This sounds great. I bet we could get some city support for making these part of a "city awareness" day in many places.
I will be in Buenos Aires for the Iberocoop meeting, but maybe we can have a sympathetic wicnic down south...
SJ
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.com wrote:
HI fellow USians,
I'm happy to report we now have 10 (!) US cities in planning for local celebrations of 'The Great American Wiknic' on Saturday, June 25:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic#Cities_and_parks
(Chicago, Cincinnatti, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, San Francisco, & Washington DC so far...)
Please add your hometown, and help flesh out local details!
PS Welcome to everyone who's a member of or interested in the'Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States' (WALRUS) committee:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_Chapters_Council#WALR...
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Alex Stinson stinsoad@dukes.jmu.edu wrote:
That is a great idea Pharos! Unfortunately I will still be in the UK come June 18 :( Thats alright though. Alex Stinson
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.com wrote:
HI fellow USians,
I'd like to propose The Great American Wiknic, a Wiki-Picnic to be held in cities across the United States on the same day (maybe Saturday June 18?) in Summer 2011.
I think this could be a great way of building up some of the grassroots activist energy we'll need to really cement Wikipedia/Wikimedia as a strong on-the-ground movement throughout the varied regions of the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic
PS Welcome to everyone who's a member of or interested in the 'Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States' (WALRUS) committee:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_Chapters_Council#WALR...
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC
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