This of course appears to be the most expensive weekend in all of April to fly out :P (by like double) :)
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Dominic <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, minor detail! I meant Saturday, April 21. Thanks, now fixed. > > Dominic > > > On 3/21/12 9:56 PM, David Lawrence wrote: > > April 22nd is not a Saturday. > > David Lawrence | President, MVF Associates, Inc. | Enterprise Data > Architecture Services | Office: 617-576-1864 > > [image: View David Lawrence's profile on > LinkedIn]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlawrence> > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/dlawrence> > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dominic <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *To:* Tim Pierce <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; Boston Wikipedians > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:34 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Wikimedia New England founding meeting > in April? > > In the interest of getting the ball rolling, I have gone ahead and created > a meetup page and selected Saturday, April 22 as our target date. Please > see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England > > The idea here is that we haven't a well-attended event (like NYC's > Wikipedia Day mini-conference) in Boston in a long time. It would be good > to get as many people together as we can, and try to create momentum for > the future. For example, do we want to hold a Wiknic in two months' time > (from the meetup date)? What can we do to make sure New England is active > in this year's US Wiki Loves Monuments campaign? And we want to raise > awareness among the community about ongoing initiatives like the education > program and GLAM, and about the upcoming Wikimania in DC this summer. > > We'll need a venue. It sounds like the kind of event where we want a > conference room at a college or library, and I would suggest somewhere in > Boston proper is probably better than Cambridge. I can work on this, but if > anyone else has a good idea, please chime in. > > Dominic > > On 3/16/12 11:07 AM, Tim Pierce wrote: > > I've been pretty dormant for the last few months, and lord knows I've > never had a great track record of attending these meetings, but I'll try > hard to make it as long as it's not during the first week of April, when > I'll be in California for work :-) > > > > --t. > > > > On 3/16/12 9:34 AM, Pharos wrote: > >> Hi Wiki-Pilgrims, > >> > >> I was talking with Dominic, and how about we pull together a Wikimedia > >> New England founding meeting sometime in April? > >> > >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_England > >> > >> We could also send a bit of a delegation from Wikimedia NYC chapter, > >> and perhaps Wikimedia DC too, to share our experiences. > >> > >> Also, the next WALRUS online meeting on irc will be on April 11: > >> > >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS/April_2012 > >> > >> And of course all New Englanders are invited to join their fellow > >> Wiki-Americans at this special event at Wikimania in DC: > >> > >> http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WALRUS_Congress > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Richard > >> (User:Pharos) > >> Wikimedia NYC > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-boston mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > > -- James Alexander [email protected]
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