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The October 2015 NYC WikiWednesday salon and skill-share with the Wikimedia NYC community was held Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

• Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (feel free to come by early as 6, stay later for social hour)
• Location: Babycastles. 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), 2nd Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011 40°44′17.5″N 73°59′54.5″W / 40.738194°N 73.998472°W / 40.738194; -73.998472
• Subway:
  • ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 7th Avenue)
  • ​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  • to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 6th Avenue)
  • ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  • ​​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street - Union Square)
  • ​​ to 14th St. (exit at 14th Street and 8th Avenue)
• Bus: M1, M2, M3, M14A, M14D, X1, X7, X9, X10, X12, X17, X27, X28 buses
• Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
• After the main meeting: Pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery

• Etherpad link

Bring your own ideas!

• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
  • Newcomer's Wiki Workshop!
• 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Review of 2016 budget proposal
• 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Reflection on budget - group discussion - everyone present should speak. Criticism especially welcome!
• 9:00 pm: Maybe watch livestreaming of 'How can you write an open access encyclopedia in a closed access world?' from Wikimedia Foundation offices

Chapter business

2016 budget

• We should have a talk about the money available in the movement, what volunteers can do, what staff can do, and how to address the increasing demand this chapter gets for professionalism, outreach, and services for partner organizations.

Part time positions

Part time positions for several staff considered.

• Project Managers. Projects including Art+Feminism, Architecture+Feminism, AfroCROWD are high profile and already have their own WMF grants to operate. WM NYC would not seek to encroach upon their already successful operation. However, chapter participants should have a discussion about the affiliation between the chapter and the managers of these projects. Managers for these individual projects may be hiring and overseeing their own staff, and to some extent, these projects reflect on this chapter and the international Wikimedia community.
• Outreach Coordinator. Assist with reporting of project outcomes, communication, and scheduling. It has been difficult to automate this. Organizations including the WMF would appreciate the routine reporting of what the Wikimedia community does in affiliation with the chapter. If such a person is hired, they would be the central point of contact for any area project which needs assistance collecting and reporting Wikimedia metrics and reporting outcomes in the channels that the Wikimedia Foundation prefers. The reason why this should be a staff position is that it seems to be a poor use of volunteer time to learn the proprietary and esoteric customs for reporting the odd metrics in the odd ways that are customary in the Wikimedia community. If there could be centralization of this then project managers could spend their time focusing on impact, and learning the required Wikimedia reporting customs would be less of a barrier to participation.
• Videographer. It is proposed to hire an established, professional videographer on 5-8 days in 2016. There would be two types of video days: for big events, this person would attend and make a 3-5 minute mini-documentary about the event. In the other type of event, this person would set up a temporary film studio somewhere - probably in Babycastles where we usually meet - and any WM NYC participate could apply for studio time to make a short video with good video, audio, and the ability to show slides. After the filming day the videographer would do post-production and return videos to be published. The speed of this program will depend on the videographer's time to do post production and WM NYC participants readiness to write scripts, rehearse, and plan their presentations in advance of volunteering to present on camera.

Check in - ongoing projects

• Wiki-classes this semester
  • Race, Ethnicity, Class in Media @ WikiEdu at The New School
  • Haitian Creole in Context @ WikiEdu at NYU
  • Learning Places LIB-ARCH 2205 at New York City College of Technology
• OHNY photo contest - should we hold a follow-up image workshop for the new wiki-photographers?
• AfroCROWD + DAWN @ Brooklyn Public Library
• WikiConference USA report-back
  • Of related possible interest: "Op Ed: WikiConference USA 2015: built on good faith" from Wikipedia Signpost

New projects

• Aphra Behn Society @ Grand Summit Hotel (Summit, NJ)
• Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55 @ MoMA (Tuesday, November 10)
• Architecture event in the South Street Seaport, from 12:00 - 6:00 pm (Saturday, November 14)
• Women in Science editathon @ New York Academy of Sciences (Sunday, November 22)
• Soviet Jewry editathon @ Center for Jewish History (Sunday, November 22)
• WikiWednesday (November) (TBD)
• Art & Law editathon @ School of Visual Arts (Saturday, December 12)
• AfroCROWD editathon @ Brooklyn Public Library (Sunday, December 13)
• Wikipedia Day NYC 2016 - 15th anniversary (January 2016)
• AfroCROWD editathon @ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (February 2016 - part of Black WikiHistory Month)
• Affiliates mailing list

Speakers, workshops and roundtable discussions

Lightning talks

5 minutes; includes other discussions and skill-shares
Sign up here!

• Wikimedia NYC - A to Z project by Wikimedia NYC Secretary BrillLyle (a/k/a Erika) -- looking for feedback / guidance (archival / organizational project)

Likely attendees

• Pharos (talk) 20:02, 7 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• BrillLyle (talk)
• Mozucat (talk) 16:35, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Megs (talk) 17:30, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Aliceba (talk) 18:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Lange.lea (talk) 20:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC) -- I'll be a little late[reply]
• Shanluan (talk) 21:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• DGG ( talk ) 00:52, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:41, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Roman Spinner (talk) 21:34, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Becksguy (talk) 14:56, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• MusikAnimal ^talk 21:18, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Anarchyshake (talk) 21:46, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Thebriggs (talk)16:31, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• GregoryBenjamin (talk) 16:36, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Jim.henderson (talk) 19:40, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Sprucegrouse (talk)

Possible attendees

• — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:36, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• I have a conflicting work-related event at 5:30, but hope it will end early enough to make at least part of this meeting. I'm sorry you all haven't seen much of me lately. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:41, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Netherzone (talk) 02:02, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets

• kosboot (talk) 16:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)(got a conflict that night)[reply]
• Still stuck in Florida, and dealing with my broken wrist too. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 19:02, 22 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• I'd love to be there, but I teach on Wednesdays this semester! Fashionethics (talk) 23:12, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• DGG ( talk ) 21:07, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Caught a cold. ResMar 03:53, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comments / feedback / suggestions about food and/or for food selection? Please let us know!

• It'll probably be Mediterranean food this month, if that's okay with folks
  • The Hummus & Pita Co , 6th Avenue: 585 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 212-510-7405 menu, catering Middle Eastern
• Next time if kosboot is coming we can try for the Trader Joe's run, to incorporate Kosher food
• Please feel free to voice preferences, feedback, etc.!

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