For those of you who are interested in the idea of GLAM, I am excited to announce a new GLAM-related event we're planning in the US. Wikimedia DC, in cooperation with the National Archives as host, is organizing GLAM Boot Camp, a new model of event in which those of us with extensive backgrounds in GLAM projects will be giving a workshop to share experiences and teach skills relevant to the GLAM-Wiki project.

The concept for this event was developed at GLAMcamp London, and the idea behind it is to give experienced Wikimedians the skillset and confidence they need to engage in GLAM projects so that, ultimately, GLAM-Wiki will be more representative of the regular Wikimedia editing community. At GLAMcamp, the lack of broad community participation from different types of contributors was identified as one of the effort's key problems. So this is for all of you Wikimedians who like the concept of helping libraries, museums and archives share their knowledge with Wikimedia, even if (especially if) you aren't actually experienced in doing that yet. With Wikimedia DC's help, we are planning to cover the travel costs of all attendees, to ensure that money or geography are not a barrier to participation.

I would like to invite anyone who is intrigued to please indicate your interest by answering a few short questions on this Google form: <http://goo.gl/TCiYx>. This is especially important so we can pin down the ideal weekend to hold the event, and the sooner we get responses, the sooner we can reserve the venue.

To learn more about the GLAM Boot Camp, please see the more detailed description and proposed program at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Boot_Camp>.