Come one, come all!
Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is this Sunday November 16 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 look back at our October 'Wikis Take Manhattan' event.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan
See the cool video here:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/wikis-take-manhattan/
Other topics will include the formation of the Wikimedia New York City chapter, planning for new photography projects and other content enhancement schemes, and discussion of important issues to the Wikipedia and Wikimedia commmunity.
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---
---Important notice: There is a possibility that we may be upgraded in facilities and move the meeting to a somewhat better room in Lerner Hall, also on the Columbia University campus. In case this happens, I will let everyone on the list know about it.
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. After the restaurant, we can return to Pupin Hall for an observing session with the telescopes on the roof, weather permitting.
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
P.S. Sorry for that real estate spam that snuck through our filter.
Sorry for the miswording.
Of course the meeting is not "this Sunday"; it's actually a little less than a month away.
I just wanted to give you folks a heads-up on this, particularly those of you who may be coming from outside the NYC metro area.
Thanks, Pharos
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.com wrote:
Come one, come all!
Our next meeting for Wikimedia NYC is this Sunday November 16 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 look back at our October 'Wikis Take Manhattan' event.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan
See the cool video here:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/wikis-take-manhattan/
Other topics will include the formation of the Wikimedia New York City chapter, planning for new photography projects and other content enhancement schemes, and discussion of important issues to the Wikipedia and Wikimedia commmunity.
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---
---Important notice: There is a possibility that we may be upgraded in facilities and move the meeting to a somewhat better room in Lerner Hall, also on the Columbia University campus. In case this happens, I will let everyone on the list know about it.
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. After the restaurant, we can return to Pupin Hall for an observing session with the telescopes on the roof, weather permitting.
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
P.S. Sorry for that real estate spam that snuck through our filter.
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