If it's nice out, I'd also like the idea of holding an event in the Commons. The obvious drawback with an outdoor event is that weather makes attendance a real gamble. Last year, turnout in Boston Common for the Great American Wiknic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston#June_26.2C_2011_.28Sunday.29_.E2.80.93_The_Great_American_Wiknic>got dampened by rain, and last-minute weather developments threatened plans for Wikipedia Takes Boston<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Boston>(fortunately it turned out to be sunny).
If I can help make calls to potential venues, please let me know. Boston Public Library asks that reservation requests be submitted at least 4 weeks prior to the event (see here <http://www.bpl.org/central/meetingrooms.htm>), so if we want to meet there we should act quickly. Once a date and venue is firmly set it'd be great to set up a geonotice. If we'd like to boost turnout more, we could also leave notifications on the talk pages of all the Wikipedians in New England<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_New_England> . Cheers, Eric P.S.: I've signed up<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/New_England#Sign_up>to attend on Saturday 4/21, but could also do Sunday 4/22 or Sunday 4/15. I wouldn't be able to make Saturday 4/14, Saturday 4/28 or Sunday 4/29. On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Dominic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The date's not set in stone. In fact, it happens to be the same weekend >> as the Free Culture Summit in SF, too, but I'm not sure if that really >> affects many people. >> >> Any later, though, and I'm afraid we're getting into finals time and then >> summer for students (and, on a personal note, I'll be traveling); make it >> earlier and we're giving people that much less notice. (Also, not to seem >> indifferent to your situation, I imagine almost everyone else traveling >> from outside New England is coming from relatively nearby on the East >> Coast.) So, that's why I originally picked it, at least. >> > > I have a potential conflict that weekend. Is the previous Saturday also > an option? > You could post two dates on the page to see who is available when, and put > the word out. > I've been telling people it is the 21st, though :-) It's good to have a > date. > > Thoughts on a Boston venue: if it's nice out, we could hold it outside on > the Commons... > > SJ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > >
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