Fascinating! And note that on Sunday they are also putting on a meetup and workshop at
the Tattered Cover cafe where anyone can learn about Wikinews, general sport reporting on
Wikimedia projects.
Meetup and Workshop
Date: December 2, 2012
Location: Tattered Covers in the cafe, 2526 East Colfax Avenue at Elizabeth Street,
Denver
Time: 1pm
They have ambitious plans for producing openly-licenced news and content on this trip!
They're also
looking for folks to review their articles. See more at
OK, I'm reviving this dead thread... but
they're rolling in this weekend.
So, it sounds like the plan is too meet the train (18:38 local time... in Denver), then
take the group out to dinner afterwards.
Could I please get a rough head count (I'll be posting on Wikipedia too ... ) of how
many people are going to be there? Carpooling is possible, but we need to co-ordinate
that soon. Also, if you have any ideas for a relatively inexpensive place that isn't
too far from the train station, please mention it.
Sorry about the late notice, it's my fault. I should have been thinking ahead.
Matthew Bowker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matthewrbowker
On Oct 29, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Gaurav Vaidya <gaurav(a)ggvaidya.com> wrote:
Hiya!
On 29 Oct, 2012, at 1:08 AM, Matthew Bowker <matthewrbowker.wiki(a)me.com> wrote:
So, I've been in contact with
[[User:LauraHale]] , and she's coordinating efforts for a few Wikimedia Australia
people to come to Colorado to take pictures and write articles about a Paralympic ski
event that's happening in Vail this December. (
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:IPC_Nor-Am_Cup )
I was thinking about it, and how cool would it be if we met them at the train station and
welcomed them to the US?
That sounds like a great plan! I should be able to make
it, but this semester has been crazy busy, so I won't be able to confirm for sure
until a week before. I love Lisa's idea of taking them out to dinner afterwards!
Their train arrives on December 1, at 18:38
(local time, I'm assuming). A small group of Colorado Wikimedians would go a long way
in making them feel welcome.
Yup, the California Zephyr arrives at Denver at
6:38pm [1], so that sounds about right!
cheers,
Gaurav
[1]
http://www.amtrak.com/california-zephyr-train
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