Hi Wikipedia friends, fans, and followers,
Wikipedia is totally part of the bigger Free Culture movement, and
we're going to celebrate the 'Students for Free Culture' Conference at
NYU on this weekend's Saturday Feb 19 with an accompanying
Wiki-Dinner.
So, come learn at the Free Culture Conference in the day, nosh and
chat at Wiki-Dinner in the evening, and groove at Free Culture Party
into the night :)
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*Pre-meetup Free Culture Conference: Students for Free Culture
Conference 2011 at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU,
251 Mercer St. From 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
*Main Meetup and Wiki-Dinner: The Red Egg, 202 Center St. From 6:30 PM - 8:00PM
*Post-meetup Free Culture Party: New Work City, 412 Broadway. 8:00 PM onwards.
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See details of meetup here (and you can sign up on-wiki):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
And here for the Free Culture Conference (you should register):
http://conf11.freeculture.org/
Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
http://nyc.wikimedia.org
Hi Wikipedia-wannabes!
The 'Wiki Workshop for Newbies' will be Tuesday Feb 1, 7pm @ New Work
City (412 Broadway at Canal St) in Lower Manhattan.
This is our first-ever pure newbie outreach and teaching event open to everyone.
No previous wiki-knowledge required :)
Sign up here, and tell your friends:
http://tinyurl.com/wikiclass
NWCU is made possible by amazing supporters of independents and
innovation: Google & New Work City
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About the Host: NWCU @ New Work City
This event is part of NWCU, community powered learning driven entirely
by member participation, NWCU is a curated collection of classes,
workshops, Meetup groups, and hackathons, all sharing one core common
goal: help existing and aspiring independents build, learn, and share
with one another, so more people can lead better, happier lives
working for themselves.
Founded in 2008, New Work City is a community coworking space in
Manhattan. We gather in a central space to work, collaborate, learn,
and socialize. Anyone with some work to do and a friendly disposition
is welcome!
http://www.nwcny.com/
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Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
http://nyc.wikimedia.org