Grants:Project/Wikipedia LA Meetup

statusinactive
Wikipedia Day LA
summaryThe second annual (late) celebration of Wikipedia's birthday in Los Angeles.
targetEnglish Wikipedia
type of grantoffline programs and events
amount$600 USD
type of applicantindividual
granteeJSFarman
contact• juliefarmanllc@gmail.com
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created on21:16, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Project idea

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The Los Angeles community lacks a cohesive center; this is one event in a series (hopefully) to solidify the community and create an active LA User Group.

What is your solution?

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Get people excited, involved, and understand the impact we can have as WIkipedians. It's worth pursuing because we *can* have impact, both offline and in the Wikipedia/Wikimedia community.

Project goals

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Encourage a dialogue among Wikipedians in Los Angeles and create a User Group for Los Angeles - there are unique opportunities here that will allow us to contribute to Wikipedia/Wikimedia in ways that are unavailable in other cities. (For example, working with the Motion Picture LIbrary.)

Project impact

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Project plan

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Activities

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Budget

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$600 USD

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Participants

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