I invite anyone who is available on Wednesday morning, to join me and DC Tech Meetup folks, on Capitol Hill to be there in solidarity and opposition to the proposed SOPA legislation.
We will be there at 10 am at the Rayburn House Office Building. If there is a hearing, it will be in Room 2154 and regardless, we can be in Room 2203 (co-working if you need).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_27
We can also go get lunch together, if anyone wants.
Cheers, Katie
PS - we're planning the next regular Wikipedia meetup to be on Feb 4... stay tuned.
I'm going to try to make it. Bring buttons and stickers! (People can put them on after get a seat if prefer.) Possible to put a message on every DC meetup person's user talk page?
On 1/16/2012 12:39 PM, aude wrote:
I invite anyone who is available on Wednesday morning, to join me and DC Tech Meetup folks, on Capitol Hill to be there in solidarity and opposition to the proposed SOPA legislation.
We will be there at 10 am at the Rayburn House Office Building. If there is a hearing, it will be in Room 2154 and regardless, we can be in Room 2203 (co-working if you need).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_27
We can also go get lunch together, if anyone wants.
Cheers, Katie
PS - we're planning the next regular Wikipedia meetup to be on Feb 4... stay tuned.
-- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Carol Moore carolmooredc@verizon.netwrote:
I'm going to try to make it. Bring buttons and stickers! (People can put them on after get a seat if prefer.) Possible to put a message on every DC meetup person's user talk page?
So there will be no hearing and I think we won't have Room 2203.
I still plan to go to capitol hill (as a group of us preferably) in the morning and see what we can do. Would it make more sense to try to target the Senate or the House? I think Senate is back now and senators like Barbara Mikulski appear undecided.
I'm not as sure about the house members.
Cheers, Katie
On 1/16/2012 12:39 PM, aude wrote:
I invite anyone who is available on Wednesday morning, to join me and DC Tech Meetup folks, on Capitol Hill to be there in solidarity and opposition to the proposed SOPA legislation.
We will be there at 10 am at the Rayburn House Office Building. If there is a hearing, it will be in Room 2154 and regardless, we can be in Room 2203 (co-working if you need).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_27
We can also go get lunch together, if anyone wants.
Cheers, Katie
PS - we're planning the next regular Wikipedia meetup to be on Feb 4... stay tuned.
-- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012
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On 1/17/2012 3:47 PM, aude wrote:
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Carol Moore <carolmooredc@verizon.net mailto:carolmooredc@verizon.net> wrote:
I'm going to try to make it. Bring buttons and stickers! (People can put them on after get a seat if prefer.) Possible to put a message on every DC meetup person's user talk page?So there will be no hearing and I think we won't have Room 2203.
I still plan to go to capitol hill (as a group of us preferably) in the morning and see what we can do. Would it make more sense to try to target the Senate or the House? I think Senate is back now and senators like Barbara Mikulski appear undecided.
I'm not as sure about the house members.
Cheers, Katie
Five hours later old age exhaustion catching up with me and I have to save strength for nasty dental visit first thing Thursday, so I will have to control my urge to go.
Senate probably best, especially if you or someone actually lives in MD. Even if you are just that one little butterfly, you can start a hurricane!
I heard CNN or Fox reporters groaning about "what are we gonna do without wikipedia" when browsing the channels today. I'm sure some hill staffers trying to research stuff will too. So anything that reminds them of the importance of WHAT WIKIPEDIA DID is great!!
People who can make it at all, or at least call your reps office, go for it! Here's one site working on it with senate listings. Don't have time to look through emails for other groups.
CM
2012/1/17 Carol Moore carolmooredc@verizon.net
On 1/17/2012 3:47 PM, aude wrote:
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Carol Moore carolmooredc@verizon.netwrote:
I'm going to try to make it. Bring buttons and stickers! (People can put them on after get a seat if prefer.) Possible to put a message on every DC meetup person's user talk page?
So there will be no hearing and I think we won't have Room 2203.
I still plan to go to capitol hill (as a group of us preferably) in the morning and see what we can do. Would it make more sense to try to target the Senate or the House? I think Senate is back now and senators like Barbara Mikulski appear undecided.
I'm not as sure about the house members.
Cheers, Katie
Five hours later old age exhaustion catching up with me and I have to save strength for nasty dental visit first thing Thursday, so I will have to control my urge to go.
Senate probably best, especially if you or someone actually lives in MD. Even if you are just that one little butterfly, you can start a hurricane!
I heard CNN or Fox reporters groaning about "what are we gonna do without wikipedia" when browsing the channels today. I'm sure some hill staffers trying to research stuff will too. So anything that reminds them of the importance of WHAT WIKIPEDIA DID is great!!
Okay, I will be at Corner Bakery in Union Station at 10am. Around ~10:30, me and who ever else joins can go visit the senate.
Cheers, Katie
People who can make it at all, or at least call your reps office, go for it! Here's one site working on it with senate listings. Don't have time to look through emails for other groups.
CM
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On 1/17/2012 6:42 PM, aude wrote:
Okay, I will be at Corner Bakery in Union Station at 10am. Around ~10:30, me and who ever else joins can go visit the senate.
Cheers, Katie
Your change to Meetup was last thing on my watchlist before Wikipedia black out... Make me feel guilty.
Now if you want to see what those fun loving CodePink/Occupy protesters do when they are mad about something, like the recently signed Indefinite Detention act, what this video of rowdiness in Senator Levin's office. http://youtu.be/nt_SKX0pzBg
I've only gone to a few of these type protests and certainly the Wikipedia blackout more effective. But FYI some of these protester may be circulating congress tomorrow.
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