<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">​Tonight! Whether experienced wikipedian or total newbie, these WikiWed sessions are well worth attending.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br><table style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(213,220,235);border:1px solid rgb(104,129,185);margin:0.5em;padding:0.5em;border-radius:8px"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="font-size:21px;padding:0.4em">Wednesday May 23, 7pm:<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC</a></th></tr><tr><td style="padding-left:0.6em"><div class="gmail-floatright" style="clear:right;float:right;margin:0px 0px 0.5em 0.5em"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_NYC_presentation_-_WikiPhotography_at_WikiWednesday_July_2015_3_crop.jpg" class="gmail-image" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><img alt="Wikimedia NYC presentation - WikiPhotography at WikiWednesday July 2015 3 crop.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Wikimedia_NYC_presentation_-_WikiPhotography_at_WikiWednesday_July_2015_3_crop.jpg/200px-Wikimedia_NYC_presentation_-_WikiPhotography_at_WikiWednesday_July_2015_3_crop.jpg" width="200" height="69" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"></a></div><div class="gmail-floatright" style="clear:right;float:right;margin:0px 0px 0.5em 0.5em"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_New_York_City_logo.svg" class="gmail-image" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><img alt="Wikimedia New York City logo.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Wikimedia_New_York_City_logo.svg/200px-Wikimedia_New_York_City_logo.svg.png" width="200" height="206" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"></a></div><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">You are invited to join the<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About" title="Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/About" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Wikimedia NYC</a><span> </span>community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(gathering)" title="Salon (gathering)" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">salon</a><span> </span>(7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external gmail-text" href="http://babycastles.com/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,51,102);background-color:initial;padding-right:13px">Babycastles</a><span> </span>gallery by 14th Street /<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square,_Manhattan" title="Union Square, Manhattan" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Union Square</a><span> </span>in Manhattan.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Wikipedia editors and new participants.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit-a-thon" title="Edit-a-thon" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit-a-thons</a>, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">We welcome the participation of our friends from the<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_culture_movement" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Free culture movement" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Free Culture</a><span> </span>movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery!</p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;margin:0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Wednesday May 23<span> </span><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC</a><span> </span>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018#Sign_up" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">RSVP on-wiki</a><span> </span>or<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external gmail-text" href="http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,51,102);background-color:initial;padding-right:13px">at meetup.com</a>)</b>.</li></ul><dl style="margin-top:0.2em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><dd style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 1.6em"><dl style="margin-top:0.2em;margin-bottom:0.5em"><dd style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 1.6em"><i>7:00pm - 9:00 pm at<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external gmail-text" href="http://babycastles.com/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(102,51,102);background-color:initial;padding-right:13px">Babycastles</a><span> </span>gallery, 145 West 14th Street</i></dd><dd style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.4em 1.6em"><i>(note the new address, a couple of doors down from the former Babycastles location)</i></dd></dl></dd></dl><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit">We especially encourage folks to add your<span> </span><big><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018#Lightning_talks" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/May-2018" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">5-minute lightning talks</a></big><span> </span>to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pharos" title="User:Pharos" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Pharos</a><span> </span>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pharos" title="User talk:Pharos" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">talk</a><span class="gmail-before-localcomments">)<span> </span></span><span class="gmail-localcomments" title="03:13, 23 May 2018 (UTC)" style="font-size:13.3px;white-space:nowrap">11:13 pm, Yesterday (UTC−4)</span><span class="gmail-after-localcomments"></span></p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit"><big><b>P.S. You are also invited to<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/2018-05_Action%3DHistory" title="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Action = History: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Asian American Literature</a><span> </span>on Sunday May 27!</b></big></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">

<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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