[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] LocalWiki project needs your support

Wed Sep 8 00:14:28 UTC 2010

This is spammy and OT -- but still may be of interest to people on
this list. I can vouch for the awesomeness of the localwiki project,
which is trying to make local and city wikis (like the amazing Davis
Wiki, which serves my hometown) for the world. Free, local, open and
nonprofit -- and they're raising money, and need to raise a bunch more
in the next week to get their kickstarter grant funded. If this
project is successful, they will help grow an essential part of the
free content/collaborative landscape that Wikimedia by and large
doesn't serve at all.

-- phoebe

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Ivanov <mivanov at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Subject: [Wikipedia-l] LocalWiki project needs your support
To: wikipedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org

Hi folks, my name is Mike Ivanov, I am one of the co-founders of the
Davis Wiki, currently the largest local community wiki in the world,
where nearly every local resident uses the wiki and 1 in 7 contribute
content.

LocalWiki (http://localwiki.org) is our new non-profit project to
create the next generation of wiki software designed specifically for
local communities and promote the use of community wikis as a new kind
of collaborative, community-owned local media.  We want to apply the
lessons we learned building the Davis Wiki to help as many communities
as possible create the same kind of useful, engaging local resource.

The technical costs of this project are covered by a grant from the
Knight Foundation, but in order to reach more communities and have
more of an impact, we are raising an additional $25,000 for community
outreach and education.  If you support this project, please make a
pledge on our Kickstarter page at http://kck.st/a5vx43 and help us
spread the word.  We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donation is
tax-deductible.  Nearly 300 people have already donated over $17,000
as of today, and we only have 5 days left in this all-or-nothing
pledge drive.  We cannot do this without your support.

You can read more about LocalWiki at http://www.localwiki.org
(@localwiki on Twitter) or about the Knight Foundation grant at
http://www.newschallenge.org/winner/2010/local-wiki and I would be
happy to answer any questions or comments.

Thank you,
Mike

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