On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:39 AM, K Anderson <andersonster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
Lots of interest at LC for presenting at this event! Tours possible in
various languages, people from Copyright interested in attending etc.
Getting institutional sponsorship appears highly unlikely for 2012
bid. Too short a time frame.
Sufficient interest that I think we have a chance at instiutional
participation / sponsorship if we try for 2013. We need an official
committee, they need to know who they're working with, other orgs
involved, venue, etc. Also, the internal LC policies and work on
Wikipedia will be a little more defined by 2013 than they are now.
Anyone considered partnering with Smithsonian for the Folklife
Festival? We could have one of the cultures represented be
"Cyberspace," and have the Wikimania in tents ... This would be a very
straightforward pitch to LC and other agencies, I think; plus,
Smithsonian has the logistics down for the event.
From my perspective, I'd say let's try 2013 and try to get more
official participation lined up from LC. Along with the Archives, LC
is one of the biggest stashes of verifiable, open-source facts in the
world.
Cheers,
Kristin / Djembayz
Looking forward to results of meeting, have conflicting appt. so will
not attend.
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I'm unable to join the meeting today but feeling much improved from the flu
that I've had this week.
If we want to meet up again during the week, I can probably make it. And,
look forward to seeing results of whatever was discussed today.
Cheers,
Katie (@aude)