Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/September-2018

WikiWednesday Salon & Skillshare

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Time	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Address	Babycastles 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) Basement level
City, State	New York City, New York 10011

The September 2018 NYC WikiWednesday Salon and Skillshare with the Wikimedia NYC community will be held Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This is also Wikimedia NYC's Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2018 which will include the election of members for our Board of Directors.

Details

• Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Food: pizza (have another suggestion? let us know!)

Agenda

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• Welcome and introductions
• Recent Events
• Upcoming Events
• President's Report
• Annual Election
• Individual community feedback: Indiggo for Vyeh

2018 Annual Board of Directors Election

Only Wikimedia NYC members are eligible to vote in the annual election. Not a member? Please join!

Candidates for WMNYC Board

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

• Megs (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 23:59, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• kosboot (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 20:39, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
• Pharos (talk) 21:26, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
• DrX (talk) 02:14, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
• - DGG ( talk ) 21:13, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
• BlaueBlüte (talk) 04:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Emjackson42 (talk) 21:04, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
• Vizzylane
• Heathart
• Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 17:36, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
• FULBERT (talk) 23:24, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Election results

Ann M., user:Mozucat, served as election officer. Pete Hess, user:Becksguy, provided paper ballots with pre-printed list of candidates listed above, and write-in slots. Election details explained at event. Voting was conducted by printed anonymous ballot, in person at the election.

Pre-printed ballots were provided listing everyone who had nominated themselves as candidates until the day before the election. Dues-paying members of Wikimedia NYC were invited to take a ballot. There was an opportunity for those present to pay $5 to become a member. Immediately before the election there was a call for anyone present to nominate themselves as a candidate. No one did this. All candidates were invited to give 2-minute statements. One candidates was not physically present BlaueBlüte, and provided a statement to be read by a proxy. There was a call for questions or comments. After this, the voting began. When everyone had voted I collected the ballots and counted the votes. All votes came from members in attendance and there were no proxy votes. [# needed from attendance sheet] people were present. 25 votes were submitted and valid. The candidates with the most votes were as follows:

1. Megs (talk)
2. Becksguy (talk)
3. kosboot (talk)
4. Pharos (talk)
5. DrX (talk)
6. DGG ( talk )
7. BlaueBlüte (talk)
8. Emjackson42 (talk)
9. Vizzylane
10. Heathart
11. Rhododendrites talk
12. FULBERT (talk)

Election results were announced at 20:50. These 12 candidates are now board officers of Wikimedia NYC serving a one-year term. There were no objections raised to the election process or to the outcome of the election at the event. 7 of these board members are incumbents, 5 are new. Thanks to the candidates for volunteering to serve on the board and thanks to everyone who voted.--Mozucat (talk) 04:00, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

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COVID-19 notice

Wikimedia NYC remains committed to the well-being of its communities. We have decided to begin hosting in-person events with a hybrid element starting late 2022. We ask if you want to participate in person you should be vaccinated and also be sure to respect others' personal space. If you are not feeling well, please attend remotely.

Upcoming meetups and ongoing events

June

• Online-only WikiWednesday Salon NYC

When: Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 7 PM - 8:30 PM ET

Where: Zoom

July

• Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

When: Friday, July 19, 2024, 3 PM - 8 PM ET

Where: Civic Hall

August

• Wikimania 2024

When: August 7-10, 2024

Where: Katowice, Poland *(possibility of NYC satellite event in Greenpoint, Brooklyn)

Past Meetups & Events in 2023–24

• June 8: Governors Island Wiknic - June 2024
• June 2: All-Day Hacking Sunday - June
• May 8: WikiWednesday Salon - May
• May 4: Community Gardens Edit-a-thon
• April 25: Hacking Night - April
• April 11: City Tech Library LBGTQIA Editathon
• April 10: WikiWednesday Salon - April
• March 16: Queens Name Explorer Edit-a-thon at the Queens Public Library Tech Lab at Queensbridge
• March 14: Pi Day Hacking Night
• March 5: Wiki Gala and fashion show with Wikimedia Foundation
• February 25: AfroCROWD Black Wiki History Month - Online edit-a-thon
• February 21: WikiWednesday Salon - February
• February 8: Hacking Night - February
• January 14: Wikipedia Day 2024 at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation
• January 4: Hacking Night

2023

(second half)

• December 6: NYC Hacking Night
• November 15: WikiWednesday Salon - November
• November 8–13: NYC→Toronto Wiki-Train for WikiConference North America
• October 29: Wikidata Day in New York City
• October 21–22: Wiki-NYC Pavilion for Open House New York
• October 3: History of Medicine in Newark Wikipedia Editathon at Dana Library
• October 1: Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month: Edit-a-thon!
• September 20: Annual Election & Members Meeting
• August 27: Great North American Wiknic on Governors Island
• August 23: WikiWednesday Salon - August
• July 29: New York Botanical Garden Environment of the Bronx Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
• July 19: WikiWednesday Salon - July

Photos from past Meetups & Events

• 
  WikiGap Women, Health & Environment - Swedish Residence - April 2022
• 
  Hacknic - Prospect Park - May 2022
• 
  Wiki Worlds Fair - August 2022
• 
  Depths of Wikipedia live in NYC - August 2022
• 
  WikiConference North America - November 2022
• 
  Wikipedia Day - Jefferson Market Library - January 2023
• 
  WikiWedneday - Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch - February 2023
• 
  Groiler Club Tour - March 2023
• 
  Earth Day Edit-a-thon with Sure We Can recycling center - Brooklyn Public Library Bushwick Branch - April 2023
• 
  Environment of the Bronx - NYBG - July 2023
• 
  Wiki-Picnic - Governors Island - August 2023
• 
  WikiWednesday - Prime Produce - September 2023
• 
  Wikidata Day - October 2023
• 
  Wikipedia Day - Brown Institute - January 2024
• 
  Wiki-Cake at Wikipedia Day 2024

See also

• Archive of events in prior years
• Wikimedia New York City's Code of Conduct
• Wikimedia New York City Discord server
• Membership

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Regrets

• Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:16, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
• BlaueBlüte (talk) 01:18, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Likely attendees

• Megs (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• Mozucat (talk) 23:56, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• kosboot (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
• Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 03:42, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
• FULBERT (talk) 02:03, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
• 67.245.95.148 (talk) 16:23, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
• Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:50, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
• Vyeh (talk) 06:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
• DGG ( talk ) 21:14, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
• FeldBum (talk) 21:54, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
• Nudgol (talk) 02:18, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
• Jim.henderson (talk) 03:36, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Ronald Sexton (talk) 18:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Vizzylane (talk) 18:30, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Cocoaguy ここがいい 19:24, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Heathart (talk) 22:47, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
• Becksguy (talk) 00:32, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
• Jeremyb (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:18, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

• Elyaqim (talk) 20:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)