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.

2011/3/4 aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-DC mailing list Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc

2011/3/4 aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> 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

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

2011/3/4 aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> 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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-DC mailing list Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Ed Summers <ehs(a)pobox.com> wrote: 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. -- Katie Filbert filbertk(a)gmail.com @filbertkm _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-DC mailing list Wikimedia-DC(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc