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== Evening events ==
 
== Evening events ==
 
*'''Friday night''': [https://waterworksmuseum.org/ Waterworks Museum] Steampunkery (7-11pm) <br> Join us at the Boston Waterworks Museum in the Great Engines Hall from 7-11pm. Light food and drinks will be served, [[:en:Skillz|we will have a DJ]], and tours will be offered throughout the evening. If you would like to dress festively, we’re inspired by steampunk visions of a future where all news is true, environmental terrorists are not welcome, everyone is connected, and masks are plentiful and effective. The only dark lining is when no one cares enough about you to watch your feeds.
 
*'''Friday night''': [https://waterworksmuseum.org/ Waterworks Museum] Steampunkery (7-11pm) <br> Join us at the Boston Waterworks Museum in the Great Engines Hall from 7-11pm. Light food and drinks will be served, [[:en:Skillz|we will have a DJ]], and tours will be offered throughout the evening. If you would like to dress festively, we’re inspired by steampunk visions of a future where all news is true, environmental terrorists are not welcome, everyone is connected, and masks are plentiful and effective. The only dark lining is when no one cares enough about you to watch your feeds.
*'''Saturday nigh'''t: [https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/ MIT Museum](7-11pm)<br> We have the museum to ourselves: explore exhibits with new friends! A cash bar and light snacks will be provided (dinner beforehand in the Stata Center). The museum is a short walk away from Stata (which will remain open until midnight for hacking in the 4th floor R&D Commons space).
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*'''Saturday night''': [https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/ MIT Museum](7-11pm)<br> We have the museum to ourselves: explore exhibits with new friends! A cash bar and light snacks will be provided (dinner beforehand in the Stata Center). The museum is a short walk away from Stata (which will remain open until midnight for hacking in the 4th floor R&D Commons).
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*'''Sunday night''': Stata Center 4th floor game night
 
== NAW Awards brainstorming ==
 
== NAW Awards brainstorming ==
 
* Editing + curation: Best writing, photos + video en route to the conference
 
* Editing + curation: Best writing, photos + video en route to the conference

Revision as of 22:10, 4 November 2019

WikiConference North America 2019 • Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Delicacy exchange

Please bring food or small mementos of your region of North America, to exchange with others.

We will have a table in Stata for regional sweets and snacks. Be delicate!

Hands-on workshops

  • Saturday evening: sockpuppet-making in the 4F Commons
  • All day Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: Unconference + hacking in the 4F Commons
  • Lightning talks: 1 session each, Sat and Sun.
  • Monday lunch: snowy* calvinball outside the Stata amphitheater (BYO ball / gear)

Culture Crawl

  • MFA workshops and tours
  • Library and museum tours around Boston
  • Schedule here

Evening events

  • Friday night: Waterworks Museum Steampunkery (7-11pm)
    Join us at the Boston Waterworks Museum in the Great Engines Hall from 7-11pm. Light food and drinks will be served, we will have a DJ, and tours will be offered throughout the evening. If you would like to dress festively, we’re inspired by steampunk visions of a future where all news is true, environmental terrorists are not welcome, everyone is connected, and masks are plentiful and effective. The only dark lining is when no one cares enough about you to watch your feeds.
  • Saturday night: MIT Museum(7-11pm)
    We have the museum to ourselves: explore exhibits with new friends! A cash bar and light snacks will be provided (dinner beforehand in the Stata Center). The museum is a short walk away from Stata (which will remain open until midnight for hacking in the 4th floor R&D Commons).
  • Sunday night: Stata Center 4th floor game night

NAW Awards brainstorming

  • Editing + curation: Best writing, photos + video en route to the conference
  • High score on Battlefield Wiki
  • Sockmastery: most sockpuppets sewed during the conf
  • Hack to victory: most credible hackathon project
  • Ho, Ho, Hoax: reveal of the longest-lived hoax