Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston/Wiknic

The New England Wikimedians Picnic, the "picnic anyone can edit", will be held in Boston Public Garden on Saturday July 16, 2016, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. All are welcome: experienced Wikipedians, new Wikipedians, and people who are not yet Wikipedians!

The picnic will last from 1 PM to 5 PM (though of course if people want to stay later they can!).

Details

Date: Saturday July 16, 2016 (Rain date: Sunday July 24)
Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (come by any time!)
Location: Public Garden, Boston,

Near the corner of Boylston and Charles, near the Wendell Phillips statue. Map:

Potluck: Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck! Please sign up (below) to bring something!
UPDATE: this weekend is also the out of the box festival Boston on the Common - http://otbboston.com/ -- So we have moved to the public garden. It may be crowded! Look for the Wikipedia banner and bring water - it will be hot!! Text Phoebe if you get lost: 530-204-8302.
meetup page

Agenda

meet other Wikipedians
talk and learn about Wikimedia
Eat!
have fun in the sun

Starting at 2:00pm --

New England Usergroup business: we need to determine a group leader for 2016-17
plans for the year? Editathons/events?

Potluck list

Volunteer to bring potluck food, supplies and recreations

Food and drink

we need snacks, dishes to share, desserts, sodas/juice and water/seltzer (and maybe ice)

~~devilled eggs~~ (too hot!) lemonade, seltzer & pasta with pesto. Watermelon! -- user:Phoebe
couscous salad, maybe banana bread --User:FourViolas
Indian Paratha and Laddoo -- AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 20:52, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
veggie/hummus/pita platter -- User: WritingTeacherC
a vegetarian dish, featuring beans (protein), seltzers Rtbhive (talk) 15:38, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Chips, salsa, hummus AmandaRR123 (talk) 20:53, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Cookies because cookies -- User:SamuelRiv
sign up here with what you are bringing

Equipment

We need blankets to sit on, plates/forks/cups, wikipedia sign; frisbees, etc would also be fun

Staking out space and bringing signage -- user:phoebe
Plates and utensils and blanket -- user:AmandaRR123
cups -- phoebe / (talk to me) 13:55, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
Some extra plates, utensils, just in case Rtbhive (talk)
sign up here with what you are bringing

Sign up

Likely attendees

phoebe / (talk to me) 14:31, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Pharos (talk) 14:38, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Girona7 (talk) 14:50, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Gkuriger (talk) 17:04, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
AbhiSuryawanshi (talk) 19:25, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
AmandaRR123 (talk) 12:14, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
FourViolas (talk) 12:32, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
WritingTeacherC (talk) 22:21, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Rtbhive (talk) 15:39, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
SamuelRiv (talk) 10:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Protonk (talk) 13:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC) +1
Amyc29 (talk) 15:57, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Possible attendees

Risc64 (talk) 14:47, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 21:10, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
I might be in the area! I JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 18:08, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Reify-tech (talk) 14:57, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
I will probably pass given the OTB festival -Reagle (talk) 15:11, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
- @Reagle: They moved the location, so we won't be in the same spot. Protonk (talk) 13:29, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
  - @Protonk: thanks! yes, I dithered for a while about whether to move it but it really seemed most prudent to do so. Can you come down?? -- phoebe / (talk to me) 14:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
Would love to be there but I usually do my volunteer shift at the Animal Rescue League during this time. Perhaps I'll duck out a bit early to join you all, but it won't be until at least 3:30. GorillaWarfare (talk) 01:05, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
- @GorillaWarfare: I think you must have misread this, the Boston Wiknic was held back in July.--Pharos (talk) 14:05, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
  - Clearly did... Oops! GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:23, 19 August 2016 (UTC)