Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/November 2011

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The November 2011 New York City Meetup event will be held at 5pm on Sunday Nov 20 at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.

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Likely attendees

• If the 20th. Other dates, it depends. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 01:43, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
• Why not? Peter.C • talk • contribs 02:03, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
• Jim.henderson (talk) 20:17, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
• I'll be in the area this weekend. Courcelles 00:56, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
• I am good. Mitch32^{(Never support those who think in the box)}
• I'm certainly in!--Pharos (talk) 06:45, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
• T. Canens (talk) 00:41, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
• Blurpeace 17:41, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
• Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:46, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 19:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — The Symposium has always been good to us, giving us the back room and a discount for cash. I'm still on crutches so the stairs will be a problem, but otherwise I'm in for another flaming cheese evening.
• Jeremyb (talk) 07:59, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 16:34, 15 November 2011 (UTC) I have no money to buy food, but I can be there.
• I'll be there--Mike Lewis (talk) 14:03, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Possible attendees

• Any agendas? (attendance not contingent upon this) - Theornamentalist (talk) 00:54, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Probably in a more informal way, yes. We can have some discussions of NYC cultural/educational outreach events, and also the recent filing to obtain nonprofit status for the Wikimedia NYC chapter.--Pharos (talk) 06:51, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

• I'll be busy in Brooklyn until 5, but will see how fast the subways run -- kosboot (talk) 23:46, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Sure, coming later is fine, we'll be there for awhile.--Pharos (talk) 06:01, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

• I'll try to attend. AstroCog (talk) 13:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
• Thomas Levine (talk) 00:43, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Regrets

• DGG ( talk ) 04:54, 18 November 2011 (UTC) I will be at a Chamber Music Society concert
• David Shankbone 05:14, 18 November 2011 (UTC) I will be in Colorado for Thanksgiving. Have a Happy T-Day everyone.
• Daniel Case (talk) 01:34, 19 November 2011 (UTC) Schedule just doesn't seem to work out, and am recovering from a long previous weekend around a roadfan meetup with Mitchazenia.
• Thank you for invitation; I am very sorry to miss this one as well. Please do tell me about anything upcoming. Twozenhauer (talk) 01:43, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
• We'll see. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 02:40, 16 November 2011 (UTC) Nope, can't make it. Sorry. :/ — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 18:21, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Agenda ideas

Bring your own ideas!

• Follow-up on ideas raised at recent wiki-events
  • Wikimedia NYC 501(c)(3) filing, response, checks
  • Wikipedia Loves Libraries at NYPL, METRO New York Library Council, Rutgers, across the country
  • MoMA Wikipedia Talk to Me University Editathon

• Chapter business
  • Wikimedia NYC chapter membership and elections
  • Wikipedia Day on January 15, finding venue in NYC, and promoting US and worldwide
  • Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors program
  • Spring event: Wikipedia Takes The City national edition, other suggestions? (also, US involvement in Wiki Loves Monuments?)
  • Wikimania 2012 Party Train/Bus to DC?
  • Regionalism
  • Future meetup venues and schedule?
  • Other suggestions for projects?

• Roundtable discussions
  • Future directions of Campus Ambassadors, Online Ambassadors and US, India and other national university programs
  • OWS and Wikipedia
  • Bring your ideas!

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Attendees of record

• User:Becksguy
• User:Courcelles
• User:Fluffernutter
• User:Frank.manus
• User:Jim.henderson
• User:Kosboot
• User:Mitchazenia
• User:Newyorkbrad
• User:Peter.C
• User:Pharos
• User:Scottandrewhutchins
• User:Timotheus Canens
• User:Wiki01Mike