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I'm definitely interested /as a wikip|median/ in participating if we
can get something together :)
Cary
phoebe ayers wrote:
Jay, Sounds good, thanks for the update.
List members: are people interested in submitting a booth proposal?
For non-commercial makers, it's free, but we need to submit a
proposal with a "description of our project". The page is a little
confusing -- it looks like the deadline was March 12, but they also
say the deadline is March 31st. Either way we need to get going.
The page says that "We particularly encourage exhibits that are
interactive and that highlight the process of making things" -- I
think the demo part of the booth went over well last year (though I
know internet access was a pain) -- maybe we could focus on "how
to edit"? Or maybe focus on non-Wikipedia projects (how to make
everything else)?
What do you all think? Reply to me or the list, if there's interest
I'll start a wiki page and we can write up a little proposal.
Jay: can you do us a favor and ask your contacts if they are still
accepting proposals? -- Phoebe
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> At this time, no. O'Reilly has not repeated their offer of free
> space (valued at a couple thousand bucks) and we're pretty
> overbooked in terms of other big communications work.
>
> That being said... the 'call for makers' is still wide open, and
> I'm sure that local volunteers (with some tangential level of
> support from WMF) could at least get a small space and with a
> more DIY sort of resource situation, be in the space again.
>
>
http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/callformakers/
>
> We certainly know the people who organize it, so maybe we could
> try to make that connection. Wild horses couldn't keep me away
> from the event, I know that much.
>
>
> -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org +1
> (415) 839 6885 x 609
>
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:14 AM, phoebe ayers wrote:
>
>> Maker Faire is on again for May 30-31 in San Mateo. Is there
>> any chance Wikimedia will have a booth again? Or was that a
>> one-time event for us?
>>
>> -- Phoebe
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