Wikimedia New York City/State of the Chapter 2011

Giving the Wikimedia NYC "State of the Chapter 2011" in Berlin.

At a Glance and History

• Not just NYC - but the whole surrounding region
• 7 board members
• 20-30 active participants

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• First musings in 2007
• Official chapter and incorporated in 2009
• First major conferences and photo events in 2009

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Educational Workshops

We love newbies, they are delicious...

• New York Area Theological Library Association special session at Princeton Theological Seminary
• Princeton University talk on Improving Wikipedia
• Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors training with Wikimedia Foundation at CUNY LaGuardia
• CUNY LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning Follow-up and How to Edit Wikipedia: Hands-on Workshop
• Newbie Wikipedia Workshop at New Work City coworking; 1 event already, 3 more monthly events planned
• Women's Wiki Workshop with Girls in Tech and other NY Wiki Chics events in pipeline

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Conferences and Special Projects

We get together...

• Most meetups are mini-conferences with long boring agendas and also lively debates on stuff
• 2nd Annual Wiki-Conference NYC with keynoters by Sue Gardner and Clay Shirky
• Wikipedia Day 10th Birthday Bash NYC not our first Wikipedia Day nor our last

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Intern projects that have blossomed...

• Lights Camera Wiki and Wikipedia Video and Education Working Group
• NYCwiki civic resource and Manhattan Borough President's Office

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GLAM

Catch the GLAM fever...

• Helped Brooklyn Museum navigate hazardous copyright ambiguity on licensing images for Wikimedia Commons donation
• Helped hazardous COI ambiguity on museum articles with creative sandboxing
• Wikipedians In Residence likely coming soon for Museum of Modern Art and New York Public Library
• Free Culture Alliance NYC lives!
• GLAMcamp NYC planned at New York Public Library in May
• Sister group Wikimdia DC is awesome, especially in relationship with National Archives and Smithsonian