Wikipedia:Meetup/San Diego/January 2021

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Everyone is cordially invited to attend a post-Wikipedia Day meetup, beginning in Pacific Beach, San Diego. This will be the 62nd meetup in San Diego County.

Meetup details

Site of a former office building, at 4455 Lamont Street in Pacific Beach San Diego. It was the first office of Bomis. That office was the site where the first server of Wikipedia was registered to. Picture taken from across the street, at the southwest corner of the the intersection of Hornblend Street and Lamont Street.

Date: Sunday January 17th, 2021
Start time: 12:00 PM PST / 1200
End time: TBD (likely before 5:30PM PST / 1730)

Planned itinerary

12:00PM/1200 - 12:20PM/1220: Take photographs of the exterior of 4455 Lamont Street. It was the first office of Bomis, the company which Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger were involved in.
12:30PM/1230-1:00PM/1300: Order food to go for yourself, and take photographs of the exterior of 1932 Balboa, where Sanger and Ben Kovits first discussed the idea of Wikipedia. If an attendee wants to get Mexican food, or any other cuisine, they can.
1:30PM/1330-1:50PM/1350: Take photographs of the exterior of 3585 Hancock Street, the second office of Bomis, and its office before it moved to Florida.
4:30PM/1630-5:30PM/1730: Weather permitting, have a bonfire at Crown Point Shores.

COVID-19 precautions

Event is allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic while following City of San Diego temporary protocols for parks and beaches (which includes maintaining social distancing), and the San Diego County public health order (which includes usage of face covering).

Attendee list

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Hosts

Hosted by San Diego Wikimedians User Group.

RightCowLeftCoast (talk · contribs)

Likely

Maybe

Regrets

DrMel (talk) 20:02, 11 January 2021 (UTC) wishing there were ways to join you remotely! But hopeful you can join us this Friday sometime for the WikiBlind.org activities[reply]
Vid2vid (talk · contribs) -=- Shoot shoot shoot.. Sorry James, 😕 I thought I could squeeze in at least an hour cameo .. but friends up in Temecula pushed a mtg time up a bit, for an outdoor concert. So, I shall have to miss 😭 .. (frowny face emoji, crying face emoji). -From Peter {a.k.a. Vid2vid (talk | contribs)} 03:52, 17 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]
- PS. Moved my RSVP of a few days back, from Likely to Regrets. Sucks. -From Peter {a.k.a. Vid2vid (talk | contribs)} 03:54, 17 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]