Hi fellow US/Canada Education Working Group members (and friends),
Our first-ever Education Working Group online meeting will be this
Saturday June 2, at 4pm Eastern Time / 1pm Pacific Time.
The venue will be the #wikimedia-us channel on IRC, and if you're not
familiar with IRC, please just use this easy web client:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-us
This will be an open meeting, and we have invited voices from the
broader Wikimedia volunteer community to also participate in this
conversation.
Please add your ideas to the agenda here, which has been started by
Mike Chistie, with some recent additions from User:Pine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group/Online_Meeti…
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Our third-ever monthly Wikimedia US / WALRUS meeting will be next
week, Wednesday May 9, at 9pm Eastern Time / 6pm Pacific Time.
The venue will be the #wikimedia-us channel on IRC, and if you're not
familiar with IRC, please just use this easy web client:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-us
This is a venue for all Wiki-Americans to share our many diverse
experiences in local outreach and coordination, so please add your
ideas to the agenda:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/May_2012
And please add your city's pages for the Great American Wiknic coming
up in June (NYC and St Louis are up so far!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic#2012_Wiknic
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hello everyone,
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I've been working on a draft for an
"agreement in principle" regarding an overall strategy for Wikimedia
chapters/groups in the US, with the intent to have a document that
individual Wikimedians can sign at Wikimania this summer.
My working draft of the agreement is located at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kirill_Lokshin/Sandbox. The current
text has recently been revised based on a number of suggestions I received
yesterday at the US Wikimedians' IRC meeting.
As always, any comments or suggestions would be very appreciated!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
At our meeting today, the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors heard a report
from James Hare regarding the Wikimedia New England organizing
meeting/meetup that was held on April 22. In light of the report, the
Board has adopted the following resolution in support of Wikimedia New
England:
1. Wikimedia District of Columbia hereby expresses its support for the
establishment of a new Wikimedia chapter in the New England region, to be
called Wikimedia New England.

2. The President is instructed to provide, to the extent feasible, such
funding, staff, or other assistance as the establishment of Wikimedia New
England may require.
3. The Treasurer is authorized to act as a fiscal agent on behalf of the
group of individuals seeking to establish Wikimedia New England during the
period prior to the incorporation of Wikimedia New England as a legal
entity. The Treasurer is instructed to create and maintain separate records
for all revenues and expenditures associated with this activity.
We look forward to building a strong collaborative relationship with our
New England colleagues!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc