On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com> wrote:
If you would like to use space at the Library of Congress I think I
could arrange something in the National Digital Library Learning
Center which can hold up to 40 people, and has public wifi, and a
projector for slides/demos/etc.
Ed,
Thanks! We always have a need for space to do things. If/when we want to do a workshop targeted towards GLAM folks, that would be perfect.
For community workshops though, with the demographics we're targeting and at least at the outset, I think MLK (and eventually the neighborhood libraries in and beyond DC) would be ideal. They/we could put up flyers, etc., and think it's important to build good relationships between our group and the city and local govs.
Cheers,
Katie
PS - We also have contacts in the city's GIS office and could invite/involve them if/when we want to do a Wikipedia Takes DC / or "Wikipedia Loves Art" type event.
//Ed
2011/3/4 Alex Stinson <stinsoad@dukes.jmu.edu>:
> 2011/3/4 aude <aude.wiki@gmail.com>
>>
>> 2011/3/4 Steve P. <verdianspursfan@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Fairfax County would be a good location, too - there are large Korean and
>>> Vietnamese communities, and a big Spanish-speaking population, too, who
>>> would be great for outreach to South and Central America. There's also a
>>> Mongolian community in Arlington County, and an Afghan presence in the area
>>> generally. I'm all in favor of fostering involvement among them, too.
>>
>> Good idea, definitely agree that we could do a lot of outreach around
>> Fairfax and other suburban areas (e.g. Falls Church).
>>
>
> Last Summer, I briefly talked to one of the chief administrators at the
> Martin Luther King Memorial library and they said that they would be
> interested in holding a workshop in their space as long as we made sure that
> the space would be open to the public (they have a computer lab with
> projector in their space). They also said that if we wanted to do meetings
> there, as a chapter, we were more than welcome to reserve the space. I was
> planning on continuing the activity there if we got a number of people
> interested in the Smithsonian outreach and we solidified as a chapter, which
> we didn't last summer. I have a card for the person sitting on my desk back
> in Springfield, however since I am in England right now, don't have access
> too it. If you contact the person responsible for reserving spaces, she is
> the executive assistant for the directors there, and she may be able to put
> you in contact with him,
> Alex Stinson
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