Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2014



The August 2014 NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share was held with the Wikimedia NYC community on Sunday August 17, 2-5pm on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Location:
 * Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway, "Otello" Room, 5th Floor
 * Between West 71st & West 72nd Streets, above Gigi Cafe, near Trader Joe's (location map)
 * Nearest subway station: 72nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Afterwards at 5pm, we walked to a social wiki-dinner together at the nearby Santa Fe restaurant on 71st Street.

Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * Follow-up on ideas raised at recent wiki-events
 * WikiConference USA
 * Annual Meeting/Wiknic and Spoken Wikipedia
 * Wikimania2014 reports


 * Chapter business
 * Grants review
 * Committees and officers review
 * Social media and documentation/newsletter review


 * Future plans
 * Editathons in Westchester, New Jersey, Harlem, and more!
 * Diversity workshop in September
 * Fall 2014 university classes


 * Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions (perhaps as 5-minute lightning talks and as skill shares)

Sign up

 * 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

 * Pharos (talk) 02:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Mitch 32 (Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.) 02:43, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 *  DGG ( talk ) maybe--not certain . 06:02, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:04, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Tom Lowenhaupt ( talk )
 * Frenezulo (talk) 10:50, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Carol Hutchins
 * Sepiatint
 * Jim.henderson (talk)
 * Becksguy (talk) 15:52, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
 * BrillLyle (talk) 08:05, 8 August 2014 (UTC) - hope to attend
 * Rangilo Gujarati ( talk ) 01:40, 9 August 2014 (UTC) - No better way to end "wiki-break" than attending a meetup. Yes, I'm in/around NYC after two years for next two years :-) See you folks soon enough.
 * Gymnogyps (talk) 21:32, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Copeland.powell (talk) 21:32, 12 August 2014 (UTC) I'll be there! Can't make it to dinner afterwards, unfortunately.
 * Jihyunb (talk) 21:15, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Mozucat (talk) 18:20, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
 * --DrX (talk) 12:46, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * HullIntegrity (talk) 14:14, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Salubrious Toxin (talk) 15:44, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
 * OR drohowa (talk) 05:28, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * Noreen Whysel (talk) - I have a 15 yo interested in Wikipedia. Would I be able to bring her?
 * Certainly, all ages are welcome. The current president of the Wikimedia DC chapter first came to these meetings at 14 years old :)--Pharos (talk) 16:36, 4 August 2014 (UTC)


 * RoyGoldsmith (talk) 20:41, 9 August 2014 (UTC) Depending on weather.

Regrets

 * Lange.lea (talk) 16:19, 4 August 2014 (UTC) I'll be out of town that weekend. Look forward to similar gatherings in the fall.
 *  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  17:27, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 19:06, 14 August 2014 (UTC) Double-booked as it is. Finalizing sale of church town hall and ceremony.
 * Robert Greer (talk) 16:01, 4 August 2014 (UTC)