Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2011

The March 2011 New York City Meetup event was held on Sunday March 20, 2011 at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.

What, Where, When, and How?
There is a public meeting in the afternoon at the appropriately-named Symposium Greek Restaurant (in the back room), where we take further steps to organize the Wikimedia New York City local chapter, and provide a salon-style forum for discussion of Wikipedia and Wikimedia issues.

Right afterward, there is an optional post-meeting Wiki-Dinner at the same venue.

Main public meeting
(to discuss Wikipedia issues and Wikimedia NYC chapter issues):
 * Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back room) on the Upper West Side. 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
 * Google map of venue
 * 40.8055°N, -73.9643°W
 * Street view

Optional post-meeting Wiki-Dinner

 * Stay at Symposium Greek Restaurant, shuffle tables and chairs, and then nosh and schmooze, wiki-style. 5:00 PM onwards.

Late arrival info and Transportation
If you plan on arriving late, and are concerned about not finding your way to the group, you can drop your mobile phone number ahead of time at Special:Emailuser/Pharos (e-mail will not be able to be checked during the actual meetup time; leave requests ahead of time).

Nearby subway stations:
 * 116th Street – Columbia University (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * Follow-up on ideas raised in past meetings
 * How Wikipedia Day X in January went
 * How our first New Work City NWCU Wikipedia Workshop in February went


 * Chapter business
 * Incorporation follow-up- 501(c)(3) status, bylaws changes, chapter agreement, membership system, etc
 * Official support + letter for Wikimania 2012 DC bid by WM NYC
 * Wikipedia Ambassador Program, WikiProject United States Public Policy and NYU, and broader educational collaborations
 * Potential for 'Wikipedian in Residence' and WP:GLAM programs at NYPL, MOMA, etc
 * Women on Wikipedia Month Girls in Tech NYC workshop at Red Hat, and broader NY Wiki Chics concepts
 * Monthly New Work City NWCU Wikipedia Workshops
 * Growing partnerships through Free Culture Alliance NYC, and joint projects like NYCwiki, possible GLAM CC Salon, and GLAMcamp NYC
 * Wikis Take Manhattan 4
 * Wikimedia Chapters Meeting 2011 - what message should NYC share with the global movement?
 * Future meetup venues and schedule?
 * Other suggestions for projects?


 * Speakers and roundtable discussions
 * Questions and input from wiki-newbies
 * Possible roundtable topics: Gender gap, Main Page changes, WikiProjects, Wikipedia Ambassadors, new articles on Middle East protests and Japan earthquake, paid editing
 * -Reformations of the articles for deletion process. Mitch 32(Erie Railroad Information Hog) 03:41, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I would encourage anyone with a desire to present to sign up here, and we'll try to make room for you.--Pharos (talk) 19:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I would encourage anyone with a desire to present to sign up here, and we'll try to make room for you.--Pharos (talk) 19:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Likely attendees

 * Pharos (talk) 16:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Pending dog disposal, I'm in. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 17:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Running out of excuses. T. Canens (talk) 18:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I would like to be there. Unlikely that I'll make it now. Astrocog (talk) 22:28, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'll probably be there. Gotta leave at around 6ish, but that's not a big deal. —  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 00:08, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:40, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course you'd schedule a meet during Bristol Motor Speedway weekend. Mitch 32(Erie Railroad Information Hog) 03:53, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I will be there, part of my vacation. –MuZemike 04:04, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Blurpeace 03:50, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 *  DGG ( talk ) 05:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Tom Lowenhaupt - going to outline the map making http://www.coactivate.org/projects/campaign-for.nyc/mapping-the-hood supporting NYCwiki.org
 * Becksguy (talk) 20:07, 17 March 2011 (UTC) — I have to attend, since I made the reservation :-)
 * Rogerthat94 (talk) 04:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC) — I've never been to a meet up before. I'm looking forward to it! I'll be coming from upper Westchester County.
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 20:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * EdJohnston (talk) 22:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * - School night, what's up with that? Peter.C  •  talk  •  contribs  10:40, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Regrets

 * - Traveling. Will miss the excellent Kappama (lamb stew). --rgpk (comment) 23:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * - Vaibhav Jain 14:13, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * - Moving back in to dorms. :( --Metallurgist (talk) 23:52, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * - Promised the gf I'd do laundry and vacuum the apartment. Wwwhatsup (talk) 21:09, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * - Can't get to Metro-New York until late-March 2011 at the earliest. DanTD (talk) 22:28, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
 * - Won't be able to make it. -Brycetom (talk) 17:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Attendees of record

 * ''Wikipedians/Wikimedians, from the sign-up sheet.


 * User:Becksguy
 * Dawn
 * User:DGG
 * User:EdJohnston
 * User:Fishburd
 * User:Fluffernutter
 * Frank
 * User:HelloAnnyong
 * User:Jim.henderson
 * Leonora
 * User:Mitchazenia
 * User:Muzemike
 * User:Newyorkbrad
 * User:Pharos
 * User:Rogerthat94
 * Shelley
 * User:Timotheus Canens
 * User:Tomlzz1