On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello Katie, James, Greg and everybody on the Wikimania-l list, > > The fundraising team at WMF San Francisco is planning to conduct on-camera > interviews with Wikipedians during Wikimania and during the DC > Hackathon. Our goal is to create high quality video content narrated by > Wikipedians about their experiences that we could use to make a short video > for this years fundraiser (and possibly other projects too) that would > communicate the efforts of the movement and our mission to the world in an > engaging, informative way. > > We are interested in taking portrait photographs of the Wikipedians we > interview that we could use for banners and other movement communication. > Normally I would do this, but since I'll be busy with interviews, I may > need some help. Is anyone hiring any photographers for anything like this? > Maybe we could collaborate? > > Does anyone have a list of Wikimania attendees? I'd like to contact > attendees before the convention to see if they would be interested in > talking about their involvement with the movement (either on camera or off > camera). If you know of anyone I should talk to, please let me know, I'd > love to speak with them! > > At George Washington University, my team is supposed to have rooms 402, > 403 & 404 booked to do interviews, but Megan Trzcinski at GWU has informed > me otherwise; here is the information that I have from her: > > July 9th: 402, 403, 404 available > July 10th: rooms not available > July 11th: 402 already booked in reservation. 403 and 404 not available. > July 12th: 402, 404 already booked in reservation until 7pm. 403 not > available. > July 13th: 402, 404 already booked in reservation until 7pm. 403 not > available. > July 14th: 402, 404 already booked in reservation until 7pm. 403 not > available. > July 15th: 402, 404 already booked in reservation until 7pm. 403 > available. > > I'd like to know if these rooms are indeed booked. > If Megan says they are booked or available or not available, then her word is authoritative. > > I am going to be in Washington D.C. on the 16th next week to scout the > rooms we have booked at GWU and also search for alternate spaces on GWU > campus or near Wikimania in general that we might want to record in. I'd > like to meet with someone who can help. > I will be available on the 16th. > > Thank you everyone and please let me know if my efforts overlap with > anything you are working on. I'd love to help in any way I can. > > Victor Grigas > > > -- > *Victor Grigas* > Storyteller > *Wikimedia Foundation* > [email protected] > +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 > 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > <http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=WMFJA085/en/US&utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=20101204SB002&country_code=US&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FConflict_%28narrative%29> > > > >
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