I am pleased to announce our fourth annual picnic, the Great American Wiknic, will take place at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 13 from 1 to 5 PM (rain date: July 20). We will be hanging out by the statue of Dante Alighieri, a statue that was donated to the park in 1921 as a tribute to Italian Americans. Read more about the statue on Wikipedia. If you would like to sign up for the picnic, you can do so here, or you could email James Hare at james.hare at wikimediadc.org. When signing up, say what you’re going to bring!
July will also feature the second annual Great American Wiknic in Frederick, Maryland. This year’s Frederick picnic will take place on Sunday, July 6 at Baker Park. Sign up here for the Frederick picnic.
What else is going on in July? We have the American Chemical Society Edit-a-Thon on Saturday, July 12, dedicated to notable chemists, and our monthly WikiSalon on Wednesday, July 16.
We hope to see you at our upcoming events!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
All,
I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia District of Columbia has selected Leo Zimmermann to lead our Wikipedia Summer of Monuments project. Leo's experience running Wikipedia workshops and reaching out to rural libraries have prepared him for what is our largest outreach project yet. The object of Summer of Monuments is to improve photographic coverage of nationally recognized historic sites in the Southern United States, a region that is underrepresented on Wikipedia. In particular, we have identified ten states where photographic coverage lags behind: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Our plan is to build on the success we had with Wiki Loves Monuments with a campaign of direct outreach to those historical and cultural institutions who share our mission to improve access to the world's knowledge. To learn more, read our latest blog post: <http://blog.wikimediadc.org/2014/06/introducing-wikipedia-summer-of-monumen…>.
We invite Wikimedians and our allies to join us in this effort to share history on Wikipedia!
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James Hare
President, Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia DC has now published its activity report for the second quarter
of the 2013-14 fiscal year. The report is available on our wiki at
http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Activity_report_(Q2_2013–2014).
As always, comments or suggestions are very welcome!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary
Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org