[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

[THURNER rupert]

could you explain the reasoning behind blocking panamas iso country code
"pa" and confusing international people? see
http://www.bcpl.net/~j1m5path/isocodes.html.

rupert.



On 7/10/07, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm cross-posting this message to both the foundation-l and the
> now-defunct
> wikimediaus-l lists. Many people here may already be aware of the new
> Wikimedia Pennsylvania chapter that is in active development, either from
> the various pages that have sprung up on meta from it, from our blog on
> the
> planet, or from word of mouth.
>
> For those who are not aware, We are working to create a local chapter for
> the Pennsylvania area. It will be the first state chapter, and possibly
> the
> first north american chapter (unless the canadian chapter can get rolling
> before we do). Our chapter is going to be focused primarily on a
> grass-roots
> community outreach effort, in an attempt to drum up both new contributors
> and new content consumers. Some of the people we would like to target
> initially are public school systems (including the financially-distressed
> Philadelphia area school district, which could benefit significantly from
> a
> free textbook alternative), universities, and community organizations. We
> would also like to do some fundraising, but the extent to which we have
> organized fundraisers is yet to be determined.
>
> We are instituting an open membership policy: No membership fees, and no
> residential requirements on membership. Due to the community-oriented
> mission of the chapter people from distant areas may have a difficulty
> participating, but we do not intend to disenfranchise anybody because of
> their geographical location. We are hoping that this policy will help to
> get
> many people involved, will help other state chapters get started, and will
> serve as an organizational model for future state chapters.
>
> We have created a new mailinglist for the chapter at wikimediapa-l. We
> have
> an irc chatroom on freenode (#Wikimedia-pa), and a homepage on meta:
> [[meta:Wikimedia Philadelphia]]. People who are interested in more
> information can turn to any of these sources. We will be submitting the
> first draft of our bylaws to the chapters committee soon (hopefully in a
> week or two) and are already looking at the paperwork to become 503(c)
> (although that step will be saved for the future when we see how well the
> chapter is working out).
>
> --Andrew Whitworth
>
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