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I'm Peter Benjamin Meyer. I'm in the Wikimedia DC chapter.

My regular user page is on the English Wikipedia.

FDC = Funds Dissemination Committee at Wikimedia Foundation
Night Owls -- possible cosponsor: http://nightowls.dcacm.org/
Saylor Foundation: named for MicroStrategy founder; develops open textbook/educ materials; sponsored Wikimania 2012.^[1]
501(c)(3) -- a category of tax exemption administered by the IRS -- tax deductibility for donors, both individual and business ; need to tweak application to IRS and add some specific language about disbursing $
Wiki-DC's Events 2012 grant
Wiki-DC also got a Wiki Loves Monuments USA 2012 grant
and a bootstrap grant
Wiki DC committed to advocating for Internet freedom (along the SOPA/PIPA issue line) and has some budget capacity for this. contact person at Lofgren's office is senior legislative counsel: harley.geiger at mail.house.gov ; 225-3072.
A conference idea for 2013 is a GLAM bootcamp ; Dominic has suggested it
It is conceivable that Wiki DC could get a federal contract ; e.g. for a Wikimedian in residence or a NARA project. These are longshots.
The Berlin Agreement refers to the founding of the Chapters Association
Active Board documents are often listed here: Internal:Dashboard

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 == To do ==
 * Review: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Slowking4/congressional_briefing_agenda
+* Candidacy?   Follow up on [[Board_of_Directors]] and [[Internal:Board election (February 2013)]]
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