On 3/1/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 3/1/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/1/07, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
However, certainly a lot of good talent, from programmers to publishers to
venture
capitalists, gets attracted to San Francisco and similar areas, which
is one
possible reason to move -- an in-person volunteer community could be
built
around the office as well as an online one.
-- phoebe
I think that is better handled by regional chapters.
That's a good point. If you think about it, there's no reason that an in-person volunteer community can't exist in San Francisco anyway.
Whether or not the WMF moves its headquarters to San Francisco, it sounds like an excellent place to start up a local users group (or whatever the wiki-centric term for that would be).
Anthony
That's certainly true -- the office definitely isn't a requirement for such a local group, it's just one of the possible things that could happen with a move. And as I said, I'm not that familiar with St. Pete -- it sounds from Danny's message like there's a nice community there as well.
Anyway, organizing a greater-SF Bay meetup has been on my to-do list for months now :) If anyone is interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_2
-- phoebe