I think it may be hard to set up an event in a physical space and publicise it in under three weeks.
I was thinking ideas for asking people to organize small local meetups, and/or do some online actions to get involved with the org. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Pharos <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> (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 [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- Board of Directors, Students for Free Culture: www.freeculture.org Blog: http://thesilentnumber.me - StatusNet Microblog: http://identi.ca/kxra Email: [email protected] - SMS: +1.617.340.3661 Jabber/XMPP: [email protected] - IRC: kxra @freenode @oftc @indymedia
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