Hello again fellow Cascadians,

Here are some updates for our meeting Annual Membership Meeting on *Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 2 PM*:

- We have confirmed the physical location: *University of Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA*,* 47.6570676°N 122.3054000°W https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Wikipedia%3AMeetup%2FSeattle¶ms=47.6570676_N_-122.3054000_E_&title=Washington+Communications+Building%2C+Room+126%2C+4109+Stevens+Way+NE%2C+Seattle%2C+WA*. Please go to the door on the north-northwest side. *The event page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#December_annual_meeting.2C_Saturday.2C_December_17.2C_2pm.* - To attend remotely please join the Zoom meeting from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android: https://zoom.us/j/2207426850 Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,2207426850# or +16465588656,2207426850# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 220 742 6850 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=3xudWvlinee7Vr_PqzxT2J9udBzDNNJ_ I will send out a Google Calendar invite as a follow up. - Members who are current on dues (everyone who has paid dues since late last year) do no need to pay again to vote in this election as those memberships run through December 31, 2016. - If attending the meeting in person, current members may renew at the meeting and new members can join by completing and bringing the membership registration form http://cascadia.wiki/index.php?title=Workroom/Membership_registration and $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Although we are attempting to get a means to swipe credit cards by then, at this time we are only prepared to accept cash or check at the meeting. We will send a follow-up email if this changes. - We are pleased to announce that the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is now a recognized 501c3 non-profit organization in the US. EIN # 47-3513818 https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/pub78Search.do?ein1=47-3513818&names=&city=&state=All...&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchCharities&submitName=Search As we approach the end of 2016, we hope that you will consider making a donation to help us to continue to grow and effectively expand our influence. If you live and pay taxes in the US, your donation is 100% tax deductible. Thank you for partnering with us in keeping Information and education available to all. Our address is *Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, 520 Kirkland Way, PO Box 2305, Kirkland, WA 98083*. If you use smile.amazon.com, you can designate Cascadia Wikimedians User Group as your beneficiary here https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/change/ref=smi_se_uspo_change_cycsc.

Thank you, Raymond Leonard User:Peaceray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray peaceray@cascadia.wiki (forwards to) raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Raymond Leonard < raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com> wrote:

Greetings, Cascadians,

Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, an independent affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation, is accepting membership applications. Membership is not required to participate in most public activities; however, only members elect the Board of Directors and have certain privileges. The dues for membership are **$5** for a calendar year. If you would like to join, please visit the following links to view and print a membership application. Mail your application with payment by **December 10, 2016** so that you can vote in the upcoming Board election:

• *Invitation to Apply for Membership & Notice of Annual Membership

Meeting and Upcoming Elections https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kVklXiiR8yBWoC5PEODojelxpTK4TX3pUNKDZfO10Sc/edit?usp=sharing* on Google Docs

• *Membership registration

http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Membership_registration* on Cascadia.wiki

• *Notice of Annual Membership Meeting and Upcoming Elections

http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Notice_of_Annual_Membership_Meeting_and_Upcoming_Elections* on Cascadia.wiki

*Notice of Annual Membership Meeting and Upcoming Elections*

An election of the Board of Directors will take place at the Annual Membership Meeting on **Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 2 PM in the University of Washington Communications Building, Room 126, 4109 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA (subject to confirmation)**. The election shall fill up to three seats on the Board of Directors; please see our bylaws http://cascadia.wiki/File:Cascadia_Wikimedians_bylaws_-_November_2015.pdf for details on how Board members are elected.

Please view the above link to additional information about the election.

Thank you, Raymond Leonard User:Peaceray peaceray@cascadia.wiki (forwards to) raymond.f.leonard.jr@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list Wikimedia-Cascadia@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia