<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Not the first year we've attended and streamed WikiPediaDay NYC - see <a href="http://livestre.am/4m0fB">2013</a>, <a href="https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc15">2015</a>, and <a href="https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc16">2016</a>. It's always a popular event, and interesting to get insights to the various behind the scenes aspects of running the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Largest_encyclopedia">World's Largest Encyclopedia</a>. Which is always growing and adapting, as reflected in the range of plenary sessions at Sunday's gathering. It's not too late to register to go to the Ace Hotel - the food is bound to be good! Or sit back and watch online. Note that Tim Wu is on the Post-Truth Panel at 2pm.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div class="m_6211156247028473611subscription-body-tag"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "On Sunday January 15, 2017 Wikimedia NYC will celebrate Wikipedia's 16th Birthday with its annual WikiDay Conference,  supported by the Free Culture Alliance NYC (including ISOC-NY). This year's event will be at the Ace Hotel NYC,and include topics such a" </span><table class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-body" style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden"><table class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-wrapper" style="width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:100%;background-color:#43a4d0;height:8px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6211156247028473611the-post" valign="top"><div class="m_6211156247028473611post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc2017"><img class="m_6211156247028473611size-full m_6211156247028473611wp-image-8911" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wikiday2017_170x255.png" alt="livestream" border="0"></a>On <strong>Sunday January 15, 2017 <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City">Wikimedia NYC</a></strong> will celebrate <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day">Wikipedia's 16th Birthday</a></strong> with its annual <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/wikiday16">WikiDay Conference</a></strong>,  supported by the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_Alliance_NYC">Free Culture Alliance NYC</a></strong> (including ISOC-NY). This year's event will be at the <strong>Ace Hotel NYC</strong>,and include topics such as Wikidata, Education & Editathons, Lightning Talks, etc. etc. <strong>Attendance is free</strong>. <strong>Food will be provided</strong>. There will also be a <strong>livestream</strong> via the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc2016">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2017">Wikipedia Day 16th Birthday Bash NYC</a><br> Where: Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th Street NYC<br> When: Sunday, January 15, 2017 10:00 am – 6:30 pm EST (UTC-5)<br> Register: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/wikiday16">http://bit.ly/wikiday16</a><br> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc2017/">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc2017/</a><br> Twitter: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wikipedia16">#Wikipedia16</a></strong></p></div><p class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#666;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;width:auto;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:0em;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-left:0"> </p><table class="m_6211156247028473611auto-width" style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;background-color:#2585b2;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0;white-space:nowrap" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8910#respond">Comment</a></td><td>   <a class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-action-link" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8910#comments">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:100%;background-color:#efefef;text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #ddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-content" style="border-top:1px solid #f3f3f3;color:#888;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px 0px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8910">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8910</a><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_6211156247028473611subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:100%;background-color:#43a4d0;height:3px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=8910&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0"></div></div><div><br><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="gmail_signature"> </div></div><br clear="all"></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a>          </span>218 565 9365</div></div></div>
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