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.
Cheers,
Katie
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