Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/October 2013

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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[edit]

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
- Wikipedia: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 - Wikipedia: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)
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Likely attendees[edit]

Pharos (talk) 06:15, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Becksguy (talk) 15:41, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:48, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Jim.henderson (talk) 14:11, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
jihyunb (talk) 22:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel Case (talk) 05:36, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Going to be a minor pain in the ass to get there, but yes. Mitch32^{(Wikipedia's worst Reform Luddite.)} 11:48, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
OR drohowa (talk) 15:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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.[reply]

Possible attendees[edit]

- Ssilvers (talk) 00:27, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- AstroCog (talk) 15:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- JamesMLane t c 03:26, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- 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)[reply]
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?[reply]
-Wlmg (talk) 17:52, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets[edit]

-kosboot (talk) 13:55, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I will be organizing a Wikipedia meetup in Seattle this week. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd love to come and meet all of you...not sure that I can though...Modernist (talk) 23:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Ditto that sentiment... Will be in middle Jersey...--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:30, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Jason from nyc (talk) 12:03, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Call me back in July 2014 for any NYC events. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:35, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Wish I could, but I have a prior engagement.PHENYLALANINE (talk) 03:23, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

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Attendees of record[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

Summary of meeting to be added.