September 2016
Wikimedia NYC WikiWednesday

When and Where
Date	Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Time	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Address	Babycastles 137 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) 2nd Floor
City, State	New York City, New York 10011

The September 2016 NYC WikiWednesday salon and skill-share with the Wikimedia NYC community was held Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

This event included the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting and board elections.

• Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2016
• Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Location: Babycastles. 145 W 14th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), Basement level, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011

40°44′18″N 73°59′55.6″W / 40.73833°N 73.998778°W / 40.73833; -73.998778

• 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
• Accessibility: Let us know if we should set up the manual elevator for this meetup.
• Hashtag: #WikiWednesday
• After the main meeting: Food and refreshments and video games in the gallery
• Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup
• Etherpad: WikiWed-2016-09

Bring your own ideas!

• 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Introductions for visitors
  • Newcomer's Wiki Workshop!
• 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Meeting, Part I (roundtable on ongoing projects)
• 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Meeting, Part II (new project proposals and ideas) -- VOTING

See also WM NYC Elections page

Please read this Summary by Lane

• Requirement to be a candidate for the Wikimedia NYC Board is annual membership, which is $5
• If you will be at WikiWednesday, please prepare a 3 sentence introduction to share about yourself
  • 3 sentence introduction can include:
    • Name
    • User name
    • Wikipedia / Wikimedia project interests
    • Why you would like to be part of the leadership and any goals or projects you are interested in working on
• If you are unable to attend WikiWednesday, please select a proxy who can share your 3 sentence introduction about yourself
• Candidates with the most votes will be selected for the 12 available Board positions
• Selection of officers happens at a later time, within 3 weeks of the WikiWednesday, as agreed upon by the Board

Add your name below if you'd like to be a candidate! (see description of election process above and on the Talk page)

1. Becksguy (talk) 15:58, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
2. BrillLyle (talk) 16:09, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
3. Mozucat (talk) 19:08, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
4. DGG ( talk ) 05:02, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
5. Megs (talk) 17:42, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
6. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:34, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
7. kosboot (talk) 21:08, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
8. sheridanford (talk) 02:32, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
9. Pharos (talk) 20:31, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
10. ɱ (talk) · 21:09, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
11. Lange.lea (talk) 11:52, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
12. Aliceba (talk) 21:01, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
13. Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:57, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
14. Mohamed Udhuman (talk) 1:19, 11 September 2016 (UTC) Also: Mohamed Udhuman
15. Charlie Meyers (talk) 3:53, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
16. DrX (talk) 20:32, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The period for self nominations to have name appear on printed ballots is closed.
This is to allow time to print the ballots with the above 16 names. There are spaces for write-in candidates on the paper ballot.

In accordance with the bylaws of Wikimedia NYC, officers (i.e. President, Treasurer, etc.) are selected by the Board, following its appointment.

I was appointed election officer for this election.

Pre-printed ballots were provided listing everyone who had nominated themselves as candidates until the morning of the election. Dues-paying members of Wikimedia NYC were invited to take a ballot. There was an opportunity for those present to pay $5 to become a member. Immediately before the election there was a call for anyone present to nominate themselves as a candidate. No one did this. All candidates were invited to give statements. All candidates were physically present except SheridanFord, Aliceba, Mohamedudhuman05, and Doctorxgc. All of these candidates had a proxy speak on their behalf. There was a call for questions or comments. After this, the voting began. When everyone had voted I collected the ballots and counted the votes. All votes came from members in attendance and there were no proxy votes. 30 people were present. This number included eligible voters who declined to vote, and their blank ballots were not counted. There were 22 votes. All completed ballots were valid. I did not vote myself. The candidates with the most votes were as follows:

1. Becksguy
2. BrillLyle
3. Mozucat
4. DGG
5. Megs
6. Jim.henderson
7. kosboot
8. Pharos
9. Lange.lea
10. Aliceba
11. Newyorkbrad
12. DrX

These candidates are now board officers of Wikimedia NYC serving a one-year term. There were no objections raised to the election process or to the outcome of the election at the event. After the election, it was proposed that officer positions from last term carry over until the board meets to vote again for officers. Thanks for candidates for volunteer to serve on the board and thanks to everyone who voted. Blue Rasberry (talk) 02:00, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Recent edit-a-thons

• AfroCROWD Artists of the African Diaspora @ MoCADA’s Soul of Brooklyn Fest
• Council on Foreign Relations: Women and Foreign Policy Editathon

• Wiki-classes this semester
• Report back: Wikipedia + Libraries
• Committee selection has begun. Please join a committee! You don't have to be on the board or in the leadership to be on a committee!
  • Action items & next steps
  • Slack or email for communication?

Upcoming events

• AfroCROWD New York Black Librarians Caucus Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ Brooklyn Public Library. Sunday, October 2, 2016
• WikiConference North America 2016 in San Diego. October 7-10, 2016 – WM NYC is a sponsor
• Open House New York (OHNY) Photo Competition. Saturday & Sunday, October 15-16, 2016
• CommonsLab @ NYU - Wikipedia @ Open House New York Weekend photo scavenger hunt wrapup and hackathon, Sunday, October 16, 2016
• Wikipedia and Psychology @ Fordham University - presentation and workshop, Wednesday October 26, 2016
• Asian Art Edit-a-thon @ Guggenheim. Thursday, November 10, 2016
• Second Annual Women-In-Science Edit-a-thon @ New York Academy of Sciences. Saturday, November 12, 2016
• Asian Americans for Equality Edit-a-thon. November TBD, 2016
• Grey Literature Edit-a-thon @ New York Academy of Medicine. Thursday, December 1, 2016

Events in planning stages

• New York Textile Month edit-a-thon @ Fashion Institute of Technology. Tuesday & Thursday, September 27 + 29, 2016
• NARA Edit-a-thon @ Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. October TBD
• WikiWednesday (October) @ Babycastles. Wednesday, October TBD
• WikiArte @ MoMA. Saturday, October 22, 2016
• WikiWednesday (November) @ Babycastles. Wednesday, November TBD
• WikiWednesday (December) @ Babycastles. Wednesday, December TBD
• Wikipedia and Food @ Mount Pleasant Public Library Wednesday, 11 January, 2017. Westchester County, not NYC!

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

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

• Moaz Vegetarian - menu

• Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
• Wikimedia New York City
• Free Culture Alliance NYC

1.  sheridanford (talk) 23:06, 14 September 2016 (UTC). Wish I could be there! What is the recurring meeting schedule? The 2nd or is it the third Wed of each month?[reply]

1. czar 18:49, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
2. Very short notice. Bearian (talk) 17:51, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1. Roman Spinner (talk) 04:05, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
2. BrillLyle (talk) 03:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
3. Mozucat (talk) 15:31, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
4. Becksguy (talk) 11:53, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
5. Aude (talk) 02:09, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
6. Pharos (talk) 19:41, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
7. Lange.lea (talk) 11:51, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
8. TrMendenhall (talk) 17:46, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
9. Lizkarg (talk) 19:57, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
10. Jim.henderson (talk) 22:28, 7 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
11. Readingwearingrocking (talk) 20:31, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
12. Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:26, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
13. Mohamed Udhuman (talk)
14. ɱ (talk) 22:55, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
15. Dispenser (User talk:Dispenser) 15:03, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
16. kosboot (talk) 13:21, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
17. Mohamedudhuman05 (talk) 16:15, 13 September 2016 (UTC) Hi i am Mohamed Udhuman[reply]
18. BlaueBlüte (talk) 16:46, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
19. DGG ( talk ) 16:58, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
20. Shanluan (talk)
21. Jeremyb (talk) 00:21, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]