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Heather and Jimmy's 50 great parties club
JimboWales (United States) · Aug 09th, 2007 5:16 am
We want to see 50 parties with a mix of people, all over the world. Heather and I will attend what ones we can but this is about getting Wikipedians, iCommons, CC and FSF people, etc. together!

Parties! Not just Wikipedia meetups, but parties with people from a variety of free culture projects. Gender balanced parties. Minimum of 20 people. Wikipedians, artists, programmers, etc. [more]
Category: Culture
Project end date: 6/8/2008 (32 days to go)
Creation date: Aug 09th, 2007 5:16 am
Development stage: planning
city: All Cities
country: International
Other countries: International
Main Language: English
Collaborators:
DaveDuarte, Kerryn McKay, lemos, max kaizen, vhata, driscoll, Rebecca Kahn, iCommons reporter, Steve Foerster, jonl, brunomagrani, Paul Jacobson, fumi, Heather Ford, Kiruba Shankar, EGreg, rejon, David Strauss, pfctdayelise, JoeyPrimiani, AlisonW, Daniela Faris, joy garnett, e1presidente, Zara, Raja, dariojalvarez, Felipe Vaz, dewet, Russell, henryg44, David Evan Harris, Henrik, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, mecredis, Anita Ondine
Number of people involved: 38
recent posts
Club in Stockholm
Mar 10th, 2008 11:36 pm – 0 comment
The Nordic creative commons will as part of the CC Nordic meeting *try* arrange a party in Stockholm. We would be very happy about any help and ideas to make this a success, as CC licensed music is still slightly unknown and not viewed as a valid party background - we are hoping to change this.
So, please come to our party or activate people to come. [more]
Cape Town is Becoming a Hub of Free Culture
Oct 18th, 2007 5:30 pm – 3 comments
Last month in Cape Town we had the second of 50 fabulous parties with Jimmy Wales and Heather Ford. The idea is that these will be held bring together the open-content communities in various cities around the world.
Heather made a very exciting announcement at the event: There is going to be the first iCommons Free Culture house built in Cape Town. Imagine a place you can pop... [more]
HOW TO Throw a Hot Party
Sep 04th, 2007 5:12 pm – 5 comments
The key to throwing a hot party is vision. Close your eyes and imagine the party you want to throw. Notice how many people there are. Is it crowded or comfortable? How are the people dressed? Are people talking or dancing? What does it smell like? For best results, you might trying this imagination process with a friend or two.
Step 1: Do the groundwork
The first and most... [more]
what people think
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Informal participatory gatherings like this are s brilliant way to meet really interesting people, build relationships, develop...
By DaveDuarte

LOL!! does this need ANY further explanation. Partying, brilliant people, great cause.. um, let's see ;-)
Good on...
By max kaizen

I like this node because parties are always a good idea.
By Steve Foerster

Nice title for a party, ne? Hey, Jimmy, we should have an "ultimate party" to celebrate the 50th party next year. Maybe a...
By Heather Ford

what i love about this idea is that it takes being human on its own terms. what is it that brings us together, builds bridges...
By josholalia

Not only is Jimmy the founder of wikipedia, but he has good ideas for parties TOO!
By Heather Ford

was secretly waiting for this node to appear...
By joy garnett

And yes, I agree with Steve: parties are always a good idea.
By Heather Ford

Quite gung-ho about this one. I've started the planning to hold a party in Jan '08 here in Chennai. Should be a great way...
By Kiruba Shankar
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