[WMF-outreach-staff] Inquiry about Wikimania

[Sumana Harihareswara]

Rynnel, thanks for writing to us.  We don't have a strict theme
regarding this year's Wikimania hackathon.

https://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon has a description of
what we'll be doing, and of course you're welcome to come join in and
work on technologies that integrate with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia
software.

Best wishes!

-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation



On 06/28/2012 09:33 PM, Katie Filbert wrote:
> From: Rynnel Gibbs <rynnel at rockthevote.com>
> To: wikimania-info at wikimedia.org
> Subject: Inquiry about Wikimania
> Date: 2012-06-19 16:51:17
> 
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > My name is Rynnel Gibbs and I work with Rock the Vote, here in, DC, and we
>> > were inquiring if our organization would be an appropriate fit to
>> > participate in this year's Wikimania Hackathon. Rock the Vote's mission is
>> > to engage and build political power for young people across our country.
>> > And Rock the Vote has become the trusted source of information for young
>> > people about registering to vote, as well as engaging our young people
>> > about the issues that matter to them. Being that it is an election year,
> we
>> > want to register 1.5 million young people to vote and we are always
> looking
>> > for new technologies to reach them.
>> >
>> > So, I am inquiring what the theme of this year's Wikimania Hackathon will
>> > be, and if we would be a good fit for the hackathon. We have participated
>> > in one other hackathon at the beginning of this month and found it to be
>> > extremely beneficial. So, if you could send me any information about it, I
>> > would greatly appreciate it.
>> >
>> > Thank you for your time.
>> >
>> > Rynnel Gibbs
>> > Rock the Vote