a number of people (again) from within and without the country asked about when we would have a US Chapter.  Implications: support for native languages within the US, nation-level outreach outside of the currently active metropoles, and small projects across the country.