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. )

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Evening event during GLAMcamp DC Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:36:40 -0800 From: Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.com To: Aude filbertk@gmail.com, Aude aude.wiki@gmail.com CC: Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@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