Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/July 2014

Meeting minutes

Agenda

Bring your own ideas!

• Follow-up on ideas raised at recent wiki-events
  • WikiConference USA
  • At the Meeting or the Picnic, Sidepocket (Sidepocket {talk}) would like to talk about expanding the Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of New York entry using new data.

• Chapter business
  • Presentation of annual financial and activities report
  • Chapter board election (User:Jim.henderson will be elections officer)
  • Recording of official meeting minutes
  • Grants review
  • Committees review
  • Social media and documentation review

• Speakers and roundtable discussions (perhaps as 5-minute lightning talks)

Candidates for Wikimedia NYC Board

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

• -Becksguy (talk) 17:34, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
• -Abhishek Suryawanshi (talk) 06:55, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
• -kosboot (talk) 02:15, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
• -Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
• -Mitch32^{(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.)} 02:53, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
• -Levendowski (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2014 (UTC) - Legal Outreach Chair
• - DGG ( talk ) 14:05, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
• - Copeland.Powell (talk) 11:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC) I would be interested in learning more about the board positions and how I can help expand the Wikipedia community in NYC using social media.
• Pharos (talk) 19:25, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
• Outis010 (talk) 22:42, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
• Mozucat (talk) 15:12, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
• Jihyunb (talk) 00:48, 6 July 2014 (UTC) - Diversity Chair

Election results

The new board of Wikimedia NYC, to serve from July 2014 - June 2015:

• User:AbhiSuryawanshi
• User:Becksguy
• User:Copeland.powell
• User:DGG
• User:Jihyunb
• User:Kosboot
• User:Levendowski
• User:Mitchazenia
• User:Mozucat
• User:Newyorkbrad
• User:Outis010
• User:Pharos

What to bring

• Food and snacks enough to feed yourself and a few of your fellow Wikipedians (salads, lunchmeats, breads, condiments, etc.)
• A blanket
• Sunscreen; maybe a hat
• Beach umbrellas
• Water and ice
• Frisbee/softball
• Boardgames
• Friends
• Portable wiki and free culture awesomeness

No alcohol or cigarettes please, as both are banned in NYC parks. Share what you're bringing at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/NYC/Wiknic.

Also, no need to bring soda! We have a quite a few leftovers from the conference.

Likely attendees

• - Pharos (talk) 15:07, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• - kosboot (talk) 16:29, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Jim.henderson (talk) 10:40, 5 June 2014 (UTC) Drat that means missing the Tour de Queens
• - DGG ( talk ) 00:22, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Invertzoo (talk) 00:05, 10 June 2014 (UTC). I look forward to it! Bummer! I sprained my ankle a few days ago and can't walk. Invertzoo (talk) 15:36, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• - Mozucat (talk) 20:11, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:39, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Copeland.Powell (talk) 11:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC) +2 girlfriend & puppy
• - Daniel Case (talk) 23:31, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Becksguy (talk) 17:30, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Nbauman (talk) 05:56, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
• - The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:54, 29 June 2014 (UTC) No such thing as a sure thing in my life, but as of now I'm good to go.
• - Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 21:24, 29 June 2014 (UTC) Unity of New York picnic is same day at 103 Street entrance. Will try to go back and forth.
• - Mitch32^{(Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.)} 02:52, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
• - ɱ (talk) 22:56, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
• - User:Aragotton (talk) I guess I'll show up!
• Outis010 (talk) 22:43, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
• —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 07:12, 6 July 2014 (UTC) I've been unexpectedly assigned to staff the West Side Hatzolah ambulance for the day. I'll try to make the meeting -- hopefully no one will call; I'll come later to the picnic once I'm done for the day.
• - User:sternenator (talk) Looking forward to it!

Possible attendees

• - We'll see. Mitch32^{(Any fool can make a rule, And any fool will mind it.)} 17:19, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
• - MusikAnimal ^talk 17:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Maybe for once... (forbidding any other activities) Epicgenius (talk) 16:28, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
• Gotta figure out my schedule. Will update. Upjav (talk) 06:52, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
• Any Wiktionarians? DCDuring (talk) 11:39, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
• AnshumanF (talk)
• Will try, depending on the heat.--Aichik (talk) 19:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
• Sidepocket (Sidepocket {talk}) 19:21, 2 July 2014 UTC)
• - I'm going to a potluck picnic the day before, I may well be picnic'd out. Ministry of Silly Walks (talk) 21:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
• -

Regrets

• - I expect to be in Cherry Grove, New York. Bearian (talk) 21:20, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Blue Rasberry (talk) 17:45, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
• - No thank you. Please take me off the mailing list. Nightscream (talk) 20:15, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

• Surely you know how to remove yourself? (@Nightscream:)

• - I have to help my sister move A8v (talk) 23:12, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
• - Family obligations. — Dispenser 03:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
• - I have work. — Kamensky 03:09, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
• - Apologies. Jihyunb (talk) 00:47, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
• - Apologies for this late response, but I am recovering from my podiatry meeting; therefore, I will not be able to make it. Thanks for understanding. --CaptAdv11 (talk) 18:40, 6 July 2014 (UTC)