The world's largest gathering of of activists and community organizers
within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their
allies, the 24th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, is
coming to the Hilton Baltimore, January 25–29, 2012.
Gregory Varnum, a Wikimedian from Michigan, is planning to attend and would
like to setup a booth to represent Wikimedia (the chapters + WMF) at the
conference. He has applied to the WMF for a grant to cover the costs of
this.
This is an exciting opportunity to recruit new volunteers, outreach to
potential sponsors for Wikimania and beyond, and for us to develop
relationships with organizations that have a combined volunteer base of
several million.
We are in need of volunteers to be present at the booth for questions and
general outreach on behalf of Wikimedia. The booth will be open:
- Thursday, January 26 from 2:00pm to 10:00pm
- Friday, January 27 from 8:30am to 7:30pm
- Friday, January 28 from 8:30am to 7:30pm
- Sunday, January 29 from 8:00am to 3:00pm
If you can come for any part of the time, such as a morning or afternoon,
that would be awesome! I am not yet sure when the meetup would be, but
stay tuned.
The conference is run by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and
attracts more than 2,500 people from all over the country every year.
Presenters and participants come from all walks of life and include members
of the business community, elected officials, students, faith leaders and
staff and volunteers of non-profit organizations.
Anyone interested in more information or to sign-up as a volunteer, please
email: gregory(a)aequalitasproject.org
Cheers,
Katie
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President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc / @wikimania2012
Hello everyone,
The Board of Directors of Wikimedia DC will meet at 2 PM on February 5,
2012 to conduct routine business. The meeting will take place at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, and will also be
accessible via conference call at 916-209-4534 (PIN # 7328117).
The order of business for the meeting is attached. As always, everyone is
welcome to attend, either in person or via conference call. If you're
planning to attend, please let me know.
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hi everyone,
The Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens is seeking a Wikipedian
who'd like to lead the creation of an article about them. This article
can be as complex as you desire (please not just a stub! LOL). Please
ping me off list if you'd like to take the lead on this and I'll put you
in touch with them. (And no, you don't have to be a horticulturalist to
do the job!)
http://gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/AAG/home.htm
You don't have to live in Washington, DC, so don't worry about that.
It'd be a cool opportunity!
Thanks!
-Sarah
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*Sarah Stierch*
*/Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/*
>>Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today
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Hello everyone!
After much delay, I am pleased to announce that Wikimania 2012, the
eighth annual Wikimedia conference, has opened registration! Wikimania
2012 will be held in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United
States. We will announce the specific venue shortly.
To register, please read
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration> and then
proceed to the linked registration form. Until April 23, the
registration fee is $55; Wikimedia students and volunteers can
register at the discounted $35 rate. This does not cover
accommodations, which will be handled by a separate process. If you
need financial aid to attend, consider applying for a scholarship:
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.
Wikimania is made possible by the excellent presentations delivered by
enthusiastic Wikimedia volunteers. If you are interested in presenting
at Wikimania, please read our Call for Participation:
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions>.
If you have any issues during the registration process, do not
hesitate to email wikimania-registration(a)wikimedia.org. For other
inquiries, see our Contact page:
<http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact>.
Thank you for your patience, and we hope to see you in Washington!
Sincerely,
James Hare
Wikimania 2012 Coordinator
See below. This opportunity is in the Washington, D.C. area.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [cultural-partners] Fwd: Provisions Library residency (DC)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:03:39 -0800
From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination
<cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>
To: cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch, wikimedia-dc(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
This looks like a fantastic opportunity for some of the folks in our
network?please take a look, and pass on as appropriate!
Begin forwarded message:
> *From: *Kendall Nordin <kendall_somewhere(a)yahoo.com
> <mailto:kendall_somewhere@yahoo.com>>
> *Date: *January 23, 2012 1:46:54 PM PST
> *To: *----
> *Subject: **Provisions Library residency*
> *Reply-To: *Kendall Nordin <kendall_somewhere(a)yahoo.com
> <mailto:kendall_somewhere@yahoo.com>>
>
> A really fantastic opportunity for someone who might be both
> artistically and activist-ly inclined. Spread it around far and wide,
> please! Let me know if you have any trouble opening it.
>
Go Dominic and Wikimedians! Though obviously we are not so scalable.
What next?
Katie
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> Subject: Petition Response: Digitizing Federal Public Records
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> Digitizing Federal Public Records
> By David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States
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> Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to
> digitize all public records.
>
> The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our
> collections by digitizing our records is a great idea. Our most
> recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of our OpenGov
> initiative, include the Citizen Archivist project, a Wikipedian in
> Residence, Tag it Tuesdays, and Scanathons. We are also moving
> forward on implementing the President’s recent Memorandum on Managin
> g Government Records, which focuses on the need to update policies a
> nd practices for the digital age.
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I invite anyone who is available on Wednesday morning, to join me and DC
Tech Meetup folks, on Capitol Hill to be there in solidarity and opposition
to the proposed SOPA legislation.
We will be there at 10 am at the Rayburn House Office Building. If there is
a hearing, it will be in Room 2154 and regardless, we can be in Room 2203
(co-working if you need).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_27
We can also go get lunch together, if anyone wants.
Cheers,
Katie
PS - we're planning the next regular Wikipedia meetup to be on Feb 4...
stay tuned.
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President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc / @wikimania2012
Hello everyone,
The draft minutes of the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors meeting on January
8 are attached. As always, comments and suggestions are very welcome!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
FYI.
Regards,
Jyothis.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimania 2012 now accepting scholarship
applications
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
Scholarship applications are now being accepted for Wikimania 2012 in
Washington, D.C. The application window will be one month (through
February 16). To learn more about Wikimania scholarships, see
http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form
here: https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/schols/
For the Wikimania 2012 team,
James Hare
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