Wikipedia:Meetup/Connecticut/April 2009

This Hartford Meetup page coordinates a proposed series of meetup events in Hartford, Connecticut. Next meetup: TBA Last meetup: June 2009 Past meetups: April 2009, January 2009

This box coordinates the level of organization of meetup events in the Northeast US. Wikimedia New York City officially serves communities in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Local committees and/or new chapters across the Northeast are also anticipated in future. Stage 3 / committees + meetings + meals + handshakes: New York City Stage 2 / meetings + meals + handshakes: DC, Hartford, Philadelphia Stage 1 / meals + handshakes: Boston

The 2nd Connecticut Wikipedia meetup took place on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at It's a Grind coffee house on Memorial Drive in West Hartford, Connecticut at about 2:30 PM.

When and where

• Its a Grind coffee house on Memorial Drive in West Hartford, Connecticut at about 2:30 PM.

Tentative topics/agenda

Bring your own ideas!

• Revitalization of WikiProject Connecticut
• Time and place of next meeting
• Suggestions for prioritizing and collecting needed photographs from Connecticut.

Proposal for Wikipedia Takes _________ for Connecticut by Mitchazenia.

Just a side note, feel free to add any ideas you have here for discussions or presentations. Sam ^Blab 22:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Interested Wikipedians

Summary of the last meetup

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The meetup began with some of the "veteran" meetup attendees noticed the large growth in people who attended (8). We discussed the possibility of workshops and events in the greater Hartford area, such as a workshop and astronomy activity at the local science center. There was a discussion on photo restoration with GIMP. Mitchazenia provided a talk on needed photos in Connecticut, and the National Register of Historic Places. Afterwards, we took a nice walk to a plaza outside Barnes and Noble, where we switched to forum-style discussion. Topics included WP:POINT and articles on fringe theories. At the end, Mitchazenia's talk provoked some initial planning for a possible Wikipedia Takes Greater Hartford, a photo scavenger hunt similar to Wikis Take Manhattan.