The next Free Culture Alliance NYC meeting will be held *tomorrow* on
Monday April 30 at 7 PM in NYU Kimmel Center Room 901 (and afterward,
merges into Free Culture NYU meeting and free pizza in same room at
7:30 PM)
If you're not an NYUer, just tell the guy in the lobby that you're
going up to "Free Culture" in 901.
There should be folks from Students for Free Culture, the Internet
Society-NY, Wikimedia NYC and other like-minded movements attending.
The meetup.com page for this event is here (you can RSVP there if you like):
http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/61958842/
And one of our hot topics will be planning for the Wiki World's Fair /
Free Culture World's Fair coming up in July, where all Free Culture
groups are invited to host a Bamboo Pavilion:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_World's_Fair
Thanks,
Richard
The truly epic-historical "Wiki-Gangs of New York" is a civic
edit-a-thon, Wikipedia meet-up and instructional workshop that will be
held this weekend on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at at the New York
Public Library Main Branch.
All Wikipedia addicts, NYC history and culture buffs are very welcome
to join in, as is anyone else with an interest (bring a friend!). No
special wiki knowledge is required!
Address: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (NYPL Main Branch), Fifth
Avenue at 42nd Street.
Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (drop-ins welcome at any time)
The goal will be to improve as many Wikipedia articles related to the
neighborhoods and history of New York City as possible :)
Here is the google doc form to officially register:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHBXUmxQOF9JU3I3Q1V0TV…
NYPL details and wiki page here:
http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/04/21/wiki-gangs-nyc-local-history…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki-Gangs_of_New_York
Thanks,
Richard Knipel
Wikimedia NYC
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