I'd like to share Guerillero's notes on the August IRC meeting:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/August_2012#Things_that_came_up

Since that time, we have also had some preliminary discussion between Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC about founding a "Wikimedia United States Federation, Inc."

Next IRC meeting is September 12, please add to the agenda:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/September_2012

Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.comwrote:

Wiki-Americans, join us ***tonight*** (Wednesday) at 9pm Eastern Time / 6pm Pacific Time:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-us

And add your ideas to our agenda here:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/August_2012

Top of the agenda is September's Wiki Loves Monuments photo contest and local events across the USA!

Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.com wrote:

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Our next monthly Wikimedia US / WALRUS meeting will be next week, Wednesday August 8, 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/August_2012

And please add your city's pages for Wikipedia Takes America (WLM) in September and Wikipedia Loves Libraries in October/November:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries

Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos)