Who should come? You should. Really.
If you are interested in Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects, regardless of your level of experience or involvement, or if you are otherwise involved in with free content you are invited and welcome.
For information on mass transit options see the CTA's website and Metra's website. Here is the downtown mass transit map.
Use whichever of these makes more sense for where you're starting from:
Be advised: The Washington/State stop on the Red Line is closed for construction. Also, the north end of the Blue Line has been running very slow of late due to track repairs; allow at least an extra half hour in transit times from points west of Jefferson Park. This includes O'Hare.
There are other stations on some lines which are convenient to CTA stations. The RTA's trip planner is reasonably good at finding manageable routings when considering Metra service.
Please note that the venue location, Argo Tea, is in the Loop. If you drive, you will need to find parking, which will be expensive (typically $20 to $40 in a commercial lot or garage). On-street parking can be hard to find. You may wish to consider parking at a remote location and using mass transit. The City of Chicago enforces streetside parking restrictions on Saturdays, and you do not want your car towed in Chicago (there is a towing charge in addition to the ticket, and the city tow lot can be hard to find). Argo Tea's Loop location is at 16 West Randolph.
Voting has begun at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago/Assessment#Current_Top-importance_Candidates. You may want to discuss these candidates with each other so glance at the articles. You can vote immediately, but voting will extend past the meetup. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 17:28, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
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