Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2016-06

The June 2016 NYC WikiWednesday salon and skill-share with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (video hour at start, 6-7pm) at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

Details

 * Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016
 * Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
 * 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
 * Accessibility: Let us know if we should set up the manual elevator for this meetup.
 * Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
 * After the main meeting: Food and refreshments and video games in the gallery
 * Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup
 * Etherpad: WikiWed-2016-06

Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
 * Newcomer's Wiki Workshop!
 * 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

 * Recent edit-a-thons
 * Wiki-classes this semester
 * Committee selection has begun. Please join a committee!
 * Action items & next steps
 * Slack or email for communication?

New and upcoming projects

 * Upcoming events:
 * New York Botanical Garden Edit-a-thon, 1-6pm (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)
 * AfroCROWD / Americorps VISTA PAVE Juneteenth Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Happiness Lab at The Grove (New Haven, CT) (Friday, June 17, 2016)
 * Wikimedia Diversity Conference in Washington, DC (June 17-18, 2016)
 * AfroCROWD Wikipedia Editing Lab @ Brooklyn Public Library (Sunday, June 19, 2016)
 * AfroCROWD joins Central Brooklyn Arts & Culture Walk @ Brooklyn Public Library (Sunday, June 26, 2016)
 * Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA (Wednesday, June 29, 2016) – part of Wiki Loves Pride
 * Great American Wiknic @ Central Park (Sunday, July 10, 2016) – part of Great American Wiknic
 * See Friendly space policy

Lightning talks
5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares Sign up here!
 * Wikipedia Asian Month and Wikipedia Club at Ohio State University (maybe 5 minutes each) -- AddisWang (talk) from Wikimedia User Group China

Food tonight
''Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!''

Sign up

 * You can also RSVP at our Meetup.com page.

Regrets

 * 1) Becksguy (talk) 06:39, 4 June 2016 (UTC) - Out of town.
 * 2) Robert Greer (talk) 13:55, 14 June 2016 (UTC) in the boondocks

Likely attendees

 * 1) Pharos (talk) 14:45, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Lange.lea (talk) 19:08, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) kosboot (talk) 13:03, 7 June 2016 (UTC) (finally one I can attend)
 * 4) Roman Spinner (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Mary Gaulke (talk) 01:30, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) AddisWang (talk) 02:26, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) Mozucat (talk) 19:17, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Megs (talk) 14:58, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) BlaueBlüte (talk) 19:39, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Tomlzz1 (talk) 20:36, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) BrillLyle (talk) 23:56, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) Aliceba (talk) 10:02, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 13) Jim.henderson (talk) 11:44, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * 14) Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:08, 16 June 2016 (UTC)