PortlandWiki:Barnraising/Post Event

Teresa Boze and Sylvia Orduño show off more than a baker's dozen of "wiki cupcakes."

Barnraising Party: No Instant Barns, But Lots Of Interesting Discussion, Ideas, Fun!

On Saturday, March 5th, 2011 PortlandWiki threw our first-ever Barnraising Party! Sudden illness forced our keynote speaker to drop out at the last moment. Several core PortlandWiki contributors also couldn't make it for similar reasons. As a result, PortlandWiki didn't exactly "raise barns" (make a bunch of immediate improvements to PortlandWiki)...yet.

Despite these hiccups, PortlandWiki's Barnraising party was a success. Among many highlights, a few truly stand out:

• Wiki cupcakes!
• Street Roots contributing vendor, Sam Al-Jondi (whose column "In my darkest hours, there were many who shined a light" appears in the March 4, 2011 issue of Street Roots) expressed lots of great insights, enthusiasm and a firm grasp of PortlandWiki's potential.
• Out-of-towner Brian Kerr's presentation on what makes ArborWiki so successful.

The biggest highlight, of course, is the generosity of PortlandWiki volunteers for making getting the Barnraising party started, and for the wonderful folks who came and celebrated with us. Thank you!

Big thanks also to Schmizza Pub & Grub on 21st Avenue for their pizza generosity.

Special thanks also to Schmizza Pub & Grub on 21st Avenue for generously providing pizza to hungry Barnraisers. Show some appreciation and go hit the "like" button on their Facebook page.