Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2015-09

The September 2015 NYC WikiWednesday salon and skill-share with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This will be the next in our main monthly series of "WikiWednesday" meetings at Babycastles, in addition to our weekend events and editathons.

Details

 * Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015
 * Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (feel free to come by early as 6, stay later for social hour)
 * Location: Babycastles. 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), 2nd Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011 40.73819°N, -73.99847°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: buses
 * Hashtag: #WikiWednesday


 * After the main meeting: Pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery


 * Etherpad link

Agenda
Bring your own ideas!

Introductions / new users

 * Introductions
 * Focus on new users, questions, etc.

Follow-up on ideas raised at recent wiki-events

 * Local Wikipedia Free Culture Alliance NYC projects
 * Past, present, and future institutional partnerships with Wikipedia
 * Recent editathons and projects
 * Smithsonian Asian Pacific American editathon @ MoMA - September 2

Chapter business

 * Grants review
 * Committees review
 * Public broadcasting cooperation projects
 * Tech/app/bot projects
 * Reimagining WMF grants and annual plans
 * Advance prepping for Wikimedia Conference 2016 in Berlin



Future plans

 * Monthly: Regular WikiWednesdays @ Babycastles (next: Oct 28), Editathons @ MoMA and timing
 * Semester-long: Planning Fall 2015 WP:NYCEDU wiki-classes
 * September:  AfroCROWD Wikipedia Editathon @ Queens Library (Sunday, September 20) - Eventbrite RSVP
 * October:
 * WikiArte Latin American editathon with Iberocoop @ MoMA (Saturday, October 3)
 * WikiConference USA 2015 @ National Archives in DC (October 9-11)
 * Women in Architecture editathon @ Guggenheim (Thursday, October 15)
 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan Strikes Back (October 17-18)
 * WikiWednesdays @ Babycastles (Wednesday, Oct 28)


 * November:
 * Afrocrowd Wikipedia Editathon @ MoMA returns (Tuesday, November 10?)
 * Women in Science editathon @ New York Academy of Sciences (Sunday, November 22)


 * January 2016: Wikipedia Day NYC 2016 for the 15th anniversary (see Wikipedia Day NYC 2015)

Keynote
15-20 minutes
 * TBA

Lightning talks
5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares Sign up here!

Likely attendees

 * Pharos (talk) 21:43, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 20:43, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Aliceba (talk) 22:15, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 15:37, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Shanluan (talk)
 * Roman Spinner (talk) 22:47, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hexatekin (talk) 18:35, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 20:03, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 20:03, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * For the first time, I might actually get the chance to attend one of these meetups. I'll have to see what happens when I get to the city. ---User:DanTD (talk) 00:48, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Regrets

 * Can't make it this time, but after last month I certainly plan on making a regular appearance! &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  22:48, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Food tonight
Dirty Bird To Go ''Comments / feedback / suggestions about tonight's food and/or for next month's food selection? Please let us know!''
 * Chicken fingers, chicken wraps, rotisserie chicken
 * Vegetable selection including roasted kale with garlic and grilled zucchini