Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December-2017
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| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date | Wednesday, December 13, 2017 |
| Time | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
| Address | Babycastles 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) Basement level |
| City, State | New York City, New York 10011 |
The December 2017 NYC WikiWednesday salon with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
Details
[edit]- Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2017
- Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Babycastles. 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), Basement level, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011
40°44′18″N 73°59′55.6″W / 40.73833°N 73.998778°W
- Subway:
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 8th Avenue)
- Bus: M1, M2, M3, M14A, M14D, X1, X7, X9, X10, X12, X17, X27, X28 buses
- Accessibility: Let us know if we should set up the manual elevator for this meetup.
- Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
- After the main meeting: Food and refreshments
- Meetup link:
- Etherpad:
Agenda
[edit]Bring your own ideas!
- 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
- 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Meeting, Part I (roundtable on ongoing projects)
- 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Meeting, Part II (new project proposals and ideas)
Check in - ongoing projects
[edit]| November 2024 +/- | |
|---|---|
| London 210 | November 10, 2024 |
| US Mountain West online | November 12, 2024 |
| Wiki Uff da! - Event 2 | November 14, 2024 |
| Oxford 106 | November 17, 2024 |
| San Diego 116 | November 18, 2024 |
| Seattle meetup | November 19, 2024 |
| Wiki Uff da! - Event 3 | November 20, 2024 |
| WikiCon Australia 2024 | November 23, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | November 24, 2024 |
| December 2024 +/- | |
| Christchurch 34 | December 1, 2024 |
| London 211 | December 8, 2024 |
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- Recent edit-a-thons, etc.
Since last WikiWednesday
- - Wikipedia Asia Month Edit-a-thon @ Met Museum
- - Ace Hotel Monthly Action = History
- - World AIDS Day Edit-a-thon @ The Center
- - Black Lunch Table @ The 8th Floor
- - Wikidata Orientation @ Fordham (participant in attendance was thankful for bluerasberry's Wikidata presentation
New and upcoming projects and events
[edit]- AfroCrowd's Street Culture Edit-a-thon - Dec. 16
- Wikipedia Day 2018 - Jan. 14
- AfroCrowd Black History Month event w/ Fordham (during February 2018)
- Black History Month at York College (during February 2018)
- Women's History Month at BMCC (during March 2018)
- Wikipedia training for faculty of York College, City University of New York. It was reminder how remarkable it is that faculty in many locations incorporate Wikipedia into their classes without ever seeking assistance. It's an opportunity for WMNYC to start ongoing relationships. Megs set up "CUNY Edits," a group on the City University of New York's academic commons to foster better communication among the many CUNY institutions.
- Project with Columbia University Oral History program to document marginalized communities.
Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions
[edit]5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
Sign up here!
- Discussion of WNYC's Nancy project (podcasts by/for the LGBTQ community), ideas and preparation for an editathon at the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. Encouraging lots of preparation, even holding an editathon or two in NYC to gauge the issues involved
- -
- -
Chapter business
[edit]- Solicitation for volunteers for committees. A list of committees and their general scope was passed out with a link to where people can sign up. Committees are:
- Governance (Executive Working Group and Strategy Working Group)
- Membership
- Finance
- Communications and Reporting
- Partnerships
Food tonight
[edit]Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!
- pizza / Russian pies, maybe
External links
[edit]- Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
- Wikimedia New York City
- Free Culture Alliance NYC
Sign up
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Total Attendees: 15
Regrets
[edit]- FULBERT (talk) 18:57, 29 November 2017 (UTC) - too bad I am traveling for work this week
- Jim.henderson (talk) 23:25, 8 December 2017 (UTC) Probably still be sick then
- BlaueBlüte (talk) 03:19, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
- — Rhododendrites talk \\ 21:07, 13 December 2017 (UTC) -- doesn't look likely. trying to get a this off the ground before the holidays
Possible attendees
[edit]Likely attendees
[edit]- Pharos (talk) 03:13, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
- Megs (talk) 18:50, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
- 209.201.52.210 (talk) 19:07, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
- Nora Keller
- Mandy Naglich
- Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 07:28, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
- SnowFire (talk) 18:28, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
- Vizzylane (talk) 21:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
- Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:29, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
- Mozucat (talk) 18:06, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
- kosboot (talk) 18:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
- Ronald Sexton (talk) 21:19, 13 December 2017 (UTC)Ronald Sexton
- Elyaqim (talk) 21:43, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
- Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 22:25, 13 December 2017 (UTC)