Wikimedians and others gather for Wiki-Conference New York
More than 100 Wikipedians and observers attended the New York City Wiki-Conference 2009, held on July 25 and 26 at the New York University School of Law. This was the first regional wikiconference held in the U.S., and there was general agreement that one should be held every year. The conference followed the unconference format, leaving much of the job of determining discussion topics to the conference participants. Pharos reported that the only expense was for the food, as the rooms were donated thanks to the Information Law Institute and assistance from NYU Free Culture.
Video and audio of sessions were recorded by GChriss, Bobguy89, and Tom Maaswinkel, to be posted to the Internet Archive. The whole event was tweeted in real time using the #nywikiconference hash tag.
John Britten from Open Everything organized the open space, which made up half of the conference schedule. John Broughton and O'Reilly Media provided copies of the Wikipedia Reader's Guide for all attendees, and one lucky attendee walked away with a copy of How Wikipedia Works.