Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2016-08#Lightning talks

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)

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• Recent edit-a-thons and events
• Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2016
• Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Schomburg/AfroLatino2016
• Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic 2016
• [http://nysec.org/sunday-meeting-wikimedia-commons-and-free-education-2016-07-24-150000 Wikimedia Commons and Free Education] @ NYSEC
• Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/UN Women
• Wiki-classes this semester
• Committee selection is ongoing. Please join a committee all Board Members and interested Wikimedians alike!
• Action items & next steps
• Slack or email for communication?
• Rapid Grants for closed or semi-closed events
• Prep for elections next month (add your candidacy!): Wikimedia NYC Election Page

; Upcoming events

• AfroCROWD Artists of the African Diaspora Edit-a-thon @ MoCADA’s Soul of Brooklyn Festival. Sunday, August 21, 2016
• WikiWednesday (September) @ Babycastles. Wednesday, September 14, 2016 ***Election meeting*** Wikimedia NYC Election Page
• AfroCROWD New York Black Librarians Caucus Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Brooklyn Public Library. Sunday, September 18, 2016
• [https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego]. October 7-10, 2016 – WM NYC is a sponsor
• Open House New York (OHNY) Photo Competition. Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2016
• CommonsLab @ NYU - [http://www.ohny.org/weekend/overview Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend] photo scavenger hunt wrapup and hackathon, Sunday, October 16, 2016
• Asian Art edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim. Thursday, November 10, 2016
• Second Annual Women-In-Science Edit-a-thon @ New York Academy of Sciences. Saturday, November 12, 2016
• Asian Americans for Equality edit-a-thon, November
• Grey Literature Editathon @ New York Academy of Medicine, presenting grey literature. Thursday, December 1, 2016.

; Tentative upcoming events

• [http://www.textilemonth.nyc/ New York Textile Month] edit-a-thon @ Fashion Institute of Technology. Tues & Thurs, September 27 + 29, 2016
• Potential NARA edit-a-thon @ Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. October TBD
• WikiArte @ MoMA. Saturday, October 22, 2016
• Asian Art Editathon @ Guggenheim. Thursday, November 10, 2016

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5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
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• [http://wikiverse.io/ WikiVerse] (successor to WikiGalaxy) - presented by [http://www.polyfra.me/ Owen Cornec]
• [https://nycmesh.net/blog/supernode Bringing Wikipedia to the Last Mile] - present by [https://nycmesh.net NYC Mesh]
• WM NYC's own {{u|Newyorkbrad}} on August 16, 2016 was offered an advisory seat on the Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer "Board Governance Committee". We will quickly review the relationship between chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the board of the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Requirements for affiliated events. DGG ( talk ) 14:28, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

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

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{{Commons category|2016-08 WikiWednesday}}

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC Wikipedia Meetup - NYC] (main events page)
• [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City Wikimedia New York City]
• [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_Alliance_NYC Free Culture Alliance NYC]

== Sign up ==

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;Headcount: 44

File:WikiWednesday Crowd August 2016.jpg

1. {{User0|Lange.lea}} -- I'm under the weather. Sorry, all.

1. kosboot (talk) 17:53, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
2. Roman Spinner (talk) 06:49, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
3. BrillLyle (talk) 14:28, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
4. Pharos (talk) 21:23, 19 July 2016 (UTC)
5. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:38, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
6. Alexisclements (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
7. Jfwhite nyc (talk) 16:41, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
8. Becksguy (talk) 16:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
9. MusikAnimal ^talk 00:23, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
10. MainlyTwelve (talk) 16:03, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
11. DGG ( talk ) 23:21, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
12. Mozucat (talk) 20:10, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
13. Aude (talk) 21:20, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
14. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:09, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
15. Wlmg (talk) 20:19, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
16. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:16, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
17. sheridanford (talk) 02:27, 17 August 2016 (UTC) fka kyraocity
18. Lutzv (talk) 13:58, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
19. Librarianhelen (talk) 16:06, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
20. BlaueBlüte (talk) 22:48, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

1. nycdi (talk) 01:31, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
2. Lotta Little (talk) 11:52, 17 August 2016 (UTC)