==Summary==
Please provide some input on the programme for the upcoming Wikimedia
Conference. What topics would you like to see addressed? What would be
useful for your group and community?
==Details==
I am part of the programme team [1] for next year's Wikimedia Conference
[2] (April 2014 (exact dates to be announced), in Berlin, Germany) and at
the moment we are collecting relevant input from all chapters and other
affiliates. Our aim is to ensure that all voices are heard in the content
design phase and that all important topics being discussed in the movement
become visible.
We are collecting burning questions and hot topics [3], as well as feedback
regarding the programme of previous conferences [4]. After that, the
programme team will collectively cluster and prioritze those topics,
supported by our facilitator Anna Lena Schiller. In January, we will then
start designing an agenda based on content input from all stakeholders
while considering previous experiences/evaluations/feedback.
I would be glad if you and your community could add your thoughts and
ideas, too! Please provide your hot topics, if possible before November
23rd, and help us come up with a diverse and efficient programme, leading
to useful outcomes. You can send your input either via email, or if you
prefer, you can directly add to the Meta page[3].
Our questions for you:
Most important:
* What are your hot topics and burning questions?
Nice to have:
* What did we do that we should continue doing?
* What did we do that we should do more of?
* What did we do that we should continue doing?
* What did we do that we should do more of?
* What did we do that we should do less of?
* What did we do that we should stop doing?
* What didn't we do that we should start doing?
Should you have any questions, feel free to get in touch. You can also
reach out to the whole programme team via the Meta talk page.
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Asaf
P.S.: The event management team at Wikimedia Deutschland (our hosts) is
finalising the contract with the venue and we hope to be able to announce
the final dates by the end of next week. It will most probably be 10-13
April. We will open the registration after prioritising the topics, to give
all affiliations the chance to send the representatives whom they think can
best cover and discuss these topics.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme_team
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme#What_ar…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme#Review_…
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Asaf Bartov
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