Dear All,
I sent the below text to this list last week and have only receive two replies of individuals who are interested to attend a meet-up with the Wikimedia Foundation's Executive Director, Sue Gardner. Sue will be in Toronto from February 6-8, and she would like to attend a meet-up of local Canadian Wikipedians to get to know many of you and your work toward creating a chapter. It is my experience that meet-ups are best organized and developed by the local wikimedia community. The Wikimedia Foundation is happy to support and sponsor the event, however I have requested assistance on several occasions (to this list) to help me coordinate the logistics and spread the word among Canadian Wikipedians.
What I need is someone to suggest a location for a meet up, this can be as simple as a coffee shop or pub and does not need to have a private meeting room. I would also like to get a general idea of how many Wikipedians might attend and what the best day for the meeting would be. That said last week I created the below tab on the Toronto meet-up page and announced it to this list. If you wish to attend a meet-up and meet Sue please sign up on the link and provide me some suggested location.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Toronto
Regards,
James T. Owen
On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:00 PM, James Owen wrote:
Dear All,
I would like to find a location early next week so please indicate suggestion by Sunday if possible.
Thanks
James
James Owen
Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation
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