Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2016-03

• Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (feel free to come by early as 6, stay later for social hour)
• Location: Babycastles. 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), 2nd Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011 40°44′17.5″N 73°59′54.5″W / 40.738194°N 73.998472°W / 40.738194; -73.998472
• Subway:
  •  ​ ​  to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue)
  •   ​  to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  •   to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  •  ​ ​   to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  •  ​ ​ ​  to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  •  ​ ​  to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 8th Avenue)
• Bus: M1, M2, M3, M14A, M14D, X1, X7, X9, X10, X12, X17, X27, X28 buses
• Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
• After the main meeting: Food and refreshments and video games in the gallery
• Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup
• Etherpad: WikiWed-2016-03

Bring your own ideas!

• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
  • Newcomer's Wiki Workshop!
• 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Meeting, Part I (roundtable on ongoing projects)
• 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Meeting, Part II (new project proposals and ideas)

As always, Grants are on our Meetup page, "Projects & Grants" tab
Meeting notes are on our Meetup page, "About" tab

• WM NYC 2016 Annual Grant
  • Documents
    • Supplemental info: WM NYC APG – 2016 Supplemental information
    • Staffing plan: WM NYC Staffing Plan
    • Budget: Budget Template
  • WikiConference Scholarship Program: WikiConference Scholarship Program
  • meta:Affiliate-selected Board seats/2016/Nominations - public vote on candidates who should be included in Wikimedia Foundation board elections

• Recent edit-a-thons
  • #BRONX AFRICA Black Life Matters Edit-a-thon – Saturday, February 27, 2016
  • Art + Feminism 2016 @ MoMA - Saturday, March 5, 2016
• Wiki-classes this semester
  • Mozucat (talk) checkin:
    • January-June 2016: La Guardia and Wagner Archives Koch-era NYC project on history of AIDS
    • Spring 2016: Classes at LaGuardia Community College will start in March. At least 2 Wikipedia classes expected
• WMF legal research for us
  • meta:Copyright of Political Speeches
• Committee selection?
  • TBD / discuss at next month's WikiWednesday!

• Upcoming events:
  • Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Guggathon - Saturday, April 30, 2016
  • Library event in association with Wikipedia:Meetup/Women in Red/10 - April?
  • MediaWiki Conference Community Night - Wednesday, May 25, 2016
• Media opportunity At the Wednesday 13 April WikiWednesday a videographer will be present to record 1-3 minute videos of Wikipedians saying anything about Wikipedia. Videos will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and YouTube. With the time we have, anyone may present a video. Rehearse your talk before you come. You may share an experience, give a lesson, make a presentation, or say what you like. The audience might be anyone searching for videos of Wikipedians talking about Wikipedia. This will be an amateur effort.
• Proposal: Some people participate in programs that direct them to volunteer a certain number of hours. Such programs include student groups and government-managed community service programs. If such people report editing Wikipedia as community service, under what circumstances, if any, should Wikimedia NYC review and sign-off on their volunteer hours? People in such programs typically need for a registered nonprofit to confirm that they spent time volunteering, and that their actions advanced a nonprofit mission.
• Proposal: Require that WM NYC events have an event page procedure for categorizing events: event documentation
• Discussion: What kind of safety and safe space system should WM NYC have? See the new WMF team at Support and Safety

See Friendly space policy

5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
Sign up here!

• Wikidata session with User:Aude!
• Possible OCLC collaboration, videochat with User:Merrilee
• Regina and Nebraska A+F – editathon problems

Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!

• Moaz Vegetarian - menu

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016-03 WikiWednesday.

• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City
• Free Culture Alliance NYC

You can also RSVP at our Meetup.com page.

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