Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September-2018



The September 2018 NYC WikiWednesday Salon and Skillshare with the Wikimedia NYC community was held Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This was also Wikimedia NYC's Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2018, including the election of members for our Board of Directors.

Details

 * Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
 * Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
 * Food: pizza (have another suggestion? let us know!)

Agenda
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 * Welcome and introductions
 * Recent Events
 * Upcoming Events
 * President's Report
 * Annual Election
 * Individual community feedback: Indiggo for Vyeh

2018 Annual Board of Directors Election
Only Wikimedia NYC members are eligible to vote in the annual election. Not a member? Please join!

Candidates for WMNYC Board
Add your name if you'd like to be a candidate!
 * Megs (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 23:59, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:39, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Pharos (talk) 21:26, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * DrX (talk) 02:14, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
 * - DGG ( talk ) 21:13, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * BlaueBlüte (talk) 04:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Emjackson42 (talk) 21:04, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Vizzylane
 * Heathart
 * Rhododendrites talk \\ 17:36, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * FULBERT (talk) 23:24, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Election results
Ann M., user:Mozucat, served as election officer. Election details explained at event. Voting was conducted by printed anonymous ballot, in person at the election.

Pete Hess, user:Becksguy, provided paper ballots with pre-printed list of candidates as listed above, and write-in slots. Dues-paying members of Wikimedia NYC were invited to take a ballot. There was an opportunity for those present to pay $5 to become a member. Immediately before the election there was a call for anyone present to nominate themselves as a candidate. No one did this. All candidates were invited to give 2-minute statements. One candidates was not physically present BlaueBlüte, and provided a statement to be read by a proxy. There was a call for questions or comments. After this, the voting began. When everyone had voted I collected the ballots and counted the votes. All votes came from members in attendance and there were no proxy votes. [# needed from attendance sheet] people were present. 25 votes were submitted and valid. The candidates with the most votes were as follows:


 * 1) Megs (talk)
 * 2) Becksguy (talk)
 * 3) kosboot (talk)
 * 4) Pharos (talk)
 * 5) DrX (talk)
 * 6)  DGG ( talk )
 * 7) BlaueBlüte (talk)
 * 8) Emjackson42 (talk)
 * 9) Vizzylane
 * 10) Heathart
 * 11) Rhododendrites talk
 * 12) FULBERT (talk)

Election results were announced at 20:50. These 12 candidates are now board officers of Wikimedia NYC serving a one-year term. There were no objections raised to the election process or to the outcome of the election at the event. 7 of these board members are incumbents, 5 are new. Thanks to the candidates for volunteering to serve on the board and thanks to everyone who voted.--Mozucat (talk) 04:00, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Regrets

 *  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  01:16, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * BlaueBlüte (talk) 01:18, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Likely attendees

 * Megs (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Mozucat (talk) 23:56, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 03:42, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
 * FULBERT (talk) 02:03, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 67.245.95.148 (talk) 16:23, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:50, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Vyeh (talk) 06:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 *  DGG ( talk ) 21:14, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * FeldBum (talk) 21:54, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Nudgol (talk) 02:18, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 03:36, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Ronald Sexton (talk) 18:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Vizzylane (talk) 18:30, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Cocoaguy ここがいい 19:24, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Heathart (talk) 22:47, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Becksguy (talk) 00:32, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Jeremyb (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 18:18, 26 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Elyaqim (talk) 20:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Jmurphy042000 (talk) 03:59, 17 October 2018 (UTC)