Wikimedia NYC tried an idea like this in the past, the grandly named "Wiki World's Fair / Free Culture Festival", as an adjunct to Wikimania 2012, on Governors Island, with the help of FIGMENT, and many bamboo poles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_World's_Fair https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_Takes_Manhattan_Picnic Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Jennifer Baek <bae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Been thinking about this, too. I spoke with some folks after Techno > Activism 3rd Monday yesterday and there was an idea of organizing a free > culture/techno activism/Wikipedia festival/series of events on Governor's > Island. This might be a great way of broadening the demographic of people > who are exposed to the issues we're all involved in, especially because > we're reframing them as social justice ones. > > > > On Tuesday, August 20, 2013, Kẏra wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I'm hoping to have a blog post up in the next day or two encouraging >> people to set up local social events and chapters for the 10th anniversary >> of the org. >> >> Does anyone else have additional ideas? >> >> Best, >> Kyra >> > > > -- > Jennifer Baek > bae...@gmail.com > (646)756-9783 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Free Culture Alliance NYC" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to free-culture-alliance-nyc+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >
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