[Foundation-l] A "New York City Free Culture Alliance"?

[Casey Brown]

On Feb 17, 2008 10:30 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com> wrote:
> Forward it to everyone you want.
>
> David's already signed up to join us at our next Sunday March 16
> meeting, and the "New York City Free Culture Alliance" is of course on
> the agenda.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
>
> Actually, we should probably get a New York City mailing list too, to
> make this type of communication easier ("Wikimedia Pennsylvania"
> already has one).

Yes... I think a mailing list would be helpful.

>
> Thanks,
> Pharos
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2008 12:45 PM, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> > May I forward this on to David Shankbone who has done a considerable number
> > of interviews for Wikinews? He's into free content with his photos and such
> > and is based in NYC.
> >
> >
> > Brian McNeil
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> > [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Pharos
> > Sent: 17 February 2008 04:43
> > To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: [Foundation-l] A "New York City Free Culture Alliance"?
> >
> > Local Wikimedians in the New York City area have been organizing more
> > recently, and we've tried to reach out to other local pro-free culture
> > groups.
> >
> > We've already approached the Students For Free Culture chapter at
> > Columbia University, who have expressed some interest in co-hosting a
> > "content jam" or maybe a "Wikipedia Academy" with us, a mass event for
> > writing and improving Wikipedia articles.
> >
> > One possibility for our group is founding/being a member of some sort
> > of "New York City Free Culture Alliance" of pro-free culture groups in
> > the city.
> >
> > Our 'Wikimedia New York City' group is currently applying to the
> > Chapters Committee and WMF for some sort of official status, which
> > will probably be less than that accorded to the national chapters; as
> > we are not a legally-organized entity, and we're run rather more
> > informally than the various national chapters.
> >
> > Columbia Free Culture is a student organization at Columbia
> > University, and a chapter of a national student society.  They have
> > already expressed interest in this type of cooperation.  I plan to
> > approach their chapter at New York University soon too.
> >
> > I raised this with Chapcom through Andrew, and so far they seem supportive.
> >
> > The Columbia Free Culture people also suggested that, in addition to
> > groups, we approach prominent academics etc. in the city who are
> > supportive of free culture.
> >
> > Also, I would like to join a group like
> > http://www.meetupalliance.com/newtechnology mostly to corral member
> > organizations for our putative "New York City Free Culture Alliance".
> > I think local technology groups with a social/educational focus might
> > be interested in working with us, even if they're not explicitly part
> > of the free culture movement.
> >
> > I really want to make this pretty broad-brush, and open to a diversity
> > of groups.  I was thinking maybe we could define ourselves by making a
> > joint signing of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration.
> >
> > And the name will probably be something broader too- something like
> > "Open New York Alliance", probably.
> >
> > I just think this could be a way for us to really speak with a united
> > voice on local issues, and to coordinate activities in a real-life
> > sense, because there's a limited amount that can be done online.
> >
> > Any reactions? ideas? suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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