Wikipedia:Meetup/North Florida/2013

North Central Florida 2013 Great American Wiknic will be on Saturday June 22, 2013, commencing at 1:00 pm, in Gainesville, Florida.

 North Central Florida Meetup Be a part of the 2013 Great American Wiknic

Who should come
Are you involved with Wikipedia (even as just a reader)? Do you like free information? Do you like meeting new people? Are you in, or can you sojourn to, Gainesville, Florida?

If you answered YES to one or more of these questions...

Please join us on Saturday, June 22, 2013 to celebrate the 2013 Great American Wiknic in North Central Florida, a great opportunity to meet members of the broad and diverse Wikipedia community and to engage in stimulating conversation, exchanging of knowledge, ideas, opinions, and whatnot.

Prospective attendees are asked to RSVP below of this page to help estimate how many people to expect.

If you have a suggestion for this Meetup, or would you like to help organize it then please post to the talk page or contact the event organizer.

What is Provided
Grilled items, to wit, hamburgers, hot dogs, and the vegetarian equivalents thereof.

What to Bring

 * Anything you want to drink or to share with others to drink
 * Optionally, food to share (consider any of the dishes on Wikibooks' cookbook)
 * Friends and interesting people

Location
Ten blocks north of the UF campus at the home of Vince Lipsio, 1708 NW 10th Ave

This house often hosts parties of 40 or more people, primarily on its 720 ft2 porch. Also, much of the (small) house and the outdoors are available for use.

Directions Below

RSVP
To help estimate how may people to expect, please sign ( ~ ) under the appropriate heading below.

Planning to Attend

 * Vincent J. Lipsio (talk)
 * Mjrmtg (talk) 17:36, 7 June 2013 (UTC) I really appreciate the invite. Bringing 2 gallons of Arnold Palmer.
 * --DL77 (talk) 18:28, 8 June 2013 (UTC) Ditto!
 * Horologium  (talk) 18:19, 14 June 2013 (UTC) (Switched to planning to attend)
 * PR
 * NoOneAsked (talk) 05:53, 18 June 2013 (UTC) In town and everything. This is great!

Maybe

 * Mgrē@sŏn ( talk) 12:04, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Rossdegenstein (talk) 20:32, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * WillMcC (talk) 21:15, 1 June 2013 (UTC) - Will likely be coming with a camera and a bicycle
 * Mrtoes (talk) 15:06, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Cúchullain t/ c 13:41, 7 June 2013 (UTC) I'll try to make it!
 * Brucefloyd (talk) 15:45, 16 June 2013 (UTC) I'm going to try and make it. Thanks for the invite!
 * Sudhirv20 (Sudhir Vyasaraja) 18:47, 19 June 2013. Will be coming by bicycle.

Regrets
If you are unable to attend, please feel free to leave a message to other attendees here. Please do not sign up as "Unable to Attend" if you are not from this region.
 * Killer Chihuahua 17:01, 21 May 2013 (UTC) Made it last year, but will not be able to come this year. Y'all have fun.
 * Thanks for inviting me; regretfully, I can't attend. Enjoy! - Froid (talk) 20:24, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Curses! I'll be on a road trip to California when the Wicnic happens. Otherwise I would have attended. — -dain  omite   21:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Donald Albury 01:34, 2 June 2013 (UTC) Already committed to high school reunion.
 * Sirberus (talk) 04:33, 9 June 2013 (UTC) Thank you very much! But I will be traveling outside the U.S. at that point.  Maybe next time?
 * EJGb0 Too bad I can't join!!!
 * Sorry guys, unable to attend today. Moe   Epsilon  11:50, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry folks, I didn't even see this until now. I moved back to California a few years back - I hope you guys had a great time!  - Jameson L. Tai   talk ♦  guestbook  ♦  contribs  04:59, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

At The House
Go up the ramp to the front door and just walk in and, if there's no one in view, just walk around the fireplace and out to the back porch.

Alternatively, if you're uncomfortable walking into a possibly empty house, and if you're not melissophobic, you may walk around the house on the left side and the porch will be obvious.
 * In case you're so inclined, there will be materials for making a label for yourself (screen name, real name, neither, or both, whatever you want folks to call you by and know you as).

From NW 13th Street

 * Take U.S. 441, aka NW 13th Street, to NW 10th Avenue; there's a traffic light at that intersection and there's an Applebee's in the northeast corner. Turn west, that is, away from the Applebee's.
 * 1708 is on the right after the second speed bump, at the landing on the hill. Note that the house right before it house has a ubiquitous turquoise wall in front of it. Before the driveway is a garden on the street and after the driveway is a hedge of pomegranates; the driveway is of concrete and is curved, with a wooden staircase and ramp at the end.

From Western Gainesville

 * Take Newberry Road until the fork with 8th Ave., proceed on NW 8th Ave. for a few miles, until NW 8th Ave. narrows to 2 lanes, after which there are 2 traffic lights: At the second traffic light (NW 18th Terr.) turn left.
 * Go 2 blocks to the 4-way stop (NW 10th Ave.): Turn right.
 * After the second speed bump, 1708 is the second house on the left: Before the driveway is a hedge of pomegranates and after it there's a garden on the street; the driveway is of concrete and is curved, with a wooden staircase and ramp at the end; in case you miss it, note that the next house has a ubiquitous turquoise wall in front of it.

If you're closer to 22nd St than to 17th St.

 * From University Ave. head north (the only possibility) on 22nd St.
 * After the traffic light at 8th Ave take the next right, 9th Ave.
 * Take the 1st left, 21st Terr.
 * Take the 1st right, 10th Ave., which turns into 21st St. and then into 11th Rd.
 * Where 10th Ave forks off from 11th Rd., bear right (the wider road) onto 10th Ave.
 * Pass the 4-way stop pick up with the last step in the directions from western Gainesville.

If you're closer to 17th St. than to 13th St.

 * Head north on 17th St. and
 * – either –


 * Go to the end (8th Ave.), turn left.
 * Go to the light, (18th. Terr.), turn right.
 * – or –


 * Go to 5th Ave (or any other intersecting road before 8th Ave.) and turn left.
 * After a block, turn right onto 18th Terr.
 * – and –


 * Go straight at the traffic light and continue with the second step of the directions from western Gainesville.

If you're closer to 13th St. than to 17th St.

 * Use the directions from NW 13th Street.

Method 1: Longer but Less In-town Driving

 * Drive southbound on Interstate 75; exit at NW 39th Ave (State Road 222/Exit 390) and turn left (eastbound).
 * Turn right (southbound) on NW 43rd St.
 * Turn left (eastbound) on NW 16th Blvd. (which becomes NW 16th Ave.)
 * Turn right (southbound) on NW 18th St. (which becomes NW 18th Terr.) &mdash; if you fail to find 18th Terr., proceed to the second light (NW 13th St.), turn right and continue as explained in the directions from NW 13th Street.
 * At the 4-way stop (NW 10th Ave.): Turn left.
 * After the second speed bump, 1708 is the second house on the left: Before the driveway is a hedge of pomegranates and after the driveway is a garden on the street; the driveway is of concrete and is curved, with a wooden staircase and ramp at the end; in case you miss it, note that the next house has a ubiquitous turquoise wall in front of it.

Method 2: Shorter, but More Non-Interstate driving. Faster Most of the Time

 * Drive southbound on Interstate 75 until exit 399 (US-441 for Alachua/High Springs) and turn left (southbound).
 * Entering Gainesville you will be on a numbered Cartesian grid and after 16 miles from the exit is NW 10th Avenue at which intersection is a light and an Applebee's in the near left (northeast) corner. Turn right, that is, away from the Applebee's and continue as explained in directions from NW 13th Street.

Method 1: Longer but Less In-town Driving

 * Drive northbound on Interstate 75 until exit 387 (W Newberry Rd / SR26) and turn right (eastbound).
 * Proceed on Newberry Rd for exactly 1 mile, at which point the road forks at a traffic light where the left 2 lanes become NW 8th Ave: Turn onto NW 8th Ave.
 * Continue with the directions at directions from western Gainesville

Method 2: Shorter, but More Non-Interstate driving. Faster Most of the Time

 * Proceed to the Micanopy exit, Exit 374. At the end of the ramp, at the stop sign, turn right.
 * Proceed to the end of the road, 1.3 miles; turn left (you will now be on U.S. 441 northbound).
 * After 10 miles you enter the city and will be on a numbered Cartesian grid. The dividing line betwixt south and north – Zeroeth Avenue, as it were – which is actually called University Avenue, is north of the north edge of campus; 10 blocks past that is NW 10th Avenue; at the intersection is a light and there is an Applebee's in the far right (northeast) corner.
 * Turn left, that is, away from the Applebee's and continue as explained in directions from NW 13th Street

Method 1

 * Go east on I-10 to exit 296A (I-75 S).
 * Continue as explained in directions from the south via I-75.

Method 2

 * Drive southbound on US-19 S/US-27 Alt S/US-98 S.
 * In Perry turn left onto W Hampton Springs Ave and continue on SR 20.
 * In Alachua merge onto U 441 southbound.
 * Continue as explained in the second step of method 2 of directions from the south via I-75.

From Jacksonville
'''! Waldo and Lawtey are the only two municipalities in the US recognized by AAA as traffic traps ! '''
 * Go west to US 301 by whatever way is closest to you (one of these three ways)
 * I-10 to exit 343 southbound (US 301).
 * Normandy Boulevard (SR 228) to Maxville and cross over the overpass and turn left onto US 301.
 * Blanding Boulevard (SR 21) to two miles south of Middleburg, right on CR 215 to SR 16, then right on SR 16 to US 301 in Starke, then left onto US 301.
 * Continue south on US 301 to Waldo. Watch your speed in Lawtey, Hampton, and Waldo!
 * Turn right on SR 24 in Waldo just before the overpass. Stick to the speed limit in Waldo!
 * Continue on SR 24 (Waldo Road) into Gainesville. Turn right at the light at NE 8th Ave, continue about 2.5 miles, under the overpass to the first light thereafter (NW 18th Terr.) and turn right.
 * Continue with the second step of the directions from western Gainesville.

From Saint Augustine

 * Take SR 16 (Charles Usinas Highway) westbound to US 301; note this highway turns onto and then forks from forks with SR 13 and then zigzags in Green Cove Springs, details of which are glossed over here.
 * Turn left onto US 301 to and continue to Waldo and beyond as explained commencing in the second step of directions from Jacksonville.

Via SR 20

 * Turn right at the light at the intersection with NW Waldo Rd (SR 24).
 * Turn left at the light at NE 8th Ave, continue about 2.5 miles, under the overpass to the first light thereafter (NW 18th Terr.) and turn right.
 * Continue from the second step given in directions from western Gainesville.

Via SR 26

 * At the fork with SR 222 go right onto SR 222 and continue as explained in directions from Gainesville Regional Airport.

From Gainesville Regional Airport

 * After exiting the terminal area, turn right on NE 39th Ave. (State Road 222).
 * Turn left at the first light (NW Waldo Rd/SR 24).
 * Turn right at the light at NE 8th Ave, continue about 2.5 miles, under the overpass to the first light thereafter (NW 18th Terr.) and turn right.
 * Continue from the second step given in directions from western Gainesville.