Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia, has officially designated June 30 Social Media Day. Mayor Dean Fortin signed the proclamation after local Social Media Day meetup organizer Paul Holmes petitioned the Victoria City Council. As far as we know, this is the first city to officially proclaim June 30 Social Media Day.
After Mashable announced Social Media Day on June 8 as a day to celebrate the revolution of media becoming social, it has grown to more than 570 meetups in 91 countries. Thousands of people will be participating in events in their local communities. With a population of approximately 350,000, Victoria has a buzzing social media and technology scene (being the first city in Canada to form a Social Media Club chapter, among other accomplishments) and so it only seemed natural to be the first city to proclaim June 30 as Social Media Day.
Here is a photo of the signed proclamation:
About Social Media Day
How To Participate in Social Media Day
Meetup Everywhere Mashable: Sign up to attend or organize your own event on the Meetup Everywhere Mashable.
Use our Logo: If you're planning a meetup, use our Social Media Day logo for the event. Why the alpaca for the mascot you might ask? It's among the most social farm animals.
Comment via Facebook: Go to Smday.com and leave a comment either promoting your meetup or tell us what you're doing for your event.
RSVP to the Facebook Event: RSVP and upload photos from your meetup to our Facebook event page.
Upload to Flickr: Upload photos to Flickr and tag them with #smday.
Follow @mashSMday: Follow @mashSMday on Twitter for updates and developments on the celebration.
Tweet: Use the #smday hashtag on Twitter. With so many participating, we should be a trending topic on Twitter on June 30. Also, we'll soon be announcing a prize for those that tweet or post to Facebook.