I don't know about you, but I'm still digesting that meal. It was great :-) But yes, we can find pizza or thai or other catering for $5-$10 per attendee.
I'll write to Yochai and Gabriel to see if he's available in May. Let's play that by ear -- if he is, we should have an evening with him, even if it's not a big high-attendance event. He is a lovely person and sincerely interested in the sorts of things that wikipedians chat about. It could just be a social dinner, not a talk (he might like that better too). S. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Dominic <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/24/12 12:49 PM, Gabriel Fishman wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> It was terrific to meet all of you at the general meeting on Sunday. I'm >> very excited about taking our local efforts to the next level. >> >> I wanted to follow up on the idea of hosting a meeting where we invite a >> local professor who has conducted research on Wikipedia and free culture to >> be our guest speaker. SJ suggested Yochai Benkler at the Berkman Center >> (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/ybenkler). Our preliminary plan was for >> SJ to make the initial contact and for me to handle the follow-up and the >> logistics. >> >> I'd like to get started as soon as possible since we're so close to the >> end of the semester. I have a couple of questions for the group: >> >> 1. Do we want to potentially combine this with the regular meetup we've >> scheduled for May 14th? >> 2. Do we want to allocate some money for pizza (there may be a way to get >> a student group at Harvard to cover this)? >> 3. Should we consider postponing the event until the Fall, given that many >> schools are in the midst of finals? >> > > I think we should aim for giving a little more notice for special events, > especially since it may take several days before we all the logistics are > worked out and we can start publicizing. At the same time, our fall is also > starting to look a little crowded, with Wikipedia Loves Libraries (2-3 seem > possible already) and Wiki Loves Monuments. We could go for late May or over > the summer, or maybe we could try for late August, hopefully after most > schools are in session but before all the other fall events. In any case, > the guest speaker's schedule is the most important consideration, and that > might make our choice for us. > > As for pizza, if not Harvard, between the generosity of Wikimedia DC and > Wikimedia NYC, and the WMF grant process, we can certainly find funding for > food if we plan for it. (And I suggest we avoid any more $30 dinners. ;-) ) > > Dominic > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
