I can help out on Sunday if I can hitch a ride with someone from somewhere in the east bay, or even SF. (I'd come on public transit, but it looks 2+ hours each way from Berkeley.)
Best, Kevin Gorman On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 6:12 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all -- > > Just a pitch for Maker Faire: if you've seen these postings and thought > about volunteering but never done it, or have the slightest interest in > going to Maker Faire but have never been (and talking about Wikipedia to > strangers and being around crowds of people doesn't give you hives) ... I > strongly, strongly encourage you to do it! > > For various reasons we didn't know we had the booth til recently, so this > is even more last minute than usual. So, if you can help please do (and it > will be tough for any of the "regular" organizers to come on Sunday, so > that's a particularly good day). Take your friends, do a little > evangelizing about Wikipedia and see a great show :) > > Also, we have a bunch of accumulated experience about what to bring, how > to park, etc. to make the day easier -- check past Maker Faire planning > pages on Wikipedia, or just ask and I'd be glad to elaborate. > > -- phoebe > > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Stephen LaPorte < > stephen.lapo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> We have a booth at Maker Faire on May 17th and 18th, in San Mateo, and we >> are urgently looking for your help! We are looking for volunteers who can >> staff the booth and talk about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects with >> the show attendees. Maker Faire is a lot of fun, and people usually have >> lots of questions about Wikipedia. Help us demonstrate how Wikipedia works! >> >> We are looking particularly for people who can help with: >> >> * setup on Friday evening >> * staff for Saturday >> * staff and coordinator for Sunday -- the coordinator will help make sure >> that everything is supervised on Sunday, and take down the booth at the end >> of the day >> * someone with a car to transport material on Sunday >> >> Please email me if you can join! Of course, all levels of experience with >> Wikipedia are welcome. We have some free tickets available for volunteers, >> so please email me for more information. More details are available on our >> Wikipedia meet-up page: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/Maker_Faire_2014 >> >> Stephen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >> Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > >
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