[Foundation-l] Conference of the Americas - Atlanta

[Craig Spurrier]

Hello,

Inspired by the success of past Wikimedia conferences held in Europe and 
Asia and the hard work of the Wikimania Atlanta Bid team, we have 
decided to host the first annual Conference of the Americas.

The theme of the conference is "unity through good works." "The 
Conference of the Americas will be dedicated to Wikimedia as well as the 
free culture movement, and how it relates to regular people and their 
everyday lives wherever they may live or what language they may speak."

Conference of the Americas Atlanta is a community initiative, primarily 
organized and run by Wikimedians in the Southeastern United States. 
There are about 30 volunteers from metro Atlanta, and 20 others willing 
to travel to assist with the event.

This conference is not an attempt to compete with Wikimania nor is it to 
make a statement against Wikimania. The Conference of the Americas will 
provide an opportunity for Wikimedians who are unable to attend 
Wikimania an opportunity otherwise unavailable. Past National Wikimedia 
conferences have had no noticeable effect on Wikimania attendance, we 
expect the same from the Conference of the Americas.

The Wikimedia Conference of the Americas will be held May 15-18, 2008 at 
the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. For more 
information please visit our website http://www.cota-atlanta.org/ and 
our official wiki http://www.cota-atlanta.org/wiki

If you are interested in volunteering to either help organize or help 
run the event, please add your name in the appropriate section on our 
list of team members:http://www.cota-atlanta.org/wiki/Team

Facebook users: please join our our Facebook event: 
http://git.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5828937313


-Craig Spurrier
Conference of the Americas team
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