Hail Cascadians,
You probably know about
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cascadia
Our contact at TA3M Seattle is assembling a list of FOSS organizations in the Seattle
area. If you know of FOSS, GLAM, or other organizations in our region which would have
common interests with Wikimedia Cascadia, please add them to the Cascadia page on Meta.
This will help us to think about where we can do outreach.
One idea I am currently thinking seriously about is how to have a Wikimedian in Residence
position made available at the Gates Foundation, if they are willing to host one. I think
that will be easier to do once we are officially a user group or thematic organization.
Does anyone have thoughts to share about us becoming a recognized user group or thematic
organization? I think this would benefit us because we would be allowed to use the
Wikimedia trademarks and would provide easier access to other organizations like the Gates
Foundation, other FOSS organizations, events which are only for journalists, and other
opportunities. I am *not* proposing that we become a chapter because we are too small at
this time. That might come later. For now, I think being an officially recognized
Wikimedia user group would serve our needs well.
Pine