Hello all,
Last week ago I opened up sign ups for committees and so far only two other
people signed up for them. It is highly important that we have more users
joining these committees as it is highly important for the development of
the chapter as all discussions that will take place that will be
implemented in the stragetic plan. If you wish to sign up go to the
following link - https://nyc.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Home.
I am also looking into venues for the WikiBus to Wikimania 2012. If you are
interested in taking the bus please fill out this form -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHZzX3YzeG5xM…
Yesterday some of us had a "mini meetup" and I would say that it was
a success as we were able to all collaborate and discus wiki-related ideas
with each other. Because of the success of the mini meetup we should try to
have them more often, perhaps bimonthly? And they will not be
a supplement of the monthly meetups, just something additional.
And just a reminder, Wikipedia Day 2012 is on January 28th. It
will basically be a wiki conference and I feel that if you are on this
list, you will love it so sign up! More information is located at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day
Thanks,
Peter Coti
As promised, here is a .PDF of the document I presented at the meetup on
Sunday. Remember that this is just an idea on how to proceed on with
writing the actual strategic plan. I will start a signup list on the main
Wikimedia NYC website for committees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Strategic_Plan_Draft_Wikimed…
Peter Coti
(forwarded from Katie)
FYI - are there any NYC wikimedians and other folks interested in OpenStreetMap?
It would be awesome to organize another NYC mapping party (I'd come to
NYC for that) and wonder what the interest is?
Also, there is talk about importing some of the NYC GIS data (see
below) though there are license compatibility issues and it's best
that imports don't happen without an active mapping community.
Cheers,
Katie
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Katie Filbert <filbertk(a)gmail.com>
> Date: November 16, 2011 1:07:52 PM EST
> To: Skye Book <skye.book(a)gmail.com>
> Cc: "talk-us(a)openstreetmap.org" <talk-us(a)openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Any mappers local to NYC/LI?
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Skye Book <skye.book(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm doing a ton of work with the data made available from the city
>> as of late and a gripe from some people employed by the local
>> government about OSM is that it isn't making full use of the data
>> that the city is putting out there for consumption.
>
> The terms of use are not quite right I think.
>
> Data like building footprints would sure be nice though I'd be
> cautious about dumping data in that the community could do a good
> job of collecting and maintaining.
>
> The community-- that's the other issue and think it would be
> important to get the local mappers group going more with mapping
> parties. I did one with Wikimedia NYC folks and maybe we/they could
> do another but it will take more than that. There also is an OSM
NYC meetup.com
> group which could be reactivated
>
> Cheers,
> Katie
>
>
>> Indeed, there is a ton of information that we can bringing into the
>> dataset (streetlights, building outlines for the five boroughs, etc).
>>
>> Anyone is interested in ganging up on this, or discussing the NYC
>> data situation with researchers as well as GIS analysts would be
>> most welcome. Any takers?
>> _______________________________________________
>> Talk-us mailing list
>> Talk-us(a)openstreetmap.org
>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
<html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>FYI -
are there any NYC wikimedians =
and other folks interested in
OpenStreetMap?</div><div><br></div><div>It
=
would be awesome to organize another NYC mapping party (I'd come to NYC =
for that) and wonder what the interest =
is?</div><div><br></div><div>Also, there
is talk about importing some of =
the NYC GIS data (see below) though there are license compatibility =
issues and it's best that imports don't happen without an active mapping =
community.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Katie<br></div=
><div><br>Begin forwarded
message:<br><br></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><b>From:</b> Katie
Filbert &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:filbertk@gmail.com">filbertk@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Date:<=
/b> November 16, 2011 1:07:52 PM
EST<br><b>To:</b> Skye Book &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:skye.book@gmail.com">skye.book@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:<=
/b> "<a =
href=3D"mailto:talk-us@openstreetmap.org">talk-us@openstreetmap.org</a>"
=
&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:talk-us@openstreetmap.org">talk-us@openstreetmap.org</a>&gt=
;<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Talk-us] Any
mappers local to =
NYC/LI?</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote
=
type=3D"cite"><div><span></span><br><span>On
Nov 16, 2011, at 12:18 PM, =
Skye Book &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:skye.book@gmail.com">skye.book@gmail.com</a>&gt;
=
wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote
type=3D"cite"><span>I'm =
doing a ton of work with the data made available from the city as of =
late and a gripe from some people employed by the local government about =
OSM is that it isn't making full use of the data that the city is =
putting out there for =
consumption.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>The
terms of =
use are not quite right I
think.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Data
=
like building footprints would sure be nice though I'd be cautious about =
dumping data in that the community could do a good job of collecting and =
maintaining.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The
commun
Our next wiki-meeting will be held on Sunday December 18 -this
weekend- at Symposium Greek Restaurant @ 544 W 113th St (in the back
room), on the Upper West Side in the Columbia University area.
We'll have a meet-and-greet and general discussion hour for newbies
and oldies at 4 pm, and a chatty dinner will start at 5 pm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
You can officially 'sign up' at that page, and please add your ideas!
***
Also, all are invited to register and join us for the Wikipedia Day
celebration and mini-conference next month in January:
http://bit.ly/wikiday2012
Pre-planning for Wikipedia Day will of course be a major topic of
conversation at the December meeting :)
***
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
PS, If you are new and have any questions about this event, feel free
to email me personally:
pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com
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