Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2013

The October 2013 New York City Meetup event was held on Saturday Oct 5, at Jefferson Market Library (425 Sixth Ave / Avenue of the Americas) in Lower Manhattan, near the NYU campus from 2 pm to 4:30pm, and afterward we walked to dinner at 5 pm, at Sammy's Noodle.

Agenda
Bring your own ideas!
 * Follow-up on ideas raised at recent wiki-events
 * How Wikimania Hong Kong went in August
 * How Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn and other Wikipedia Takes America events went in September


 * Chapter business
 * Communications strategy, recording minutes, newsletters
 * Finishing up old grant reports, and new WikiConference/annual grant request
 * GLAM/Metropolitan New York Library Council
 * Developing GLAM, Education, Finance, Media committees
 * Fall 2013 semester of wiki-classes
 * NYC: Theatre (CUNY BK), Urban Epidemics (CUNY BK), English (CUNY Gottesman), German Nihilism (CUNY Lehman), Design and Digital Media (CUNY SI), Discover New York (Saint John's), NJ: Contemporary City (Saint Peter's), Upstate: Online Communities (Cornell), Hudson Valley (Vassar)
 * also - MEETUP/NYC/Medicine_October_2013, a multi-hour and possibly all day meetup for a class and some staff in Manhattan
 * Regular meetups and workshops at Jefferson Market / Brooklyn Public
 * Wikipedia Loves Libraries in October/November
 * Jefferson Market Library Greenwich Village Editathon - tentative November 2, Johnson Public Library (Hackensack, New Jersey) - likely November, Queens Library - likely early December
 * Wikipedia Day 2014 in January
 * WikiConference USA at New York Law School in NYC for May/June 2014, establishing organizing committee


 * Speakers and roundtable discussions (perhaps as 5-minute lightning talks)

Sign up

 * You can also sign up at meetup.com event page.

Likely attendees

 * Pharos (talk) 06:15, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 15:41, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:48, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 14:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * jihyunb (talk) 22:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Daniel Case (talk) 05:36, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Going to be a minor pain in the ass to get there, but yes. Mitch 32 (Wikipedia's worst Reform Luddite.) 11:48, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * OR drohowa (talk) 15:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 14:40, 2 October 2013 (UTC) I didn't go to the last one for my lack of a camera. I hope to be there.

Possible attendees

 * - Ssilvers (talk) 00:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * - AstroCog (talk) 15:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
 * - JamesMLane t c 03:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * - Liz  Read! Talk! 12:16, 18 September 2013 (UTC) Looks like I won't be making it. My regrets!  Liz  Read! Talk! 17:10, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Nightscream (talk) 21:56, 1 October 2013 (UTC) Sorry, but I'm preparing for the New York Comic Con, and can't make it. Hopefully next time. Are we having an anniversary meeting in January as usual?
 * -Wlmg (talk) 17:52, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Regrets

 * -kosboot (talk) 13:55, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * - I will be organizing a Wikipedia meetup in Seattle this week.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   16:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * - I'd love to come and meet all of you...not sure that I can though...Modernist (talk) 23:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - Ditto that sentiment... Will be in middle Jersey...--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:30, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * - Jason from nyc (talk) 12:03, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Call me back in July 2014 for any NYC events. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:35, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Wish I could, but I have a prior engagement.PHENYLALANINE (talk) 03:23, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * That's the last day of a three day retreat I've organized for work - hope you all have a great time! -- David  Shankbone  03:55, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Attendees of record

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


 * User:Becksguy
 * User:BrillLyle
 * User:Daniel Case
 * User:DGG
 * User:Frank.manus
 * User:Frenezulo
 * User:Gymnogyps
 * User:Jim.henderson
 * User:Jihyunb
 * Katerina
 * User:Marcellmars
 * User:Mitchazenia
 * User:OR drohowa
 * User:Pharos
 * Rupa
 * User:Scottandrewhutchins
 * User:Sumanah
 * User:Tomlzz1