Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September-2018

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WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Time	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Address	Babycastles 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) Basement level
City, State	New York City, New York 10011

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.

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

Add an item to the agenda!

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

Only Wikimedia NYC members are eligible to vote in the annual election. Not a member? Please join!

Add your name if you'd like to be a candidate!

• Megs (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Becksguy (talk) 23:59, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• kosboot (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:39, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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• Vizzylane
• Heathart
• Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 17:36, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• FULBERT (talk) 23:24, 25 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

• Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:16, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• BlaueBlüte (talk) 01:18, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Megs (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Mozucat (talk) 23:56, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• kosboot (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 03:42, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• FULBERT (talk) 02:03, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• 67.245.95.148 (talk) 16:23, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:50, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Vyeh (talk) 06:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• DGG ( talk ) 21:14, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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• Vizzylane (talk) 18:30, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Cocoaguy ここがいい 19:24, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Heathart (talk) 22:47, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Becksguy (talk) 00:32, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Jeremyb (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:18, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Elyaqim (talk) 20:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Jmurphy042000 (talk) 03:59, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]