Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference/2009

WP:WCNY

The 1st Wiki-Conference New York will be held over the weekend of July 25-26 2009 (confirmed!) at New York University, and hosted by Free Culture @ NYU and Wikimedia New York City.

The location for the conference is Vanderbilt Hall, part of NYU law school, in the Village. This hall is opposite the southwest corner of Washington Square Park. For a map see [1], where Vanderbilt Hall is marked as number 1.

Plans are still gestating, and more schedule details should appear soon; participants are encouraged to give your own ideas for topic sessions. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will be giving Saturday's keynote, and Ira Brad Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) will be giving Sunday's keynote.

You can register for the Wiki-Conference here—which can also be linked as bit.ly/wikiny.

Event format

Vanderbilt Hall, 2nd Floor
Rooms 202, 208, 210, 220
_ _ \| \| \| \| 220 \| \| 202 \| \| \| \|_______\| \| 208 \| _______ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| stair \| \| 210 \|_\| \|_\|

There will be 2 days of events, held over a weekend in meeting rooms in Vanderbilt Hall at the New York University School of Law; check-in and a casual chat will be open at 9AM each morning, with the official schedule starting at 10 AM.

Participation will be free, with room for ~150 participants, who should bring a photo ID for the door. All are welcome, but active Wikipedians/Wikimedians are especially invited to join us. We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from cultural institutions interested in developing Open Education projects.

The event will be a modified unconference, with dedicated panel discussions (organized on this wiki), lightning talks to the whole assembly, two keynotes, and of course open space sessions. The Panels are now finalized; the Lightning Talks and Open Space will be determined during the event itself, so it will be good to bring your ideas with you.

There is wifi access, and we will give you the log in details on-site. Projectors will also be available for use by the various presenters.

The Keynotes, the Panels and the Lightning Talks will be video-recorded (but not the Open Space). If you have concerns about privacy let us know, and we will edit your Lightning Talk accordingly.

Event coordinators: Pharos (general), Reagle (panels), Johndbritton (open space and lightning talks).

Schedule of sessions (tentative)

Saturday, July 25
Morning
09:00-09:55	Registration, hanging out
10:00-10:15	Intro Remarks
10:15-10:45	1st Day Keynote: Jimmy Wales
10:45-11:00	Intro to Open Space
11:10-11:40	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
11:50-12:20	Open Space	Nina Paley : art as free culture		Open Space
Lunch & video showing
1:00-2:30	Lightning Talks
2:30-4:00	Panel A-1 Mapping in MediaWiki		Panel B-1 Quality and Governance
4:00-5:30	Panel A-2 Chapters and Outreach		Panel B-2 Collaboration and WikiProjects
Dinner
6:10-6:40	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
6:50-7:20	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
7:30-8:00	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
Party (After-hours discussion and bonus sessions at NYU until 11)

Sunday, July 26
Morning
09:00-09:55	Registration, bagel dunking
10:00-10:15	Intro Remarks
10:15-10:45	2nd Day Keynote: Ira Brad Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad)
10:45-12:15	Panel A-3 Neutrality and Activism
12:30-1:00	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space	Open Space
Picnic in Central Park (until 8)

Panels

Panels are an opportunity to gather participants speaking on a related topic and discuss it in more detail than permitted by a lightning talk. However, we still want engaging and dynamic presentations. Panels last approximately 90 minutes; we recommend single presentations last ~10-15 minutes and that plenty of time be left for discussion.

Participants are encouraged to link to their presentations or abstract, to discuss/organize their panel before hand, and to find a moderator who can keep them on time.

Panel A-1: Mapping in MediaWiki

Aude - OpenStreetMap integration with Wikipedia
Yaron Koren - Mapping with Semantic MediaWiki - mapping data with Google Maps, Google Earth, Yahoo! Maps and OpenLayers, using the new Semantic Maps extension
Dan Thomas - toward GeoWiki: a fresh look at conducting projects using mediawiki, semantic model & GIS

Panel B-1: Quality and Governance

MBisanz ^talk and DGG (talk) 03:42, 12 June 2009 (UTC) Earlier (and comparative) efforts at governance. 22:05, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stu ^(aeiou)_{I'm Researching Wikipedia} Algorithmic Governance: The Social Roles of Bots and Assisted Editing Tools
Abd (talk) 13:08, 25 June 2009 (UTC) Scalable fractal cooperative advisory structure, informal (exists) or formal (proposed).[reply]

Panel A-2: Chapters and Outreach

Pharos - chapters, photo contests, museums, libraries
Mitchazenia - photo contests & events, future events
+sj + - universities, research institutes
Whiteknight (books) (page) - Chapters committee and international activities
Phoebe - libraries and Wikimedia

Panel B-2: Collaboration and WikiProjects

GreenReaper - When, why and how to start a WikiProject (or a separate wiki); finding and supporting project members; the importance of focus.
Clockwork Soul, The Stages of a WikiProject's Life (or How To Keep Your Project Alive). Every project passes through a number of developmental phases as it matures, each with its own management needs.
Invertzoo - I will talk about how WikiProject Gastropods was started and how it grew collaboratively, especially how it has changed and grown over the last 2 years. (I also want to touch on the issue of intelligibility (of science and math articles) to the non-specialist reader, and mention that taxoboxes will have to adapt and evolve radically in the age of cladistics.)
Ed Poor - I can report on Rev. Moon's New World Encyclopedia, for which I provided much technical help (e.g., MediaWiki user training). It's probably the most expensive fork to date.
- A suggestion of /someone from Intellipedia, founders of significant WP forks, someone from a non-MW wikicity, pbwiki or jot/ made by User:Sj

Panel A-3: Neutrality and Activism

In this panel we will discuss the principles and practice of Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy. What is it, what are its benefits, and how might it be abused?

Moderator: Phoebe
David Shankbone, What is neutrality? What is NPOV in images? The difficulty with conceptions of truth, its relationship to neutrality and the wisdom of "Verifiability, not truth".
Ed Poor, The Limits of Neutrality. How have activists have paid lip service to neutrality while actually pushing their POV?
Joseph Reagle, Responses to Common NPOV Criticisms. How might one respond to NPOV criticism and complaints of naiveté, bias, and abuse?
Ragesoss, Activism and Neutrality (Draft). How Wikipedia editing can be both activism for a cause you believe in and mesh with the community norms and institutional goals of the project; NPOV as a rhetorical strategy for achieving social change ; WMF institutional activism and what it means for the community.

Open Space

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!

~~Wiki Off Wiki - The Pros and Cons of Off-Site discussion of Wikipedia - Meetare Shappy ^Cunkelfratz! 19:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)~~[reply]
Wikimedia United States Chapters Council meeting session--Pharos (talk) 23:46, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Creative Commons, GFDL, and the license migration. Kaldari (talk) 23:18, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Happy to help with this as I work for Creative Commons and have been closely following the licensing migration over the last couple of years. FBenenson (talk) 17:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm interested in being part of this one also! Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 22:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Steering Communities of Practice - Johndbritton (talk) 02:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wiki Workshops specialized for interested people in cultural, educational and/or academic fields.--Pharos (talk) 17:24, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Communication and OTRS Workshop - Bastique ^demandez
Notability: Big-endian vs. Little-endian. Should we try to include as much as possible in Wikipedia or limit ourselves to just encyclopedic knowledge? RoyGoldsmith (talk) 14:38, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Wherever you draw the line, you're going to end up cutting some material. Wikipedians wishing to keep it should take the initiative and start their own wiki (another topic?). GreenReaper (talk) 18:25, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The idea is to show how broad the topic and opinions are, not to come to any conclusions. It's intended especially for WP newcomers; to introduce them to the wide spectrum of different attitudes on this issue from the user community. RoyGoldsmith (talk) 11:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I love it! 'A neutral review of deletionism, inclusionism, and eventualism' hopefully with illustrations from the meta wikipedian groups dedicated to a dozen related povs. To GreenReaper's point, my test-world Wikipedia never throws anything out; and MediaWiki itself is pretty good about not 'cutting' almost any material, for the right definition of cutting. So we have the chance to be very accepting of all knowledge, while still providing a high-signal result of 'knowledge that you were looking for' when you go looking for something. +sj + 14:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Libraries & Wikimedia -- Phoebe and DGG
Priorities for non-Wikipedia projects: future planning +sj + 14:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Public Interest vs. Privacy: Offering subjects a right to leave - GreenReaper (talk) 20:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia and Online Health --Chicagolive (talk) 13:24, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
An overview of Semantic MediaWiki. Yaron K. (talk) 17:08, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd love to talk more about this, especially about the possibility of a para-SMW Wikipedia. Fred Benenson (talk) 20:34, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Please sign up here!

Lightning Talks

Add your 5-minute lightning talk topic you can personally present on Saturday 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 talk.

Ragesoss - "The Wikipedia Gender Gap: Why We Have It and How It Hurts Us" - draft
+sj + - "Systemic Bias, Year 6. Middle Earth v. Middle Africa in the age of Twitter"
GreenReaper - "Making MediaWiki Fly; or, How to Run Ten Wikis on a Shoestring"
WikiPaths - "Demo of a Wikipedia scavenger hunt game"
Agradman ^talk/_contribs My school project: Getting lawyers and law students to rely on (improve) Wikipedia
Phoebe and Ragesoss - "Keeping up with the community: Or, how to write for the Signpost"
J.delanoy - "A fool's guide to using Huggle accurately and effectively"
Mitch/HC32 - "The 1993 Effect: Ageism in Today's Wikipedia"
WEBrawer- "Connecting Green Map's locally-led Global Movement"
DGG (talk) Teaching Wikipedia
Risker - "Arbcom: Not just the fun-loving cabal everyone thinks we are" (A review of the Arbitration Committee's activities in the past six months)
Phoebe -- "the Wikimedia Foundation's Strategic Planning initiative -- what's going on, and how you can help"
WNYC's Brian Lehrer - giving a presentation on Crowdsourcing and the BL Show's other innovative approaches
user:Mike01Wiki -- "using wiki's to improve public health outcomes for neighborhoods"
Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) - A few topic ideas: Everything You Wanted To Know About Patents & Free Culture in 5 Minutes or Less, Is English Wikipedia Ungovernable?, what WMF has been up to.
- I vote for all three.--ragesoss (talk) 03:11, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hogmanay and friend - a bilingual team's effort to improve the article on the Chinese poet Xin Qiji
TheDevilOnLine (talk) - Do the wave... ... ...
Daniel Case "Replaceable Fair Use Disputed: The Implications of the National Portrait Gallery Incident For Wikipedia And Free Content"
- Please sign up here!

Regional initiative

Wikimedia New York City is the 1st Wikimedia chapter in North America, and has adopted a sub-national model more suited to the region's population distribution, different from most of the international chapters. Though based in the city, Wikimedia New York City's region also covers neighboring parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, with subgroups currently organizing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Hartford, Connecticut. There has also been some discussion of extending this effort to the other Northeastern urban centers of Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, DC.

It is hoped that meetings here can also spur efforts to further new sub-national Wikimedia chapters throughout the United States (see Wikimedia United States Chapters Council), and possibly in Canada as well. So, it is hoped that we can attract a good representation from aspirant chapters from all over North America.

Picnic, extra-curricular and accommodations

Not only will this be our 1st 'Wiki-Conference New York', but it will be our 3rd annual 'WikNYC Picnic'; after 2007 in Central Park and 2008 in Prospect Park. This year will feature a return to tradition as we take the WikNYC back to the southwest corner of the Great Lawn of Central Park.

We'll be having food brought in (pizza etc) for the informal lunches and dinners at NYU.

For accommodations, those on a limited budget might look at a nearby hostel and we will also look at a couchsurfing system — if you can offer a place to stay, please leave a note. There is also HI hostel uptown. Look here for YMCAs. (Three in Manhattan; closest at E 47th St.) There will also be some informal outside touristy activities planned with the participants.

Leading up to the wiki-conference there are a pair of short Wikipedia at the Library classes at the NYPL to teach normal library-goers about using Wikipedia. Help promote those events as well -- the more popular they are, the more space there will be for them in the future.

Keep me notified! and registration

You can sign up for the Wiki-Conference at the off-wiki registration here.

The following Wikipedians/Wikimedians have expressed a possible interest in attending:

Pharos (talk) 17:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
{{User:|Ojay123}}
Reagle (talk) 11:01, 4 May 2009 (UTC) (beyond attending, is there a list/wiki for organizing?)[reply]
- We're going to use the Free Culture @ NYU Discuss list, so folks interested in organizing should join that.--Pharos (talk) 17:37, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Robert Greer (talk) 18:17, 4 May 2009 (UTC)~~ cannot attend[reply]
+sj + 20:05, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
(Salmon1 (talk) 23:22, 4 May 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Cbrown1023 talk 21:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ed Poor (talk) I'd like to give a talk on "The limits of neutrality". 18:27, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Ed, would you be interested doing a panel on the topic if we rope in a few more people? We've had interested discussions about this topic in the past :) --Reagle (talk) 11:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  Yes - see talk. --Uncle Ed (talk) 04:11, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Rex Manning (talk) 04:09, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
3 1/2 years of Mitch 32 23:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
phoebe / (talk to me) 17:09, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Invertzoo (talk) 00:19, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
JoshuaZ (talk) 01:40, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
seattlenate (talk)
Meetare Shappy ^Cunkelfratz!
BounceAlign (talk) 20:08, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Mozucat (talk) 17:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 19:01, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
--Aude (talk) 22:52, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Kirill ^[talk] [pf] 03:12, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Dank (push to talk) 22:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
--chaser (talk) 23:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Steven Walling (talk) 07:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
ike9898 (talk) 13:54, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
—Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 15:19, 2 June 2009 (UTC) – I feel bad that my whole talk page is filled with invitations to NYC meetups.[reply]
Daniel Case (talk) 04:46, 3 June 2009 (UTC) Ex officio.[reply]
Enigma^msg 05:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Newyorkbrad (talk) 13:55, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
User:LamaLoLeshLa
depends on the final dates as I'll be traveling a good portion of July StarM 22:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~BusterD (talk) 23:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)~~ Family event out of town this weekend. BusterD (talk) 00:36, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
ragesoss (talk) 00:23, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I totally thought I'd already put my name here. Austin Hair ✍ ✉ 02:15, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Izno (talk) 06:31, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
DGG (talk) 16:07, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
--~~Frank Schulenburg (talk) 18:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)~~ Frank will not be attending, I will be there instead from foundation staff. Bastique ^demandez 16:38, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
-- John Broughton (♫♫) 00:30, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Jim.henderson (talk) 00:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Andre (talk) 18:09, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
-- Y not? 19:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~KenWalker~~ ~~Interested, not sure if I can make it. Accommodation suggestions?~~ --KenWalker | Talk 03:30, 11 June 2009 (UTC) --can't make it[reply]
Ktsquare (talk) 04:53, 11 June 2009 (UTC), interested, not sure if I can make it.[reply]
>David Shankbone 20:20, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
EdJohnston (talk) 20:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
DCDuring (talk) 00:47, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
–Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:25, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I might actually be able to make it to NY for this. Would love to come if I can. ^demon^{[omg plz]} 14:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC) Can't make it after all. ^demon^{[omg plz]} 14:11, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nakon 16:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
dm (talk) 09:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bearian (talk) 14:50, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
—harej (talk) 18:49, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
GreenReaper (talk) 05:15, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
johndbritton (talk) 02:08, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Jd2718 (talk) 02:25, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Becksguy (talk) 18:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
MBisanz ^talk 18:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Irunongames • play 20:29, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Whiteknight (books) (page) 01:05, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
PbakerODU (talk) 17:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Gary King (talk) 14:34, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
tglaisyer - Hope to participate.
Agradman ^{appreciates civility}/_{makes occasional mistakes} 21:13, 19 June 2009 (UTC) btw, at my law school I am creating a club & an external wiki to encourage my classmates to assimilate their notes & readings into Wikipedia; I'm looking for folks who can help me get this project off the ground, and/or seed it at other schools[reply]
Nightscream (talk) 22:58, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stu ^(aeiou)_{I'm Researching Wikipedia} 18:25, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sswonk (talk) 00:42, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
i will defintly try and be there. Bud0011 (talk) 01:38, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Vegavairbob (talk) 04:56, 25 June 2009 (UTC) I can attend on Sunday.[reply]
Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 06:43, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Kafka Liz (talk) 12:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC) Possibly. We'll see.~~No longer possible. :/ Kafka Liz (talk) 11:04, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Abd (talk) 13:04, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
umrguy 42 17:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC) It's an outside chance, as I'm not closer, but maybe.[reply]
Modernist (talk) 01:24, 28 June 2009 (UTC) Thinking about it.[reply]
girl2k (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2009 (UCT)
I'll be around for stuff on Sunday or late Saturday night for the usual reason. —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 02:13, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
--Bastique ^demandez 20:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
GChriss <always listening><c> 23:40, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Kfogel <talk><contribs> 22:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
GlassCobra 06:46, 3 July 2009 (UTC) I'd love to come if my schedule allows![reply]
Clockwork Soul 19:10, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Interested, but still not sure if I can make it. EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)~~ Interested, but can't make it. Maybe if there's one next year... EVula // talk // ☯ // 05:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
ShamWow Don't know if I'm "wikipedia savvy"" enough to fully understand what's going on but I do edit a fair bit and would like to know more. Somebody please inform me if this event would be of use to me.
- Come along! This event is for everyone, from total novice to expert, and everything in between.--Pharos (talk) 00:37, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - You'll benefit in many ways from mere mental stimulation to getting new ideas to social networking to getting actual technical knowledge from others to who knows what. Conferences are times and places to make and mix and make more new ideas and to mutually inspire and motivate. Have fun! richardc020 (talk) 04:15, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yaron K. (talk) 19:05, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to make the arrangements so I can attend.Esoteric Rogue (talk) 21:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nbauman (talk) 00:20, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wasted Time R (talk) 12:32, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Antony-22 (talk) 21:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
--Marozols (talk) 20:53, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Pastor Theo Sunday is no-go, but I can possibly make the trip in for Saturday.
Somanyrobots (talk) 19:30, 15 July 2009 (UTC) Maybe on both? I'm down in New Haven, but could maybe make it in for both/either days. Also might be interested in helping (I helped w/ tech for the OVC at NYU last month)[reply]
J.delanoy ^gabs _adds 02:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 04:02, 17 July 2009 (UTC) I might be able to make it Saturday, and can probably make it Sunday.[reply]
Barring some unforeseen business in my schedule, I think I can make it on Saturday. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 20:45, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
User:Seeright I can definitely go Sunday, hopefully Saturday also.
Risker (talk) 04:45, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thingg^⊕^⊗ 02:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Rob T Firefly (talk) 07:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC) - I shall do my best to attend.[reply]
Small chance I might come Sunday. Chutznik (talk) 02:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~A definite "probably" to both days. Need to double check how my schedule meshes with the train schedules, but if I come I can probably help as a marshal, too.~~ keɪɑtɪk flʌfi (talk) 18:32, 23 July 2009 (UTC) Yep, I'll be there. Aiming to arrive between 8 and 8:30, so I'll add myself to the marshal list, too.[reply]
Yes for Sat & Sun. --TMH (talk) 18:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marshals: I'll help

If you'd be interested in helping as a conference marshal, please sign up here. While this is an unconference, we'll need help with registration/welcoming (e.g., name tags), coordinating logistics (e.g., lunch), passing messages, and helping with technical issues. We will be meeting at 8:30 AM Saturday morning at NYU.