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aude

8 Apr 8 Apr

4:22 a.m.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote;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) Cheers, Katie

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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!

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Pete Forsyth

5:30 p.m.

I'd be happy to try to get something together in SF. There's a local Wikimedia list here; should I forward the suggestion,or wait until the date is a little more settled? Pete On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi Aude and wiknicers all, On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:22 AM, aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)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 _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l

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Alex Stinson

4:47 p.m.

I think we should do a national geonotice to notify people about this mailing list and the planning page for the Great American Wiknic! That would only need to be up for a couple weeks now, and then we can do another one at the beginning of June asking people to participate in their local events, Alex Stinson On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

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Hi Pete and fellow USians, I think we're tending to settle on Sat June 25 as the date for The Great American Wiknic (1st Annual). It's not 100% yet, but we definitely encourage developing more local conversations and planning for events across the USA. So by all means, start raising the conversation in SF! And elsewhere! Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedias NYC On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I'd be happy to try to get something together in SF. There's a local Wikimedia list here; should I forward the suggestion,or wait until the

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is a little more settled? Pete On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Aude and wiknicers all, On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:22 AM, aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)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!

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phroziac＠gmail.com

2:14 p.m.

Im not active anymore but id love to join in/help out. Im in southwest michigan but would travel to chicago.....keep me in on this! On Apr 8, 2011 10:10 AM, "Alex Stinson" <stinsoad(a)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(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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HI fellow USians,...

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Pharos

2 May 2 May

5:17 p.m.

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#WAL… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Alex Stinson <stinsoad(a)dukes.jmu.edu> wrote:

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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(a)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#WAL… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l

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Pharos

15 May 15 May

7:30 p.m.

And now with 16 Wiknic cities in planning! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic#Cities_and_parks But now is the time to start beefing up the meetup pages for all the individual events, so get cracking ppl! Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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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(a)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#WAL… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Alex Stinson <stinsoad(a)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(a)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#WAL… Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l

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