PortlandWiki is looking for a few good volunteers

The volunteers at PortlandWiki are meeting up this Saturday (March 5th) at the Multnomah County Central Library in downtown. In case you didn’t know, PortlandWiki is an online community where Portlandians can share knowledge about the local community (such as favorite hangouts, bands, art galleries, neighborhoods, etc). PortlandWiki welcomes participation from all Portlandians, and anyone else interested in building an outstanding community resource for the Rose City. If you are interested in helping out, they will be meeting from 2pm to 5pm in the U.S. Bank Room (near the main entrance on right as you enter the library). BTW, the PortlandWiki meeting this Saturday will feature refreshments and unique swag.

PortlandWiki was launched in October 2009 by a group of local volunteers. In less than a year and a half, volunteers have made 5,541 editorial contributions. Here is something I didn’t know until today. According to PortlandWiki, Portland is the birth place wikis. In 1994, Portland resident Ward Cunningham created the first wiki, the Portland Pattern Repository, commonly called WikiWikiWeb.