Come one, come all!
We're celebrating the global monthlong "Wikipedia Loves Art" photo
events with our "Weekend Museum Wikistravanganza" next week on Friday
Feb 6 and Saturday Feb 7 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Brooklyn Museum.
This is part of our broader "Wikipedia Loves Art!" project, which also
extends to other city institutions, including the Film Society of
Lincoln Center, the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the
New-York Historical Society.
Separately, we'll also be having a business meeting in Brooklyn that Saturday.
See our main page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art
We're also on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/
And Facebook:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43008300207
So spread those links around :)
And invite all your non-Wikipedian friends and family; this is a big
tent event for everyone, just like Wikis Take Manhattan was (
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/wikis-take-manhattan/ ).
---Photo event details---
Friday, February 6 from 5:30-6:30 pm, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
We'll be joined by the Free Culture folks during the intro session,
which will be in the Art Study Room at the Uris Center for Education
(enter at the 81st Street entrance), where we'll meet the participants
and explain the project. The actual photography event can last until
the museum closes at 9 PM.
Friday, Saturday 7 from 5:00-11:00 pm, Brooklyn Museum. This is the
night of the First Saturday party (
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php ) at the
museum. We'll be joined by the Free Culture folks at our table in the
museum lobby, where we'll meet the participants and explain the
project. Don't worry, everyone's not gonna stay at the table the
whole time, but a least a couple of us will stick around there.
---Business meeting details---
Saturday, February 7 from 2:30-4:00 pm, business meeting hosted at
David's place in Brooklyn. We'll be joined by Frank Schulenburg (Head
of Public Outreach) and Sara Crouse (Head of Partnerships and
Foundation Relations), flying in for the weekend from Wikimedia
Foundation headquarters in San Francisco. We will also likely have
guests from the New York Public Library, with whom we can discuss
joint projects.
To register your RSVP and get directions for the business meeting,
please contact David, as explained on the wikimeetup page.
Page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
You can officially 'sign up' at that page!
Thanks,
Pharos
Come one, come all!
Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is Sunday January 18 at Columbia University.
This is a meeting for volunteers to the projects of the non-profit
Wikimedia Foundation, and everyone else too, who has ever looked at
Wikipedia and wondered what's going on behind it.
One big topic of discussion, out of many, will be a special planning
session for our February 'Wikipedia Loves Art' event with Shelley from
the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art
We're also on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/
And Facebook:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43008300207
So spread those links around :)
Other topics will be the next stage of our progress as a chapter and
projects we might pursue such as classes at the New York Public
Library (we may be officially approved as a chapter by meeting time),
and discussing issues like Biographies of Living Persons articles.
We'll also be collecting folks to join our little 'Wikipedia Takes the
Subway' adventure which will be held the day after the meeting.
We welcome all guests. If you support open education and free
culture, we are your people. If you have a project you want to work
on with us, this is a great opportunity to get acquainted. If you want
someone to give a talk or teach a class with an inside view of
Wikipedia, meet your volunteers. And if you just have any questions,
we'd be glad to try to answer them.
Remember, the agenda here is up to you! I encourage anyone who is
interested to sign up to give a presentation or suggest a topic for
general discussion at our wikimeetup page (given below).
---Meeting details---
2:30 PM - 5:00PM:
Room 1402 Pupin Hall, Columbia University. Take the elevator to the
13th floor and then walk up one flight of stairs. Meeting to be held
in the library at the east end of the hall.
5:00 PM onwards:
Meetup at Pupin Hall, and then walk together to The Symposium, a local
Greek restaurant with an oddly appropriate name..
Page on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
You can officially 'sign up' at that page, and please add your ideas
to the agenda!
Thanks,
Pharos