Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/March 2010

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The 18th Wikipedia Meetup NYC Salon will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2010 in the Columbia University area. Join us for an open afternoon discussion session on Wikipedia and Wikimedia (and Wikimedia NYC) issues, before we head out to dinner together.

Topics on the agenda will include a review of the recent Wikipedia Day NYC, our Wikimania 2011 bid for New York City, and other topics, including the developing projects with the Wikimedia NYC interns.

What, Where, When, and How?

There is one public meeting in the afternoon at Columbia University, 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.

Additionally, there is an optional post-meeting dinner at a neighborhood restaurant.

Main public meeting

(to discuss Wikipedia issues and Wikimedia NYC chapter issues):

1402 Pupin Hall, Columbia University. Enter the Columbia campus at 116th Street and Broadway. Pupin Hall is located in the Northwest corner of the campus, next to the large building under construction. Take the elevator to the 13th floor and then walk up one flight of stairs. Meeting to be held in the library at the east end of the hall. 2:30 PM - 5:00PM

Optional post-meeting meetup

Meetup at Columbia, and then walk together to a neighborhood restaurant, to be decided upon. After dinner, we can return to Pupin Hall for an observing session with the telescopes on the roof, weather permitting. 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) (That's the number 1 train)

Agenda

Bring your own ideas!

Follow-up on ideas raised in the November meeting and since.
- How Wikipedia Day NYC went
- How Wikimedia participation at Free Culture X in DC went

Chapter business
- Incorporation follow-up- 501(c)(3) status, etc
- Internship Program with Gabriel—including the Lights Camera Wiki! initiative with the Open Video Alliance and its Architecture subproject
- Internship Program with Archana—working with Dot NYC about the future .nyc domain and wiki content on city neighborhoods, and potential Wikiversity role
- Future Wikipedia at the Library events in planning at the New York Area Theological Library Association and elsewhere
- Ongoing discussions with the New York Public Library and the UN Photo office
- Initial planning for Wiki-Conference NYC II in August 2010, and for next year our Wikimania 2011 New York City bid
- Upcoming international Wikimedia meetings: Chapters meeting in April @ Berlin, Fundraising meeting in May @ London, Wikimania 2010 in July @ Gdansk
- Filmmaker Trina Rodriguez will be interviewing some individual Wikipedians in a side room during breaks (you can let her know if you are interested in participating)
- Growing partnerships through Free Culture Alliance NYC- 12 members and counting!
- Other suggestions for projects?

Speakers and roundtable discussions
- I would like to have a discussion about WP:SYN and WP:V; additional details can be found on this user subpage. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 19:22, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~User:ScienceApologist on climate change, alternative medicine, UFOs and Transcendental Meditation.~~ Unfortunately, SciAp won't be able to join us on Sunday.--Pharos (talk) 23:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Possible roundtable discussion: Why does Wikipedia have such a higher profile than the other Wikimedia projects? How can we raise the profile of the others?
- (Possible) Demonstration of new Ideagraph UI (http://ideagra.ph) and how to conduct Wikipedia-related discussions/consensus-building on the site
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  - I would encourage anyone with a desire to present to sign up here, and we'll try to make room for you.--Pharos (talk) 23:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interested Wikipedians

Meeting Signup List - Likely, Possible, and Regrets

Likely attendees

For sure.Mitch32^{(We the people in order to form a more perfect union.)} 18:58, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Salmon1 (talk) 19:58, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
RoyGoldsmith (talk) 20:48, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Pharos (talk) 19:35, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Tom Lowenhaupt
Jared Licina
Jim.henderson (talk) 21:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Daniel Case (talk) 06:04, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
User:Jamesofur
(just me after all, the newbie canceled) keɪɑtɪk flʌfi (talk) 15:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Noroi (talk) 20:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
just64helpin (talk) 20:15, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Tim Song (talk) 08:05, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
User:Babylonian Armor Definitely coming! Babylonian Armor (talk) 22:23, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
User:Wilfredtr
Blurpeace 03:23, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Becksguy (talk)
Invertzoo (talk) 13:11, 21 March 2010 (UTC) Just running up to see Trina, not staying for the whole meeting[reply]
Jeremyb (talk) 19:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Possible attendees

Might be in town, might be on a beach. We'll see. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 20:29, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Mozucat (talk) 17:38, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bearian (talk) 15:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~If I'm in the country. Business trip the preceding week, not sure what day I'll be back in New York. Will update soon. Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:50, 9 March 2010 (UTC)~~ Still on my trip. See everyone next time. Newyorkbrad (talk) 18:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Possible this time, but not at all certain, unfortunately. DGG ( talk ) 15:30, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's my church's annual membership meeting that day. Likely I will be late, since the meeting general doesn't last more than an hour to an hour and a half. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 06:24, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets

I probably can't. I wouldn't drive all the way to new york. Jeremjay 24 13:00, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not possible, as I've got an exam the next day. --AFriedman (talk) 04:39, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
See above. Till next time. Newyorkbrad (talk) 18:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Report

Attendees of record

Wikipedians/Wikimedians, from the sign-up sheet.

Topics of discussion

We started off with some chapter project discussions, and in particular our Wikimania 2011 New York City bid.

User:RoyGoldsmith started us off on a wide-ranging discussion about the Wikipedia:SYNTHESIS guideline and its many shades.

User:Tomlzz1 led a discussion on Connecting NYC's ideas on community-curated content and the role of the wiki model in developing neighborhood-specific resources for the new .nyc domain.

And it all ended with family-style dinner at Ollie's Noodle Shop.