I'll see what i can do in cardiff in october.

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> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:15:23 +0100
> From: thomas.dalton@gmail.com
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] University Wikimedia clubs?
>
> > it is indeed a fantastic idea, which I was also thinking about in the last
> > two years during my time at SOAS in London. Even though every student uses
> > Wikipedia, actually contributing to it regularly and taking part in events
> > or administrator work has a geeky sound to it according to most and this is
> > one of the reasons, from my personal experience, that Wikimedia Societies
> > don't work well at most universities. Sad.
>
> There are several geeky societies at my Uni that seem to cope fine.
> They form an ad hoc alliance together against the rest of the world
> where needed too, called GeekSoc! (We managed to double or even triple
> the usual turnout to Student Union meetings when one of the societies
> was threatened - a force to be reckoned with!) I could probably
> organise a Wikimedia Soc, book a computer room in the library one
> evening a week or something, see what happens... Someone remind me
> once term starts again (October for me)!
>
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