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Despite the large number of Wikipedians in this region, there hasn't been a single publicized meetup. There was an open meeting for Wikia Campaigns last summer which was well attended, considering publicity was limited to Wikia. It's ripe time for a large meetup.

What do you suggest?

Proposed date

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Do we have a time in mind? Morning? Afternoon? Evening?

How about 15:00+? That would allow those of us who want to let it run into the evening.--Eloquence* 07:08, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Time: I'm going to be bold and say 4 pm (16:00) -- phoebe/(talk) 17:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Location: Per latest round of emails, proposal is Saturday the 14th at 4pm, San Francisco Ferry Building (Embarcadero and Market Streets). Georgewilliamherbert 17:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

At the Ferry Building, we'll gather at the big tables by Peet's coffee: between #43 & #45 on this map. I will attempt to remember to bring a sign :) -- phoebe/(talk) 21:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Survey

To speed this process along, I have put together a survey (with online results). Please fill it in, and pass it along to your fellow Northern California Wikipedians! Thanks, William Pietri 06:39, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Proposed locations

Ideas:

• Citizen Space has volunteered to let us have a meetup there --> note, this is a long-standing offer. But they are available this Saturday. It's a very cool and friendly office. -- phoebe/(talk) 21:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
• Somewhere on the field in Golden Gate Park? Picnic anyone?
• Sounds like people favor public transport; close to BART == good?

yes :)

• Dolores Park is close to public transport and may be easier to meet in than Golden Gate Park
• Zeitgeist, a scruffy San Francisco beer garden, could suit
• For what it's worth, there are dozens of places we could hang out in downtown SF near the Embarcadero/Market St. It's hard to drive there, but trivial to BART it (and easy to drive to BART and ride in...). I've worked at a bunch of places in the area and can recommend more specific places for food, drinks, etc. Georgewilliamherbert 00:32, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
• The Ferry Building
• Philz coffee -- http://www.philzcoffee.com/locations.html

Attendance

Please indicate if you can attend and if you have a preferred date

• phoebe (brassratgirl) /(talk) , weekends are best (I live in Davis)
• Georgewilliamherbert
• Davidlud Have to go back to Germany in a few days :-(
• Quarl
• Dvortygirl Weekends are best. Please direct communications here.
• R'son-W Weekends are good. I'll have to take BART from Berkeley.
• I'll be in the Bay Area July 11-15; Saturday July 14 would work best for me. I won't rent a car unless absolutely necessary, so any location that is reachable via train & bus would be preferable. I'll be staying in San Mateo.--Eloquence* 05:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I live pretty much right across the bay from San Mateo, in Hayward. I'm mobile, so I can come to a location. San Mateo has the "Caltrain" trains, and isn't far from where BART ends up south of the San Francisco airport. Georgewilliamherbert 06:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I'm staying at the Howard Johnson near Hayward. Perhaps we can arrange a trip together as soon as we know where we're going. :-) --Eloquence* 22:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Query to clarify - Howard Johnsons in San Mateo, or on the east side of the bay? There's a 10 mile wide bay in between 8-) I am always willing to carpool, though, and a zip across the bay is fine. Georgewilliamherbert 00:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh dear! You can tell I'm not from here. ;-) HoJo in SM it is.--Eloquence* 07:08, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

• William_Pietri - I'd love to come. I favor public transport and San Francisco proper. And I'll buy the first round at Zeitgeist afterward.
• Short notice, but if I can make it, I'll try to be there. I'm in the East Bay, for about a month, and have pretty easy access to BART and freeways, as needed. Sounds like we favor meeting up in San Francisco; anybody have a particular place in mind? – Luna Santin (talk) 00:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  • If Citizen Space can't host us, I can likely scare something else up depending on number. I'm fiendishly busy right now, so if somebody could wrangle consensus on number of attendees and desired facilities and email me the results, that'd be great. Thanks, William Pietri 00:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
• Dragons flight. If I can scratch up the time.
• If it's going to be July 14, please set the time soon! I'd prefer not morning, though. ArielGlenn 06:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delirium 17:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC) I think I can make it. I'm coming from Santa Cruz on public transit, so anywhere I can get to / connect to from Caltrain without too much hassle would be best for me. --Delirium 17:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Caltrain to the last stop (4th and King in SF), then SF MUNI T or N lines from 4th and King to either Folsom (and walk a couple of blocks up the Embarcadero along the bay) or Embarcadero station (and walk a block from slightly inland out to the bay). Georgewilliamherbert 18:08, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
• Aaron Swartz
• Erik Möller
• Brewster Kahle
• Jimmy Wales

  Wow, four people with their own articles are attending? We get all the famous people ;) -- phoebe/(talk)

• `'Míkka 01:03, 14 July 2007 (UTC) It will be exactly 4 years +/- time zone since I stumbled upon[REDACTED] and did some minor tweaking as an anon.
• Kat Walsh (spill your mind?)