<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi Bay Area wikifolk!</span></p>
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</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please join us for a "Wikipedia Barn Raising" event focusing on Open Educational Resources (OER). The Barn Raising will happen on Saturday July 19th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time, at the Oakland Impact Hub, at 2323 Broadway (near the 19th St. BART station).</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Lunch and refreshments will be provided.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since 2012, we've been working to strengthen Wikipedia's coverage of OER and related topics. We've worked to build an international community around this goal at conferences, through our online "Writing Wikipedia Articles" (WIKISOO) course, and through the formation of WikiProject Open.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At the Barn Raising, we will focus on improving high-priority Wikipedia articles, and consider ways to strengthen WikiProject Open as a resource for staying connected, learning, and working together. </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:Verdana;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.2218181870200417">We'll also welcome online participants from around the world, with collaboration tools and scheduled video check-ins.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration link:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RgXfFfjo0Zjd1nu1NAX-cDQPmWa8-GWvt59n87JwDvQ/viewform" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Barn Raising registration form</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Event page:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Barn_Raising_2014" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WikiProject Open Barn Raising</span></a></p>
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope to see you there, online or in person!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards</span></p>
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sara Frank Bristow</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pete Forsyth</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2218181870200417;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Communicate OER/WikiProject Open</span></p>
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Communicate OER is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation</span></p>
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