[Wikimedia-l] WG: Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014

[Jon Davies]

Could actually being there in front of UK MEP's could be one very effective
way of bringing our influence to bear?
Jon
PS Strasbourg slightly closer to London than Edinburgh!


On 3 January 2014 17:19, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3 January 2014 16:22, Olaf Kosinsky <olaf.kosinsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Happy New Year to Everyone!
> >
> > After the holidays I'd like to make another approach to you and your
> > chapters about "Wikipedians in the European Parliament".
> >
> > * have you already forwarded this invitation to your local community?
> >
>
> I expect that has been done
>
>
> > * has you chapter already decided about supporting volunteers
> participating
> > in this project?
> >
>
> Sending people to Brussels and Strasbourg for reasons other than to lobby
> on IP issues is not a good use of WMF donors money. You want 766 photos
> total. Find one person in Brussels (not Strasbourg even the majority of
> MEPs accept that Strasbourg is a bad idea at this point) and give them
> whatever support they need to get the photos.
>
>
>
> > * have you - if you are interested - already signed up for participation?
> >
>
>
> Of course not. Strasbourg is several hundred miles away across the English
> channel.
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> geni
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