Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/June 2013

The Wikimedia New York City Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday June 1, 2013 at Jefferson Market Library (425 Sixth Ave / Avenue of the Americas) in Lower Manhattan.

Business will include the election of a nine-member chapter board of directors for Wikimedia NYC.

By our Wikimedia NYC Bylaws, voting will be done in person at the meeting, with proxy voting available for those members unable to attend.

We'll start the official meeting at the library from 2 pm to 4:30pm, and afterward we'll walk to dinner at 5 pm, probably at Sammy's Noodle.

Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * Follow-up on ideas raised at recent wiki-events
 * How Meetup/NYC/Free Culture Conference went in April


 * Chapter business
 * Presentation of annual financial and activities report
 * Chapter board election (User:Bluerasberry will be elections officer)
 * Recording of official meeting minutes
 * Short-term grant and annual grant going forward
 * Selecting a delegate and substitute delegate to the Wikimedia Chapters Association
 * Forming Education, Finance, Media and Tech committees, and designating committee chairs
 * Wikipedia con Sabor Latino Editathon on June 15 at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
 * Great American Wiknic on June 22 - Meetup/NYC/Wiknic, likely in Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
 * Possibility for monthly hands-on wiki-workshops in training space at Brooklyn Public Library
 * Possibility of Jefferson Market Library regular meetups in their new community space
 * Wikimania Hong Kong in August
 * Wikipedia Takes Manhattan / Wikipedia Takes America (Wiki Loves Monuments USA) in September
 * Wikipedia Loves Libraries in October/November
 * WikiConference USA in NYC for Spring 2014


 * Speakers and roundtable discussions (perhaps as 5-minute lightning talks)
 * peer review - partnerships with other Wikimedia chapters  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   18:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Discuss potential collaboration with Wikiotics Foundation on their local free software/culture language instruction resource project built around WikiBooks (see WikiBook: ElementarySpanish)

Candidates for Wikimedia NYC Board

 * Add your name below if you'd like to be a candidate!


 * Pharos (talk) 17:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Mitch 32 (It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.) 22:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 *  DGG ( talk ) 00:36, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * jihyunb
 * Becksguy (talk) 18:37, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Outis010 (talk) 02:43, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 01:43, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Jeremyb (talk) 12:34, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Daniel Case (talk) 01:53, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Savidan 02:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Mozucat (talk) 19:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Likely attendees

 * Pharos (talk) 17:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 *  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   18:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Despite the fact that my father loses his job in 22 hours. Mitch 32 (It is very likely this guy doesn't have a girlfriend.) 22:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 *  DGG (just for the meeting, not dinner) ( talk ) 00:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:57, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 12:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Time to come in from the cold, bleak, beyond. Gosgood (talk) 21:27, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 18:38, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Mozucat (talk) 20:52, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikiotics (talk)
 * Daniel Case (talk) 01:53, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Jeremyb (talk) 01:55, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * Wlmg (talk) 12:07, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * If the weather is bad enough to keep me from camping, I may come down for the meetup instead. Kafziel Complaint Department: Please take a number 18:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * If the weather is bad enough to keep me from camping, I may come down for the meetup instead. Kafziel Complaint Department: Please take a number 18:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Regrets

 * - Kosboot
 * - Might not make it due to a prior engagement. Epicgenius (talk to me • see my contributions)
 * Had planned to be there, but my weekend time is at a crazy premium this month and I got stuck doing something else. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:04, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Decided to resolve a conflict between this and another event in favor of the other event. Daniel Case (talk) 14:37, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, not happening after all. AstroCog (talk) 15:34, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Elections
The new board of Wikimedia NYC, to serve from July 2013 - June 2014:
 * User:Becksguy
 * User:DGG
 * User:Jihyunb
 * User:Kosboot
 * User:Mozucat
 * User:Newyorkbrad
 * User:Outis010
 * User:Pharos
 * User:Savidan

The WCA delegate will be User:Pharos, with User:Bluerasberry and User:Jihyunb as deputies.
 * I served as election officer by collecting and counting votes. I affirm the above results.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   12:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)