Whoops, that should be ASMM - the American Society for Microbiology meeting. Formed through the fusion of the previous two largest ASM events, this will be the largest known colony of μbiologists in the universe — 10k biologists, 3500 posters, 10^18 microorganisms — at the Boston Convention Center. ASM will have a wiki editathon on Sunday Jun 19, which needs facilitators. Some attendees have already been to an editathon earlier this year, so it may go beyond a normal newbie workshop. If this sounds interesting & you're game to coordinate w/ admins on en:wp and commons, please sign up! [And if you root for wikispecies too, noone will judge]. http://bit.ly/ASMwiki Accepted facilitators get a pass to the full conference — geek out about optics, viral warfare, and CRISP gene tailoring; see Bill Gates keynote & find out why 640kbp ought to be enough for any body. [via friend & biostar Jessica Polka] SJ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jessica Polka &lt;jessica.polka(a)gmail.com&gt; Subject: Any wikipedians want to attend a microbiology conference? Want to attend ASM for free? The Simons Foundation is sponsoring a Wikipedia edit-a-thon at this year’s ASM Microbe <http://www.asmmicrobe.org/> meeting. (Sunday, June 19, 2016 from 8:15am to 12:15pm at the Boston Convention Center). If you’re interested in participating as an on-site facilitator during the edit-a-thon — by helping novice editors get started and answering participant questions — sign up here: http://bit.ly/ASMwiki. You’ll receive complimentary registration for the ASM Meeting (or reimbursement, if already registered). Experience editing Wikipedia is strongly preferred.