Dear everyone,

We would like to invite you to a casual meetup for the Bay Area open
knowledge community at the SF HQ of the Public Library of Science (PLOS) at
7PM on Thurs. June 6th. The meetup represents a collaboration between PLOS
and the Open Knowledge Foundation with the goal of bringing together a
variety of involved individuals and organizations to foster the open
knowledge community and share ideas. The evening will include lightning
talks and targeted discussion of open knowledge issues along with snacks
and drinks!

**We will include updates on California state legislation on Open Access -
AB 609 by PLOS, as well as updates from OA at Berkeley by Angelica Tavella
and Mitar Milutinovic http://oa.berkeley.edu

Scheduled lightning talks include:

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   -     MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian, UC Davis
   http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/meetnewul.php
   -     Florie Charles, PhD Candidate, UCSF, and of Youreka Science
   http://yourekascience.com/
   -     Annalee Newitz, Journalist, Editor in Chief of io9 http://io9.com/
   -     Alexandre Hannud Abdo, Wikimedia Brazil, and Post-doctoral
   researcher, Universidade de S?o Paulo http://cecm.usp.br/~eris/en/
   -     Christin Chong, Postdoc, UCSF and of http://micropub.org/
   -     Martin Fenner, of ORCID EU and PLOS, on "Markdown for Science"
   https://mdsci13.eventbrite.com/

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**We hope you will be able to attend! Please RSVP by Friday May 31st at our
event page here:
http://www.meetup.com/OpenKnowledgeFoundation/San-Francisco-CA/910932/.
Snacks and beverages will be supplied.


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Sincerely,

Marina Kukso


Editorial Manager, *PLOS Pathogens* & *PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases*

1160 Battery Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94111

mku...@plos.org I Main +1 415-624-1200 I Direct +1 415-624-1204 I Fax +1
415-546-4090

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