Hello,
Inspired by the success of past Wikimedia conferences held in Europe and
Asia and the hard work of the Wikimania Atlanta Bid team, we have
decided to host the first annual Conference of the Americas.
The theme of the conference is "unity through good works." "The
Conference of the Americas will be dedicated to Wikimedia as well as the
free culture movement, and how it relates to regular people and their
everyday lives wherever they may live or what language they may speak."
Conference of the Americas Atlanta is a community initiative, primarily
organized and run by Wikimedians in the Southeastern United States.
There are about 30 volunteers from metro Atlanta, and 20 others willing
to travel to assist with the event.
This conference is not an attempt to compete with Wikimania nor is it to
make a statement against Wikimania. The Conference of the Americas will
provide an opportunity for Wikimedians who are unable to attend
Wikimania an opportunity otherwise unavailable. Past National Wikimedia
conferences have had no noticeable effect on Wikimania attendance, we
expect the same from the Conference of the Americas.
The Wikimedia Conference of the Americas will be held May 15-18, 2008 at
the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. For more
information please visit our website
http://www.cota-atlanta.org/ and
our official wiki
http://www.cota-atlanta.org/wiki
If you are interested in volunteering to either help organize or help
run the event, please add your name in the appropriate section on our
list of team
members:http://www.cota-atlanta.org/wiki/Team
Facebook users: please join our our Facebook event:
http://git.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5828937313
-Craig Spurrier
Conference of the Americas team
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