Hi,

8 people showed up to for this first event and we discussed our ideas and plans for the future series of events. We agreed that while we want these to have an informal interactive feel much of the time, we should start off and mix in formal program with a speaker or a panel to gather interest. We also want these programs to be inclusive and interesting to newcomers.

Topic ideas for the first event include ocean conservation, San Francisco and its history, local edit-a-thon experiences and open-source intelligence. Right now we're trying to look for speakers, so if you know someone or have an exciting idea, please share at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monthly_WikiSalon_in_San_Francisco.

We set a deadline of next week to make a decision on the details so stay tuned for another announcement. We plan to have the event the last Wednesday of the month.