Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2011
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The March 2011 New York City Meetup event was held on Sunday March 20, 2011 at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.
What, Where, When, and How?
[edit]There is a public meeting in the afternoon at the appropriately-named Symposium Greek Restaurant (in the back room), where we take further steps to organize the Wikimedia New York City local chapter, and provide a salon-style forum for discussion of Wikipedia and Wikimedia issues.
Right afterward, there is an optional post-meeting Wiki-Dinner at the same venue.
Main public meeting
[edit](to discuss Wikipedia issues and Wikimedia NYC chapter issues):
- Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room) on the Upper West Side. 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Optional post-meeting Wiki-Dinner
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NYC_Wikimedian_meetup_March_2011.jpg/220px-NYC_Wikimedian_meetup_March_2011.jpg)
- Stay at Symposium Greek Restaurant, shuffle tables and chairs, and then nosh and schmooze, wiki-style. 5:00 PM onwards.
Late arrival info and Transportation
[edit]If you plan on arriving late, and are concerned about not finding your way to the group, you can drop your mobile phone number ahead of time at Special:Emailuser/Pharos (e-mail will not be able to be checked during the actual meetup time; leave requests ahead of time).
Nearby subway stations:
Agenda
[edit]Bring your own ideas!
- Follow-up on ideas raised in past meetings
- How Wikipedia Day X in January went
- How our first New Work City NWCU Wikipedia Workshop in February went
- Chapter business
- Incorporation follow-up- 501(c)(3) status, bylaws changes, chapter agreement, membership system, etc
- Official support + letter for Wikimania 2012 DC bid by WM NYC
- Wikipedia Ambassador Program, WikiProject United States Public Policy and NYU, and broader educational collaborations
- Potential for 'Wikipedian in Residence' and WP:GLAM programs at NYPL, MOMA, etc
- Women on Wikipedia Month Girls in Tech NYC workshop at Red Hat, and broader NY Wiki Chics concepts
- Monthly New Work City NWCU Wikipedia Workshops
- Growing partnerships through Free Culture Alliance NYC, and joint projects like NYCwiki, possible GLAM CC Salon, and GLAMcamp NYC
- Wikis Take Manhattan 4
- Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2011 - what message should NYC share with the global movement?
- Future meetup venues and schedule?
- Other suggestions for projects?
- Speakers and roundtable discussions
- Questions and input from wiki-newbies
- Possible roundtable topics: Gender gap, Main Page changes, WikiProjects, Wikipedia Ambassadors, new articles on Middle East protests and Japan earthquake, paid editing
- -Reformations of the articles for deletion process.Mitch32(Erie Railroad Information Hog) 03:41, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
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- I would encourage anyone with a desire to present to sign up here, and we'll try to make room for you.--Pharos (talk) 19:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Interested Wikipedians
[edit]Likely attendees
[edit]- Pharos (talk) 16:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Pending dog disposal,I'm in. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 17:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)- Running out of excuses. T. Canens (talk) 18:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
I would like to be there.Unlikely that I'll make it now. Astrocog (talk) 22:28, 7 March 2011 (UTC)- Yeah, I'll probably be there. Gotta leave at around 6ish, but that's not a big deal. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 00:08, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:40, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- Of course you'd schedule a meet during Bristol Motor Speedway weekend.Mitch32(Erie Railroad Information Hog) 03:53, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
- I will be there, part of my vacation. –MuZemike 04:04, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- Blurpeace 03:50, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- DGG ( talk ) 05:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
- Tom Lowenhaupt - going to outline the map making http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/mapping-the-hood supporting NYCwiki.org
- Becksguy (talk) 20:07, 17 March 2011 (UTC) — I have to attend, since I made the reservation :-)
- Rogerthat94 (talk) 04:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC) — I've never been to a meet up before. I'm looking forward to it! I'll be coming from upper Westchester County.
- Jim.henderson (talk) 20:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
- EdJohnston (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Possible attendees
[edit]- - School night, what's up with that? Peter.C • talk • contribs 10:40, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Regrets
[edit]- - Traveling. Will miss the excellent Kappama (lamb stew). --rgpk (comment) 23:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
- - Vaibhav Jain 14:13, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
- - Moving back in to dorms. :( --Metallurgist (talk) 23:52, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
- - Promised the gf I'd do laundry and vacuum the apartment. Wwwhatsup (talk) 21:09, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
- - Can't get to Metro-New York until late-March 2011 at the earliest. ----DanTD (talk) 22:28, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
- - Won't be able to make it. -Brycetom (talk) 17:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Report
[edit]Attendees of record
[edit]- Wikipedians/Wikimedians, from the sign-up sheet.