Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco 13

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San Francisco Meetup # 13
	Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010
	Time: 10:35 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.        (SF ferryboat departure times)
	Place: Angel Island (directions)
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Meetup details

• Date: Saturday, April 10th
• Time: San Francisco Ferry departs 10:35 a.m. from San Francisco Pier 41, and returns leaving 3:20 p.m.
  • Round trip fare is $18
  • if you want a $7.00 guided 12:30-1:50 p.m. tour of the immigration museum, make reservations (see below)
  • cafe closes at 4 p.m.; park offices close at sunset; camping facilities available overnight
• Location: Angel Island
  • Google directions for public transportation
  • "The Ellis Island of the West" / "California's Ellis Island"
  • Brochure: "Angel Island State Park"
• Bikes optional, and bike space on the ferry is first-come, first-served
  • Bikes and segways are available for rental on the island, but the island is 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²)
• Remember to bring sunscreen

Attendees (everyone is invited)

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Tour plan

• Ferry boat
• Docks, Cafe, and Visitor Center (Ayala Cove, Northwest)
• United States Immigration Station museum Room 105 (North Garrison, China Cove)
  • If you prefer the $7.00, one hour and 20 minute guided tour, please reserve in advance (415-435-3392 or email) for the 12:30 p.m. tour
• Scope out possibilities for a sponsor party or benefit concert
  • East Garrison: 20 tables, BBQ, 200-1000 people (Fort McDowell, facing Berkeley)
  • Facing the Foundation office and the SF skyline Southeast is the abandoned Nike missile site above Point Blunt Light
  • Mt. Livermore (center of island)
  • Rock quarry
  • Alcatraz Gardens at Perl's Beach (Southwest, facing San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge)
  • Camp Reynolds (West Garrison, facing Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge)
    • military museum and restored officers' barracks
    • worth $96/person + $672 for catered parade grounds and wood stove party?
  • picnic areas by Visitor Center, facing Tiburon (Ayala Cove, Northwest docks)
    • Platform Site: 24 tables, BBQ, 100-150 people
    • Draw Site: 15 tables, BBQ, 35-100 people
    • Hill Site: 12 tables, BBQ, 35-70 people
• Meet back at Ayala Cove picnic area at 2:10 p.m.
  • Proofread materials for Maker Faire (for what hasn't already been proofread online)
  • Sneak Wikipedia/Wikimedia logos in front of the cove-cam and take screenshots
• Bike and/or walk around at dusk and observe the Bay skyline
• Camp overnight if you miss the last ferryboat; last ferry back to San Francisco at 3:20 p.m.

References

• Angel Island (California)
• parks.ca.gov - info, official telephone, links to ferryboat transit, campground reservations
• AngelIsland.com - cafe, tours, rentals, schedules, information, event catering, event venues
• AngelIsland.org - information, blog, Flikr photostream
• photographs