Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December 2014



The December 2014 NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share with the Wikimedia NYC community was on ''Thursday December 4, 6:30-8pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th St. Union Square.

Details
Date:: Thursday December 4

Time: 6:30-8pm (we had the space from 6pm and many came early)

Location: Babycastles. 137 W 14th St. Manhattan, New York, NY. 40.73819°N, -73.99847°W

Nearest subway station: 14th St. (1, 2, 3, F, M, and L trains)

Afterwards at 8pm, we walked to a chatty wiki-dinner at Good Stuff Diner.

Notes from the Meeting
Etherpad: Link



Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * Local Wikipedia free culture projects
 * Past, present, and future institutional partnerships with Wikipedia
 * Recent image donations to Wikipedia (United Nations!)
 * WikiConference USA 2014 reporting and lessons learned
 * Wiki-Conference USA 2015 - how we will pass it on to the next host city
 * Chapter planning and chapter roles
 * Mailing lists - which ones should we use
 * WMNYC financial reporting
 * Edit-a-thons past, present, future + metrics
 * Spring 2015 Education Program classes
 * Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - January 2015
 * Wikipedia Day NYC microconference - January or February 2015
 * Art+Feminism Campaign - March 2015
 * NYPL Labs and potential space partnerships
 * December Wikidata event?

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

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

 * OR drohowa (talk) 18:59, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Pharos (talk) 22:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 15:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Tom Lowenhaupt
 * Harej (talk) 00:19, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 *  DGG ( talk ) 01:10, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Mitch 32 (The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.) 01:19, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:17, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Daniel Case (talk) 18:05, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 *  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  17:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 03:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Cocoaguy ここがいい 23:15, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Jeff Trexler (talk)
 * Robert Greer (talk) 23:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC) jetlag
 * Mozucat (talk) 14:23, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * BrillLyle (talk) 19:33, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * CmdrDan (talk) 20:57, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * 01:22, 20 November 2014 (UTC) -- haven't been to one of these -- hoping to make it to see how I might be able to help out/get involved
 * 12:17, 24 November 2014 (UTC) -- If this is a meetup between other Wikipedia editors, I'll be glad to attend. I might miss it because of work, though.
 * Hi yes this is a meetup between Wikipedia editors. Hope you can make it! OR drohowa (talk) 19:03, 1 December 2014 (UTC)


 * 20:14, 27 November 2014 (UTC) -- Possible because I will be in NYC on the 4th to visit a graduate school class
 * Siankevans (talk) 13:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC) -- I would like to attend, but it depends on my work schedule.
 * Rangilo Gujarati ( talk ) 22:13, 2 December 2014 (UTC) -- I might attend it, still not sure.
 * Levendowski 17:57, 3 December 2014 (UTC) -- Hoping to make it, depending on work!

Regrets

 * HullIntegrity (talk) 00:09, 20 November 2014 (UTC) Darn. I will be in class.
 * DanTD - Leaving the NYC Tri-State area on November 20, 2014. -User:DanTD (talk) 01:32, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * PointsofNoReturn Can't go because it is a week night. Wish I could go. PointsofNoReturn (talk) 20:03, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Bearian (talk) 19:52, 28 November 2014 (UTC) Teaching in Albany all that week.
 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 00:02, 30 November 2014 (UTC) Two conflicts.
 * Epicgenius (talk) – I really want to go to one of these, but school and personal stuff just get in the way.