I am very enthusiastic about Kurt's suggestion here, and I propose that we set this date as well for the founding of a German organization of some sort, as determined after our inquiry into the finer points of German law and a consideration of the possibilities open to us.
I am personally planning to spend some vacation time in Berlin and Munich, and if I can find suitable arrangements, I would like to stay in Europe for much longer, possibly as much as a month or two, with the primary purpose of working with Europeans on Wikimedia stuff.
Kurt Jansson wrote:
Please make a bit of promotion in the other "European" communities for the Wizards of OS 3 in Berlin on June 10-12, 2004: http://www.mikro.org/Events/OS/wos2/konzept-e.htm
Jimbo will be there and Erik is organizing a panel called "Wikipedia and friends": http://wiki.wizards-of-os.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Wikipedia_And_Friends
We're also thinking about a Wikipedia mini conference on the WOS3. It would be great if some people from the other "European" communities could visit us and talk about their communities.