Hi everyone,
I am co-planning GLAMcamp DC with Lori Phillips (the new US Cultural
Partnerships Coordinator) and Pete Forsyth (a fellow Wikimedia DC
member). I've posted the announcement here previously. We have two
evenings for events, one is Friday evening, which is thus far, being
privately sponsored by an anonymous donor, at the Smithsonian for
GLAMcamp attendees and Smithsonian staff. The second, is still open for
Saturday night. Katie (Aude) expressed interest in having WM DC take a
role of potential sponsorship in the weekend, and we emailed her about
an event sponsorship.
This event has the opportunity of being a "meet-up" which brings
together those attending GLAMcamp - which will feature Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Foundation staff, and museum professionals from around the
country, and regional Wikimedians. A very impressive group of attendees
will be at the conference, making this Saturday night event an
opportunity for Wikimedia DC not only to solicit memberships as "the
nation's Chapter" (so to say), but to also promote Wikimania and the
"GLAM" theme of the conference to museum professionals who will be
attending. This also could be an opportunity to bring in potential
donors for Wikimania, from the open source and cultural communities.
(The power of inviting the right people!)
You can learn more about GLAMcamp DC and it's agendas here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_DC (The attendee list is
pending and not publicly posted at this time.)
I do hope that Wikimedia DC, and it's membership, will consider
sponsoring such an event, as I think events like this will be imperative
to not only strengthening the community (as a similar event was
sponsored by WMNL at GLAMcamp Amsterdam), but, could also be a powerful
tool for Wikimania support via volunteers, donors and sponsorships.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sarah Stierch
(I've trimmed a bit of the email, as not all portions of the original
email are relevant to this. )
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Subject: Evening event during GLAMcamp DC
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:36:40 -0800
From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
To: Aude <filbertk(a)gmail.com>om>, Aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com>
CC: Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com>om>, Lori Phillips
<lori.byrd.phillips(a)gmail.com>
Hi Katie,
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During the planning of the event and the grant application, we have
developed a pretty specific and ambitious set of goals for the event,
which will determine how we structure the limited time available. Sarah
has plans for a Friday night event; Saturday night, however, may still
be open for a Wikimedia DC event.
If Wikimedia DC would like to sponsor a party or evening event during,
and as part of, GLAMcamp DC, here are the things that would make it mesh
well with the rest of the event:
* Saturday night, Feb. 11; timed and located in a way that gives people
adequate time to return to hostel, and have dinner before or after
* Sponsorship should cover at least one drink for at least 30 people,
plus some appetizers (we estimated roughly $400)
* Strong emphasis on time for socializing/networking, in a way that
accommodates both GLAMcamp participants and cultural institution
drop-ins. A reserved space for our group that is reasonably quiet,
allowing for conversation, would be best.
* Brief introductory remarks (limited to about 5-minutes) to introduce
Wikimedia DC, Chapters model, whatever you think is best.
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-Lori, Sarah, and Pete