Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December 2014

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Dec 2014 gathering

The December 2014 NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share with the Wikimedia NYC community was on Thursday December 4, 6:30-8pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th St. Union Square.

Details edit

Date:: Thursday December 4

Time: 6:30-8pm (we had the space from 6pm and many came early)

Location: Babycastles. 137 W 14th St. Manhattan, New York, NY. 40°44′17.5″N 73°59′54.5″W / 40.738194°N 73.998472°W / 40.738194; -73.998472

Nearest subway station: 14th St. (1, 2, 3, F, M, and L trains)

Afterwards at 8pm, we walked to a chatty wiki-dinner at Good Stuff Diner.

Notes from the Meeting edit

Etherpad: Link

 
 
 

Agenda edit

Bring your own ideas!

  • Local Wikipedia free culture projects
  • Past, present, and future institutional partnerships with Wikipedia
  • Recent image donations to Wikipedia (United Nations!)
  • WikiConference USA 2014 reporting and lessons learned
  • Wiki-Conference USA 2015 - how we will pass it on to the next host city
  • Chapter planning and chapter roles
  • Mailing lists - which ones should we use
  • WMNYC financial reporting
  • Edit-a-thons past, present, future + metrics
  • Spring 2015 Education Program classes
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - January 2015
  • Wikipedia Day NYC microconference - January or February 2015
  • Art+Feminism Campaign - March 2015
  • NYPL Labs and potential space partnerships
  • December Wikidata event?

Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions edit

(perhaps as 5-minute lightning talks and as skill shares)

Sign up edit

You may also sign up at Meetup.com, especially if you are new and aren't sure how to comment on the wiki.

Likely attendees edit

Possible attendees edit

  • Rhododendrites (talk · contribs) 01:22, 20 November 2014 (UTC) -- haven't been to one of these -- hoping to make it to see how I might be able to help out/get involved[reply]
  • RWCasinoKid (talk · contribs) 12:17, 24 November 2014 (UTC) -- If this is a meetup between other Wikipedia editors, I'll be glad to attend. I might miss it because of work, though.[reply]
Hi yes this is a meetup between Wikipedia editors. Hope you can make it! OR drohowa (talk) 19:03, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • NHRHS2010 (talk · contribs) 20:14, 27 November 2014 (UTC) -- Possible because I will be in NYC on the 4th to visit a graduate school class[reply]
  • Siankevans (talk) 13:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC) -- I would like to attend, but it depends on my work schedule.[reply]
  • Rangilo Gujarati (talk) 22:13, 2 December 2014 (UTC) -- I might attend it, still not sure.[reply]
  • Levendowski 17:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC) -- Hoping to make it, depending on work![reply]

Regrets edit