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Hi, all,
I've heard a lot of people speaking at the unconference today and sometimes they've given their real name, sometimes their editor name, it's usually been said once, if at all, and quite quickly. It would be great if you could take the sign-up list for the day and add everyone's name that didn't sign up in advance. I'd like to touch base with a few people and it would be nice to have an up-to-date attendee list. Thanks for considering this.
Liz
Read!
Talk!
20:13, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
Where are the 360 degree pix / videos ? Wwwhatsup ( talk) 04:31, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
And, while it's interesting to see photos of the sandwiches, did any of the group photos turn out okay? The photographer seemed too close to the group to get everyone in the frame. Liz Read! Talk! 01:12, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
@ BrillLyle: What do you think of coming up with a succinct bit of text for a small print-out (quarter-page-size or even something like a business card) that could be handed directly to anyone taking pictures. It would include a call to action to upload the photos, a suggestion for a category to put them in, and a link to an upload page. Coming up with a particular category beforehand might justify the IRL equivalent of "templating the regulars" :) Don't know how much of a difference it would make but I wonder how many people take pictures and just don't think to upload them to Commons. I know I've seen a link on the meetup pages, but it's easy to get lost on those pages. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:01, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
There are regularly international requests for photos in New York. Perhaps there should be some board where WM NYC can invite and store these. For now -
I know I have seen other requests. I am not sure how other regional Wikipedia groups manage requests. Perhaps this should be part of the chapter interface? Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:52, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
I just received a mass message regarding the upcoming Black Life Matters edit-a-thon. It occurs to me I'm not quite sure what the process is for creating and sending out these sorts of messages. Practically speaking, I was hoping to either include the Interference Archive ArtAndFeminism event in the message that I'm sure will be sent out regarding the MoMA event, or otherwise to create a separate message. What are the rules/conventions and who are the people to talk to? Pinging Pharos as a likely suspect :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:11, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
I would encourage folks to look at the nominations of potential Wikimedia Foundation board members that our chapter will have a say in, and read over and participate in questions to the candidates. There are two seats to be filled, with ten candidates to fill them, and we will decide our chapter's votes at the upcoming April 13 WikiWednesday. Once we make a decision, we will be able to rank our chapter's overall choices through optional preferential voting, to be counted alongside the choices of the ~40 other chapters eligible to participate in this election.-- Pharos ( talk) 15:27, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Who are the North African "priority" artist subjects for the edit-a-thon? czar 00:28, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
@ Pharos, is the Gugg planning to release images with the edit-a-thon? It'd be nice to have some shots for Draft:Nadia Kaabi-Linke czar 17:35, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Beyond the WikiWednesday community learning night, there is a whole conference going on at NYU focused on MediaWiki during the days of Wednesday-Friday this week: mw:EMWCon Spring 2016.
In talking to the organizers, we've made a deal so any of our chapter members can attend the regular conference at $10/day, which is a steep discount from the regular price. This does not include their fancy restaurant outing on Thursday night (which would be extra), and of course the WikiWednesday night event is free to everyone.
But if you are available during the workday on any of the days from Wednesday-Friday this week, and are even a little interested in the tech infrastructure of MediaWiki, this conference could be for you. Please write to me asap if you'd like to attend during the day on Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday.-- Pharos ( talk) 19:34, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
FYI, if you have broken stuff, or like to fix other people's broken stuff: http://www.fixerscollective.org/-- Pharos ( talk) 15:52, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Please see the post on Commons announcing the NYPL donation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:52, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
The circle of chairs doesn't work well with 40 people in that room. If we get over 30 again we'll have to make rows facing the podium or something. Not that it prevented enjoyment and learning, but. Jim.henderson ( talk) 02:27, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
There is some confusion about the upcoming election.
The general election selects members of the board. Members of the chapter can participate in this election. After that election, perhaps weeks or months in the future, there will be an appointment among the board for named officer positions including "president", "secretary", and so on. In September 2016 there will be an annual meeting of Wikimedia NYC and a general election of officers of the board. The appointment of officers is not scheduled, but it is certain that it will not happen at the annual meeting.
At present, there is not awareness or recognition of in the chapter of officers have no particular power from their position. The by-laws may give some power, but right now, the board operates by consensus and officer positions are distinguished for having more responsibility without getting privileges. At most, the president and treasurer have easier access to bank account records than other officers and the general public, but I am not aware of any secret unpublished chapter information held by any board member or any privilege that any board member gets.
I am also not aware of privileges to board members that are withheld from the general public, other than some sensitive data like access to account passwords and back-end administrative access. In general, the WM NYC board has been a small community organization which operates by consensus. From my perspective, consensus in this community usually follows the wiki-tradition of encouraging people to start their own wiki-projects and seek to collaborate with others so long as others are not disrupted. No board appointment is required for that. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
The following have not been included:
It is not clear to me that these meetups actually took place. A message to User:UtherSRG could not confirm that they took place, either.-- Pharos 19:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I have reserved the astronomy library (Rm 1402) in Pupin Hall for Sunday, January 13. The building isn't open to the public until 2 pm, so maybe we should consider moving the meeting back until 2:30 pm. What do you think? ScienceApologist 17:57, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
It is my intention that this talk page be used a jumping-off point for discussions of future meetups before they have their own articles created.-- Pharos 02:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Wow, been a long time since anyone commented. Tonight I was trying to show our visiting friend user:DanTD how to look up the address of tonight's meeting on a smartphone. It did not go well, partly because of my old eyes and partly because the page, with header, treats tonight's and future meetings roughly equally. Instead, the immediately coming meetup should be on top of all else, in a different color or big font, and with date, time and address. Jim.henderson ( talk) 02:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
@ BrillLyle: I have to ask about your revert with edit summary "we try to keep the box small -- plus these other events are not really WM NYC events". What constitutes "WM NYC events"? I assumed that Wikipedia event in NYC = relevant to WM NYC. If not, shouldn't Interference Archive be removed, too? As well as all of the virtual edit-a-thons (including the duplicate link the revert restored)? What constitutes "small"? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:14, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
I removed a section about officer elections from the meetup page.
I did this to prevent confusing anyone who might think that this election will appoint officers. It will not. The officer appoint is not scheduled yet. If anyone wishes to talk about their intent to volunteer for an officer appointment as part of their campaign platform in this election, then they might. Right now, no campaign statements have been solicited. In the past, the officer election has been a casual affair that included 20-second political speeches from the candidates and nothing more complicated than that. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
This September 2016 meetup will be the annual meeting for Wikimedia New York City and include an election of board members. The election is a casual event. The only published rules for it are in the by-laws of the organization. The election in 2015 is documented on the meeting page for that annual meeting, in case anyone wants to see a past example. While some responsibilities and powers are described for board positions in the by-laws, the custom in the chapter's own organization style is that board activities happen by consensus and take input from anyone in the community. There is no great recognition of anyone on the board having particular power, and to date, the management of the organization has been a casual affair that includes significant influence from both chapter members and the general public. Still, having a board which can come to agreement with itself is a useful way to recognize input from all community stakeholders, and anyone who feels like they can contribute is welcome to stand for election regardless of their background or experience. To stand for election please sign below. Attending the upcoming meeting is useful, as this in-person meeting is the only venue in which candidate statements will be heard. Anyone candidate who is not able to attend in person may send a proxy to read their statement on their behalf. Wikimedia NYC has a local base, and the best candidates will be those who will participate in local conversations. Thanks. As the election coordinator, I will be overseeing the election, trying to maintain a neutral process, and trying to keep the event simple and accessible. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
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Hi, all,
I've heard a lot of people speaking at the unconference today and sometimes they've given their real name, sometimes their editor name, it's usually been said once, if at all, and quite quickly. It would be great if you could take the sign-up list for the day and add everyone's name that didn't sign up in advance. I'd like to touch base with a few people and it would be nice to have an up-to-date attendee list. Thanks for considering this.
Liz
Read!
Talk!
20:13, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
Where are the 360 degree pix / videos ? Wwwhatsup ( talk) 04:31, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
And, while it's interesting to see photos of the sandwiches, did any of the group photos turn out okay? The photographer seemed too close to the group to get everyone in the frame. Liz Read! Talk! 01:12, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
@ BrillLyle: What do you think of coming up with a succinct bit of text for a small print-out (quarter-page-size or even something like a business card) that could be handed directly to anyone taking pictures. It would include a call to action to upload the photos, a suggestion for a category to put them in, and a link to an upload page. Coming up with a particular category beforehand might justify the IRL equivalent of "templating the regulars" :) Don't know how much of a difference it would make but I wonder how many people take pictures and just don't think to upload them to Commons. I know I've seen a link on the meetup pages, but it's easy to get lost on those pages. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:01, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
There are regularly international requests for photos in New York. Perhaps there should be some board where WM NYC can invite and store these. For now -
I know I have seen other requests. I am not sure how other regional Wikipedia groups manage requests. Perhaps this should be part of the chapter interface? Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:52, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
I just received a mass message regarding the upcoming Black Life Matters edit-a-thon. It occurs to me I'm not quite sure what the process is for creating and sending out these sorts of messages. Practically speaking, I was hoping to either include the Interference Archive ArtAndFeminism event in the message that I'm sure will be sent out regarding the MoMA event, or otherwise to create a separate message. What are the rules/conventions and who are the people to talk to? Pinging Pharos as a likely suspect :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:11, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
I would encourage folks to look at the nominations of potential Wikimedia Foundation board members that our chapter will have a say in, and read over and participate in questions to the candidates. There are two seats to be filled, with ten candidates to fill them, and we will decide our chapter's votes at the upcoming April 13 WikiWednesday. Once we make a decision, we will be able to rank our chapter's overall choices through optional preferential voting, to be counted alongside the choices of the ~40 other chapters eligible to participate in this election.-- Pharos ( talk) 15:27, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Who are the North African "priority" artist subjects for the edit-a-thon? czar 00:28, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
@ Pharos, is the Gugg planning to release images with the edit-a-thon? It'd be nice to have some shots for Draft:Nadia Kaabi-Linke czar 17:35, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Beyond the WikiWednesday community learning night, there is a whole conference going on at NYU focused on MediaWiki during the days of Wednesday-Friday this week: mw:EMWCon Spring 2016.
In talking to the organizers, we've made a deal so any of our chapter members can attend the regular conference at $10/day, which is a steep discount from the regular price. This does not include their fancy restaurant outing on Thursday night (which would be extra), and of course the WikiWednesday night event is free to everyone.
But if you are available during the workday on any of the days from Wednesday-Friday this week, and are even a little interested in the tech infrastructure of MediaWiki, this conference could be for you. Please write to me asap if you'd like to attend during the day on Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday.-- Pharos ( talk) 19:34, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
FYI, if you have broken stuff, or like to fix other people's broken stuff: http://www.fixerscollective.org/-- Pharos ( talk) 15:52, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Please see the post on Commons announcing the NYPL donation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:52, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
The circle of chairs doesn't work well with 40 people in that room. If we get over 30 again we'll have to make rows facing the podium or something. Not that it prevented enjoyment and learning, but. Jim.henderson ( talk) 02:27, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
There is some confusion about the upcoming election.
The general election selects members of the board. Members of the chapter can participate in this election. After that election, perhaps weeks or months in the future, there will be an appointment among the board for named officer positions including "president", "secretary", and so on. In September 2016 there will be an annual meeting of Wikimedia NYC and a general election of officers of the board. The appointment of officers is not scheduled, but it is certain that it will not happen at the annual meeting.
At present, there is not awareness or recognition of in the chapter of officers have no particular power from their position. The by-laws may give some power, but right now, the board operates by consensus and officer positions are distinguished for having more responsibility without getting privileges. At most, the president and treasurer have easier access to bank account records than other officers and the general public, but I am not aware of any secret unpublished chapter information held by any board member or any privilege that any board member gets.
I am also not aware of privileges to board members that are withheld from the general public, other than some sensitive data like access to account passwords and back-end administrative access. In general, the WM NYC board has been a small community organization which operates by consensus. From my perspective, consensus in this community usually follows the wiki-tradition of encouraging people to start their own wiki-projects and seek to collaborate with others so long as others are not disrupted. No board appointment is required for that. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
The following have not been included:
It is not clear to me that these meetups actually took place. A message to User:UtherSRG could not confirm that they took place, either.-- Pharos 19:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I have reserved the astronomy library (Rm 1402) in Pupin Hall for Sunday, January 13. The building isn't open to the public until 2 pm, so maybe we should consider moving the meeting back until 2:30 pm. What do you think? ScienceApologist 17:57, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
It is my intention that this talk page be used a jumping-off point for discussions of future meetups before they have their own articles created.-- Pharos 02:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Wow, been a long time since anyone commented. Tonight I was trying to show our visiting friend user:DanTD how to look up the address of tonight's meeting on a smartphone. It did not go well, partly because of my old eyes and partly because the page, with header, treats tonight's and future meetings roughly equally. Instead, the immediately coming meetup should be on top of all else, in a different color or big font, and with date, time and address. Jim.henderson ( talk) 02:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
@ BrillLyle: I have to ask about your revert with edit summary "we try to keep the box small -- plus these other events are not really WM NYC events". What constitutes "WM NYC events"? I assumed that Wikipedia event in NYC = relevant to WM NYC. If not, shouldn't Interference Archive be removed, too? As well as all of the virtual edit-a-thons (including the duplicate link the revert restored)? What constitutes "small"? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:14, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
I removed a section about officer elections from the meetup page.
I did this to prevent confusing anyone who might think that this election will appoint officers. It will not. The officer appoint is not scheduled yet. If anyone wishes to talk about their intent to volunteer for an officer appointment as part of their campaign platform in this election, then they might. Right now, no campaign statements have been solicited. In the past, the officer election has been a casual affair that included 20-second political speeches from the candidates and nothing more complicated than that. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
This September 2016 meetup will be the annual meeting for Wikimedia New York City and include an election of board members. The election is a casual event. The only published rules for it are in the by-laws of the organization. The election in 2015 is documented on the meeting page for that annual meeting, in case anyone wants to see a past example. While some responsibilities and powers are described for board positions in the by-laws, the custom in the chapter's own organization style is that board activities happen by consensus and take input from anyone in the community. There is no great recognition of anyone on the board having particular power, and to date, the management of the organization has been a casual affair that includes significant influence from both chapter members and the general public. Still, having a board which can come to agreement with itself is a useful way to recognize input from all community stakeholders, and anyone who feels like they can contribute is welcome to stand for election regardless of their background or experience. To stand for election please sign below. Attending the upcoming meeting is useful, as this in-person meeting is the only venue in which candidate statements will be heard. Anyone candidate who is not able to attend in person may send a proxy to read their statement on their behalf. Wikimedia NYC has a local base, and the best candidates will be those who will participate in local conversations. Thanks. As the election coordinator, I will be overseeing the election, trying to maintain a neutral process, and trying to keep the event simple and accessible. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)