I've been thinking (irregardless of our Wikimania bid) that it's 
important we make some outreach effort in the local area to teach people
 about Wikipedia, aim to bring in new editors and increase our 
diversity, such as more African Americans &amp; women.  It would also be great  to reach out to populations like Ethiopians.<br>
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One way for us to do this would be to organize periodic workshops or 
classes at the local libraries in DC.  We could start out with something
 at the MLK library in downtown DC.  <br>
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Here&#39;s our local outreach page 
(<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_DC/Local_outreach">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_DC/Local_outreach</a>) which needs
 to be filled out to make it more than just ideas and include concrete 
plans to do something.<br>
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Good idea?  Who wants to help out?  I do have some contacts at DC Library so could see about arranging something once we have enough of us interested in doing this.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Katie<br>
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