Pete

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Aude and wiknicers all,

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:22 AM, aude <aude.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:12 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.
>
> What a wonderful idea! I think DC folks would definitely be interested.
>
> For a date, I'd propose the following weekend, maybe Sunday, June 26. (we
> tentatively have a NARA - National Archives meetup on June 11)

The weekend of June 25-26 is great too; I was just trying to schedule
something around the mid-summer solstice. On any particular weekend,
though, maybe it's better to plan on Saturday for the Wiknic, and
reserve Sunday as the raindate :)

>>
>> 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:
>
> +1 please join!

Yes, we'd love to have more US local regions represented in the WALRUS

committee!

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

Wikimedias NYC

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