[Wikimedia NYC] Wednesday meet-and-greet for Wikimedia New York City and a special guest

[Garry R. Osgood]

I'm planning on being there. Garry

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 15:04 -0500, Pharos wrote:
> ---Let me apologize about my previous message.  The event is Wednesday
> evening Dec 3, -not- Thursday Dec 4.  I made an error earlier.---
> 
> 
> Sorry to put this up on such short notice.
> 
> This will be a mini-meetup on Wednesday (a little like the September
> meeting) with a special guest:
> 
> Jay Walsh, Head of Communications for the Wikimedia Foundation, who's
> in town for just a few days, and would like to meet with some of us as
> we make progress to becoming an official chapter, and just to hang out
> with local Wikimedians (he asked us to hold this meeting).
> 
> He's also been dealing with the Wikimedia Foundation end of our
> February "Wikipedia Loves Art" project, coordinated in New York City
> with the Brooklyn Museum, and we can talk about this project as well.
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/
> 
> This will be a little more intimate, not quite a "full-scale" meet up,
> but we'd love to have you!
> 
> ---The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 12/3/2008 at 6:30 PM.----
> 
> The meeting will be at The Symposium restaurant
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/symposiumrestaurant/
> 
> at 6:30 PM this Wednesday (2008-12-03).
> 
> This is the same venue right by Columbia University where we have held
> our Wikimedia New York City dinners in the past.
> 
> Also, it is still possible that details may change in future; but
> remain assured we will update this list on any changes.
> 
> After dinner, we may as well walk over to the Free Culture-themed
> event on Illegal Downloading and copyright law scheduled at 8 PM:
> 
> http://cupolitics.org/
> 
> taking place at the Columbia University campus, and partly organized
> by our friends at Free Culture Columbia and in the broader NYC Free
> Culture community.
> 
> After the panel, some of the Free Culture folks might also organize an
> outing at a nearby bar.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
> 
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