Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/summer 2012

2012 notes of Wikimedia New York City in-person meeting. Date not noted

Attendees

1. Richard
2. Karl
3. Lane
4. Ira New York Brad
5. Shane
6. David Goodman
7. James Hare
8. Joe

Notes

• James joined as representative of Wikimedia DC.
• Richard introduced the concept of a United States Federation of Wikimedia chapters.¬¬
  • Ira asked why there is a need for another organization, and specifically asked if there was a need to separate funding.
  • Richard answered that yes, this is about funding. The US Education, for example, needs its own funding, and perhaps also new chapters such as the Pacific Northwest chapter would also. GLAM people may also want to.
  • The question was raised that if there was an educational organization established then Canada should be included. Everyone agreed.
  • James proposed that Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC each contribute $100
  • David supported collaboration
  • Richard proposed the creation of a North American Wikipedia chapter which would have other Wikimedia groups as members. Supporting this idea
    • Richard
    • David
    • Karl
    • Ira
    • Joe
    • Shane
    • Lane
• Financial management of Wikimedia New York City
• Richard introduced the
  • Funds dissemination committee –
  • Two annual activity reports
  • a request for funds
  • grant application
• There was discussion about how much money we should propose to raise for an annual budget. The suggestion was to target 20,000 for 2013-14.
• Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Richard brought up Wiki Loves Monuments. His proposal was to schedule it for September 15 on Free Software Day. Other organizations are planning events that day, and the proposal was to do a photo scavenger hunt then join the evening events of a software meetup.
  • Richard stated that there is a database of New York City landmarks which ought to be formatted somehow. He had difficulty describing the nature of the work to be done but
• Campus Ambassador program
  • Richard announced the start of the campus ambassador program for the 2012-13 school year.
• Tour of Consumer Reports
• Lane proposed a tour of Consumer Reports and suggested that a weekday is best. David proposed that later in the day is better, and asked for 3-7, and suggested that early October might be best. Lane committed to propose an agenda and possible dates.