Well this is Wikimedia specific and the kind of thing that we need a chapter to do. Wikipedia really doesn't play into it.


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From: William Pietri <william@scissor.com>
To: "wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 10:32:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wiki in the classroom

Geoffrey Plourde wrote:

WMF does not have the resources to establish partnerships with every school district in California, a chapter would. A chapter also would be able to open up museum doors and get photographers in.


You might consider making a more general project, one less Wikipedia-specific, then. There's a lot of good free culture work beyond Wikipedia and its sister projects, especially here in California. That would give you a wider potential membership base.

Or you could also do something independent and very schools-focused, partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation as needed. A more focused effort like that would be easier to explain to grant-givers, and could give you a better in with foundations focused on California education.



William



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