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:

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Dear All,

I added to the Wikipedia talk Page for Toronto meet ups a section for the planning for a February 2011 meet up. Please use the below link to indicate if you are interested to attend, and suggested dates/time, and locations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Meetup/Toronto

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 Office +1.415.839.6885 x 6604 Mobile +1.415.509.5444 Fax +1.415.882.0495 Email- jowen@wikimedia.org Website- www.wikimediafoundation.org