Submissions:2014/The Free Culture Trust


 * Title of the submission: The Free Culture Trust


 * Themes (Proposal Themes - Community, Tech, Outreach, GLAM, Education): GLAM, Community, Free Culture


 * Type of submission (Presentation Types - Panel, Workshop, Presentation, etc): Presentation


 * Author of the submission: Karen Sandler


 * E-mail address: wikicon@punkrocklawyer.com


 * Username: karensandler


 * US state or country of origin: New York


 * Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.): QuestionCopyright.Org, Software Freedom Conservancy, GNOME


 * Personal homepage or blog: gnomg.org


 * Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal): Wikimedia, QuestionCopyright.Org and Creative Commons have been partnering to create a Free Culture Trust. In this session, Karen will discuss plans for the Trust and report on progress so far. WikiCon will be a month after our organizational meeting which will be a good time to invite participation from the community.


 * Length of presentation/talk (see Presentation Types for lengths of different presentation types): A 15 minute talk would be great, or it could be a longer session with group discussion. This could also be done as a panel, and several of the key organizers are based in New York.


 * Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?: Most likely.


 * Slides or further information (optional):


 * Special request as to time of presentations: I have very limited availability on May 31.

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 * Phoebe (talk) 13:26, 21 April 2014 (EDT)