Event week at wikiDOMO

First Parade

We’ve had a very busy couple of weeks here at wikiDOMO. It started with preparing for our first parade. Yup, you read that right!  Parade!  One of the things we’ve wanted to announce is that we are working with a number of BIAs (Business Improvement Areas), here in Toronto and in Hamilton, Ontario. One of those BIAs is the Bloor West Village BIA. As a matter of fact, it was the first BIA in world!  It began in 1970 and for the most part, Alex Ling has been instrumental in driving its success and that of the BIA concept overall.

While working with Mr. Ling and the Bloor West Village community, he asked us to attend the Toronto Ukrainian Festival parade - so we did. We got our dinosaur and signage and handouts ready and on Saturday September 19th wikiDOMO attended its first parade. I must say it was a blast!    We will definitely be attending next year; and we got a lot of ideas on how we will continue to support the BIAs.

First One Web Day Sponsorship

Meanwhile, we became aware that there was a One Web Day event here in Toronto and in New York City, so we decided to attend both. In Toronto we helped to sponsor the event at Café Taste along with Mozilla and Tucows. Dragan stepped up to help with both setting up the event and representing wikiDOMO. I was in New York with Vesi (my wife and our Membership Manager) and attended the event in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. We showed up a little late and missed the speeches, but we had a great time nonetheless.

It takes commitment to be involved in our community and we at wikiDOMO wish to contribute in any way we can. Thanks to everyone who helped us at these events and to those who organized such great events.

By Jose Leal