[Wikimedia NYC] Wednesday meet-and-greet for Wikimedia New YorkCity and a special guest

[Samuel Shapiro]

Sorry, definite no.  I have religious school then, and don't get out until 
6.  Living over 2 hours away, it's impossible.

Give my regards, though.

Best, Sam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pharos" <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com>
To: "New York City Wikimedians" <wikimedia_nyc at lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: "Shelley Bernstein" <Shelley.Bernstein at brooklynmuseum.org>; "Jay Walsh" 
<jwalsh at wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia NYC] Wednesday meet-and-greet for Wikimedia New YorkCity 
and a special guest


> ---Let me apologize about my previous message.  The event is Wednesday
> evening Dec 3, -not- Thursday Dec 4.  I made an error earlier.---
>
>
> Sorry to put this up on such short notice.
>
> This will be a mini-meetup on Wednesday (a little like the September
> meeting) with a special guest:
>
> Jay Walsh, Head of Communications for the Wikimedia Foundation, who's
> in town for just a few days, and would like to meet with some of us as
> we make progress to becoming an official chapter, and just to hang out
> with local Wikimedians (he asked us to hold this meeting).
>
> He's also been dealing with the Wikimedia Foundation end of our
> February "Wikipedia Loves Art" project, coordinated in New York City
> with the Brooklyn Museum, and we can talk about this project as well.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/
>
> This will be a little more intimate, not quite a "full-scale" meet up,
> but we'd love to have you!
>
> ---The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 12/3/2008 at 6:30 PM.----
>
> The meeting will be at The Symposium restaurant
>
> http://www.geocities.com/symposiumrestaurant/
>
> at 6:30 PM this Wednesday (2008-12-03).
>
> This is the same venue right by Columbia University where we have held
> our Wikimedia New York City dinners in the past.
>
> Also, it is still possible that details may change in future; but
> remain assured we will update this list on any changes.
>
> After dinner, we may as well walk over to the Free Culture-themed
> event on Illegal Downloading and copyright law scheduled at 8 PM:
>
> http://cupolitics.org/
>
> taking place at the Columbia University campus, and partly organized
> by our friends at Free Culture Columbia and in the broader NYC Free
> Culture community.
>
> After the panel, some of the Free Culture folks might also organize an
> outing at a nearby bar.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
>
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