Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/August 2022

Wikimedia New York City invites you to attend its monthly WikiWednesday Salon on Wednesday, August 24, from 7:00 pm - 8:30 PM ET. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!

All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

Details

 * Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
 * Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET, with time for breakout rooms from 8 - 8:30
 * Location: Online! See "How to connect" below.


 * This month's facilitator is Pharos.

How to connect via Zoom
How to connect: To join just follow this url: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85212519478

If you have not used Zoom before, you will be prompted to download its launcher program. It works on PC, Mac, and Linux. If necessary, you can also connect through Zoom's iOS or Android app, which you can find on the zoom.us website. As a last resort, you can also dial in by phone, calling (646) 876-9923 and enter the meeting ID (852 1251 9478). Please keep in mind that if you dial in by phone you will be able to listen, but will miss all visuals.

Welcome

 * Zoom etiquette
 * Introductions

Recent/current events
(Feel free to add any recent Wikimedia-related events you'd like to share)
 * Wiki World's Fair, August 12-14
 * Depths of Wikipedia live event

Upcoming events
(Feel free to add any upcoming Wikimedia-related events you'd like to share)
 * Meetup/NYC/Election 2022, Wed September 28
 * This is the meeting where we'll elect a new board of directors for WikiNYC. If you have questions about the process, what the board does, or anything else, we'll have some time to answer questions tonight.
 * Grecian Shelter Sun Wiknic, October 2

Share + Discuss
(please add any recent Wikimedia projects/events/activities you'd like to share with the group or open for discussion. These should be 3 minutes max. Please propose a breakout room for longer discussions.)
 * new navbox for Renaissance and early modern history.
 * New pages patrol/Coordination/2022 WMF letter
 * This is a petition organized by the community of volunteer Wikipedia editors who address issues related to new article submissions
 * For some years they have been requesting that the Wikimedia Foundation invest in technical development of the tools they need to do their activities
 * They are requesting signatures on this petition in support of this request.
 * WMF board election
 * Vote for candidates to take 2 of the 16 seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
 * This is the most important election on the Internet
 * Selected candidates will serve three year terms. Duties include approving or rejecting the US$200 million annual Wikimedia Movement budget, and overseeing the activities of the CEO

Are there any questions about Wikimedia projects you'd like to ask?
(anything at all! We'll do our best to answer if we can)
 * Ask questions here

Breakout room proposals
(The last 30 minutes is dedicated to small group discussions. Breakout room topics may arise during the course of other discussions, but feel free to propose one in advance, too!)
 * Add breakout room proposals here

Possible
I can't guarantee that I'll be there, but I'm going to try. I won't have a webcam though. -User:DanTD (talk) 18:23, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Likely attendees

 * Pharos (talk) 13:31, 21 August 2022 (UTC)


 * &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 14:25, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Complex / Rational 13:58, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 14:38, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Supermann (talk) 21:59, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Legoktm (talk) 22:41, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


 *  Bluerasberry  (talk)  14:49, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * --Sm8900 (talk) 15:42, 23 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Wil540 art (talk) 03:54, 24 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Ronald Sexton (talk) 13:45, 24 August 2022 (UTC)