Come one, come all!
Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is Saturday October 16 (next
weekend) at the historic Jefferson Market Library @ 425 Avenue of the
Americas (6th Ave) in Lower Manhattan..
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.
A couple of big topics of discussion, out of many, will be preparing
for future 'Wikipedia Academies' and Wiki Workshops for different
groups in the NYC area, and making the way for 'Wikipedians in
Residence' to volunteer at local cultural and academic institutions.
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---
2:00 PM - 4:30PM:
Jefferson Market Library @ 425 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave) in
Lower Manhattan.
5:00 PM onwards:
Meetup at Jefferson Market Library, and then walk together to a
neighborhood restaurant (help us decide!).
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,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
http://wikimedianyc.org
PS, If you are new and have any questions about this event, feel free
to email me personally:
pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com
If you are in DC or need an excuse to come visit Washington DC, please join
us for the next DC Wikimedia meetup on October 23, 6pm at Bertucci's in
Foggy Bottom. (21st & I St / Penn Ave NW)
The date/time are all definite! Come and discuss about collaboration
activities with the Smithsonian, hang out with other Wikipedians and "geek
out". :)
For more details and to RSVP, see the meetup page:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_12
The meetup coincides with the MediaWiki Hack-A-Ton DC (err... it will be out
in Tysons Corner, but there will be car pools & probably a shuttle between
the metro and the venue) that is taking place that weekend, thus we will
have developers, Wikimedia CTO Danese Cooper and other Wikimedia staff
joining us!
If you feel like fixing some MediaWiki bugs, feel free to also join the
Hack-A-Ton:
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hack-A-Ton_DC
Cheers,
Katie (user:aude)