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Participation (and pizza and cake!) were free, with more than 60 participants joining us. All were welcome, and we were especially interested in seeing newcomers to join the experienced Wikipedians/Wikimedians. We also hoped for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and
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Add your 5-minute lightning talk topic you can personally present on Sunday afternoon (actual schedule for lightning talks will be determined the day of). Last-minute entries always accepted! We'll also have a vote and a symbolic prize for the "awesomest" lightning
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A Good Place for Newcomers to Start Out. I will present some articles in need of editing grammer, linkages, etc., and we'll go through them together. This will tie in nicely with the workshop below. Can anyone lend me a laptop?
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I'm (hopefully) going to be meeting the dog of my dreams at an adoption event that day. But I second (third?) the point about Westchester meetups - that would make my travel time and investment smaller!
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will be a group discussion and exploration of the many ways in which educational and cultural institutions can collaborate with Knowledge (XXG). The scope is quite broad, covering everything from
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I'm still out. I just came back from a Long Island Christmas Vacation and caught a cold on the way down from my elders. I could try May or June 2010, but I'm not making any promises just yet. ----
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and the 9th anniversary (!) of the founding of the Knowledge (XXG) site. We were especially happy to welcome newcomers and the interested public to the "Knowledge (XXG) world" with this event!
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These haven't worked out with my schedule recently. I'm busy this coming Sunday and I'm going to be occupied for Sunday afternoons all through the spring. Maybe I can make it in the summer.
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classes with the New York Public Library and related CUNY presentations. There will also be some discussion of the future scope of NYC area public education activities.
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Add ideas you will bring for open space and sign up below (actual schedule for open space will be determined the day of). Last-minute entries always accepted!
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will be a group discussion and introductory workshop on how Knowledge (XXG) works, and how to get started writing articles. This is modeled on our
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There was wifi access, and with the log in details given on-site. Projectors were also available for use by the various presenters.
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sessions. The Lightning Talks and Open Space were determined during the event itself, so it was good to bring your ideas with you.
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After talking with Pharos, we will probably have a workshop where we can expand some articles! Post some ideas and references
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at NYU (Washington Square South between Thompson and Laguardia/West Broadway) and the program ran from 1PM - 7PM.
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I would suggest that we also enter the names of the articles you wish to update (along with your username)
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50/50. I'm lucky to have time to take care of the basic biologicals lately, but I'll see what I can do. –
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city photo events, but especially on how we can develop relationships with new partners in diverse areas.
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Oh, come on, you probably have a Metro North stations that takes an hour or less. I know I do.
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project, a non-profit wiki project for organizing arguments/debates and achieving consensuses.
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Check-in and a casual chat opened at 1 PM, with the main schedule going from 1:30PM - 7 PM.
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Growth of WikiProject Gastropods, overall, and what's been happening in the last 6 months.
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Events were held in the large room 802, and also in the smaller twin rooms 804 and 805.
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The following Wikipedians/Wikimedians have expressed a possible interest in attending:
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Possibly; I'm somewhat committed to a party but I may be able to wiggle out--
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from cultural institutions interested in developing Open Education projects.
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Knowledge (XXG) and Your Project: Educational and content partnerships
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Group discussion on biographies of living persons and privacy issues
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Last time school got in the way but hopefully this time it wont!
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I'm on vacation and won't be back until the end of the month. —
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will be a group discussion and exploration of the treatment of
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Depends on academic schedule, but I hope to be able to go.
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Group discussion on educational and content partnerships
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Using MediaWiki for community-driven content projects.
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Welcome to Knowledge (XXG): A tutorial for newcomers
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Index

Knowledge (XXG):Meetup
NYC

meetup page
New York University
Free Culture @ NYU
Wikimedia New York City
eKindling
OLPC
Kimmel Center
Knowledge (XXG) Day
unconference
lightning talks
open space
Session A: Welcome to Knowledge (XXG)
Session B: Knowledge (XXG) and Your Project
Session C: Biographies and Privacy Issues
Session D: Lightning Talks
Knowledge (XXG) at the Library
Knowledge (XXG):School and university projects
Knowledge (XXG) Takes Manhattan
Biographies of living persons
Invertzoo
talk
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Ideagraph
Wikiversity's
AFriedman
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02:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

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