Hi KS and Pete (and everyone else!),

Thanks Pete for sharing the Bookshelf. I know we still have a room to improve in regards to outreach "tips" about women, and I'm hoping we can develop something like that, very soon. While the event(s) don't have to be about GLAM, the GLAM WIKI outreach group (the group of Wikipedians who work with galleries, libraries, archives and museums) have developed a lot of great content:

http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Model_projects/GLAM_events

If you scroll down there is a section about edit-a-thons. Sadly, general parties and major events aren't really covered anywhere, but you might find some help from this page in general, depending on the level of an event you wish to put together.

I'd love to see more traction in the bay area, while I know things go on, it seems like not enough goes on for the region and Wikipedia (there wasn't even a Wikipedia Day event!). KS - I also posted this to the SF Bay Area Wikimedian list, so perhaps that can provide a resource for getting people motivated. I'm probably going to send you a message off list to see how I can help :)

Thanks for volunteering, I can't wait to see something happen!

-Sarah

On 1/31/12 10:10 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote:

I think "outreach tool kit" could mean a lot of things, but maybe of use are the print materials listed at http://bookshelf.wikimedia.org (especially the "Welcome to Wikipedia" guide); and things like the latest annual report and the strategic plan. You could also probably get stickers, buttons, and other swaggy bits from the Wikimedia mothership.

Hope this helps -- if you want specific thoughts about how to make a request, maybe contact me offline. I may be out of town on the 8th, but if I'm back by then I'd love to pitch in for some kind of event.

-Pete

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Karen Sue Rolph <karenrolph@hotmail.com> wrote:

I would make a go of this in the San Francisco Bay Area if we could get some traction going. I'll check in with a couple groups I know of, and see where they stand. Do we have an outreach tool kit ready that can be utilized, and if not, seems like an idea too?

KS Rolph

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