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Meetup/Auckland

When & Where
Date: Sunday May 9th 2010

Time: noon - 4pm

Venue: Esquires Cafe, Auckland Central City Library, Auckland

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Future Meetups
Please watchlist Meetup/Auckland (which is very low traffic) to be informed of future meetups in Auckland or elsewhere in NZ, or New Zealand Wikipedians' notice board for discussion relevant to New Zealand Wikipedians.

Attended

 * 1) SimonLyall
 * 2) Linnah
 * 3)  gadfium
 * 4) DerbyCountyinNZ
 * 5) Tayste
 * 6) Richard001
 * 7) Avenue (talk)
 * 8)  Sonia  (talk)

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To Do or Bring

 * Enter the Meetup in your diary/calendar so you don't forget! Add a reminder earlier on with alarm on your mobile phone/computer calendar.
 * Add your name to list(below) of Wikipedians planning to attend.
 * Add items to the agenda below of any topic you wish to discuss.
 * Name Tags: There'll be name tags available. However if you have one you've made for yourself or one you wish to use from a previous conference/event/meeting, please bring it along. Doesn't matter what the nametag was used for previously. At the very least the name tag should have your Name (with your WP Username added to it) clearly legible from 1.5m away. Our name tags are boring. They are just your name & WP username, written by you, on the back of an old business card and put it in a tag holder. If your name and/or WP username is long it may be crammed thus not clearly legible once written at back of businesscard.
 * Bring what you need to take notes with. ie Something to write with & on OR whatever electronic gadget you'd like to use for notetaking. Assume there's no free/avail power points and so your electronic gadget should be charged up.
 * Camera (photo): Bring your camera along. Not only are we taking pics to record the meetup, there may be an outing before (or after) meetup to gather photos. See discussion in the talk page if interested in this.
 * Cash/EFTPOS card. You'll be paying for your own food and drink. No fee required for attending the meeting. Those driving in may need coins for Pay&Display parking machines.
 * Esquires voucher: Check the back of supermarket receipts/bus tickets for valid Esquires vouchers. I've seen "2 drinks for price of 1" Esquires vouchers which could help stretch your $.
 * Invite other Wikipedians to the meetup! If you know of any Auckland Wikipedians (or Wikipedians willing to travel to Auckland for meetup), please invite them along. Template/Sample invite available in talk page for those who don't know what to write in invite.
 * There's discussion happening in the talk page . So click on the " discussion" tab after you've finished reading/editing this page.

Venue

 * Esquires in NZ: Website. Auckland Central Library Store info. Hot&Cold drinks menu.
 * Auckland Central City Library
 * Parking Info:
 * Auckland City Council: Guide to car parks has info on parking buildings and open air carparks run by Auckland City Council, with info on prices, maps showing location etc. Also Auckland City Parking infomap has info on Motorcycle & mobility parks (but this doesn't appear to have open air carparks). Parking Restriction 'P' signs.
 * Wilson Parking in Auckland CBD
 * Tournament Parking in Auckland

There's an Esquires Cafe on the ground floor Auckland Central City Library. Location is central, and easily accessible by people on public transport. As you know wi-fi is handy when we want to check something. Auckland Central Library has free wi-fi and that includes the cafe that is within the library.

If you have never been to Esquires before, this is a chain of cafes, similar to Starbucks. I haven't been to this branch before except to check out the venue. Unfortunately forgot to note what's different or available there. If it is like most other Esquires, here's what to expect. Tea: Organic Tea in teabag (not loose leaf) in pot. FairTrade Coffee available but you have to ask for it. Food available (sweet & savoury) in a cabinet. Hot food offerings are quiches/pies/paninis etc that can be heated via microwave or toaster. They don't have a full kitchen with cook/chef to cookup meals. There's also sweet & savoury muffins and scones. Other sweet stuff include cakes, slices, biscuits, and pastries.

Supervisor (on Mon 19Apr morning) told me we can just show up on the day. The cafe is fairly quiet on Sundays. It gets busier between noon and 2pm (lunch time). The cafe closes at 4pm (or just before) when the library closes.

If it is that busy, we can just meet quietly nearby until space clears up for us. Will take a scouting trip on Sunday 2 May 2010 to check out how busy it gets. Unfortunately just realised it is ANZAC Day on Sunday 25 April and the library is closed. So can't check then.

Alternative meeting place within library: IF it is that busy, the library has a meeting room on level 1, named Te Marama, that can be reserved for up to 2 hours for free. The room currently (Mon 19Apr morning) has no bookings for that day.

It has a long table, with chairs. Probably fit up to about 10 - 12 ppl. There's a whiteboard in there. It isn't sound proof and so we can't be too noisy. No food or drink BUT you can bring a water bottle in with you. I checked with my EeePC(netbook) and it does have wi-fi reception.

Check this page the night before (or add it to your watchlist). If we decide to meet in the alt space for the 1st 2 hours, I'll put the info here.

Who's planning to be there
Please give your name (three tildes only) and an indication of how likely it is that you'll be able to make it. We can use it to adjust booking.


 * 1) SimonLyall I will almost certainly come.
 * 2) Linnah Will be coming
 * 3) gadfium Almost certain
 * 4) DerbyCountyinNZ Almost certainly at this stage.
 * 5) Mathmo Talk Am sure of it, I live around the corner and I'm noting it in my google calendar now.
 * 6) Epipelagic (talk) Will probably come
 * 7) Tayste quite likely, at least for the first hour or so
 * 8) Richard001 Very close to my place, will come for at least an hour or two
 * 9) Avenue (talk) Probably, only for an hour or two

Can't attend

 * 1) Mattlore (talk) Pretty unlikely at this stage, but I'll keep track of the event
 * 2) Onco_p53 (talk) Sorry guys I will be in Glentui for a fungal foray.
 * 3) Anon Nope sorry.
 * 4) カ ラ ム I'm afraid I can't come to this wonderful event =/ I live in Wellington, and its an expensive trip for someone with no time or money. Sorry.
 * 5) Ropata Quite interested, can't make it due to personal events
 * 6) Motorracer Sorry - got something else booked already
 * 7) {&#123;Sonia &#124;talk&#124;simple}&#125; – sorry. My dad can't be bothered driving me in :( I did end up coming after all... :P

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Report

 * Local Body Elections 2010 *
 * General reminder these is coming up.
 * pages already created for the various races (see New Zealand local elections, 2010 )
 * General discussion about problem with getting official results. The papers have provisional results a day or two after the election and some councils publish them on their websites but difficult to get full and accurate coverage.
 * Since there are a large number of races results should be fairly short for most, just listing winners
 * Articles with missing photographs
 * Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Auckland and Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in New Zealand
 * Suggested a "Top 50" list be created to give people something to aim for. Especially existing objects that they can photograph themselves
 * Some discussion about getting photographs of people. Simon Lyall mentioned he was going to email the majority of NZ MPs asking for a photo. Problems getting photos of past subjects ( photograph in copyright, difficulty getting image released or finding person to contact).
 * Creation of photo request template to send to people to request photographs.
 * Papers past has some photographs and cartoons (see 1907 in New Zealand ) that may be suitable for articles.
 * Wikimedia New Zealand
 * A lot of overhead in creating an organisation. General feeling that this was too much work and probably not required.
 * Suggestion that contact page be created, protected and authorised by Wikimedia International.
 * Listing:
 * Contact people ( general, media comment, people able to give talks)
 * People responsible for various areas (task forces, sub projects)
 * Links to resources ( Sample talks, templates, copyright information )
 * Involve Māori wikipedia and other projects.
 * Gadfium and SimonLyall to look into
 * Getting monthly collaboration more active
 * Low level of participation
 * Periodic revival attempts
 * Suggested person in charge just decide on page rather than have votes
 * General
 * Some discussion of current topics, war stories
 * Encourage people to contibute to one article per week
 * List of simple things newcomers, schools can work on. Suggestions as to what NOT to create ( articles on school, club, family members) and what to create ( Local MP, Photos of local area, local All Black, etc.)