-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm definitely interested /as a wikip|median/ in participating if we can get something together :)
Cary phoebe ayers wrote: > Jay, Sounds good, thanks for the update. > > List members: are people interested in submitting a booth proposal? > For non-commercial makers, it's free, but we need to submit a > proposal with a "description of our project". The page is a little > confusing -- it looks like the deadline was March 12, but they also > say the deadline is March 31st. Either way we need to get going. > > The page says that "We particularly encourage exhibits that are > interactive and that highlight the process of making things" -- I > think the demo part of the booth went over well last year (though I > know internet access was a pain) -- maybe we could focus on "how > to edit"? Or maybe focus on non-Wikipedia projects (how to make > everything else)? > > What do you all think? Reply to me or the list, if there's interest > I'll start a wiki page and we can write up a little proposal. > > Jay: can you do us a favor and ask your contacts if they are still > accepting proposals? -- Phoebe > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jay Walsh <[email protected]> > wrote: >> At this time, no. O'Reilly has not repeated their offer of free >> space (valued at a couple thousand bucks) and we're pretty >> overbooked in terms of other big communications work. >> >> That being said... the 'call for makers' is still wide open, and >> I'm sure that local volunteers (with some tangential level of >> support from WMF) could at least get a small space and with a >> more DIY sort of resource situation, be in the space again. >> >> http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/callformakers/ >> >> We certainly know the people who organize it, so maybe we could >> try to make that connection. Wild horses couldn't keep me away >> from the event, I know that much. >> >> >> -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org +1 >> (415) 839 6885 x 609 >> >> On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:14 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: >> >>> Maker Faire is on again for May 30-31 in San Mateo. Is there >>> any chance Wikimedia will have a booth again? Or was that a >>> one-time event for us? >>> >>> -- Phoebe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJwTZxyQg4JSymDYkRAum/AKCblADpndUbfITb0CdSeCe3J76PdwCg4Dgy L0Fo0vdIaMSMPtcXo9dGYvo= =0ihr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
