Dear Everyone,
The serendipity of dipping in and out of sessions is a creative act in of itself because
you may be more inspired to take action on a topic after a face-to-face discussion among
colegues who can emote in real time.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter. I appreciate it.
My best regards,
Gerald
Mr. Gerald J. Shields
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room 6129
Washington, DC 20224-0001
Open source
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:06:54 +0900
From: Edward Saperia <ed(a)wikimanialondon.org>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Discussion Room - would like more input
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I am told that, historically, there's a massive rush of submissions in the last day or
two. Let's wait and see what the quality of the submissions is like, we may be
surprised.
I am keen to innovate in programming with this event; an unconference track is a nod
towards this, but there may be better formats, so I will ensure that space is carved out
for some alternative programming style.
Otherwise, there are large open discussion areas available during the event anyway.
Traditionally the purpose of an early programme is mostly to promote topics of interest to
encourage people to attend the conference, but with online discussion we could easily
discuss the topics to death between now and then, and travelling all that way just to hear
it in real life audio seems like a bit of a waste of time.
Then, for a live event, perhaps the value is in the serendipity of dipping in and out of
sessions and finding out about topics you didn't know you were interested in. Or maybe
it's just in seeing faces, shaking hands and breaking bread.
*Edward Saperia*
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On 26 March 2014 16:52, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> wrote:
Hi Edward,
not entirely, but it would be a step in the right direction. I'm
volunteering to help run that process and lead the discussions on the
day itself (if certain conditions can be fulfilled, which I dont
expect to be a problem). But also, I'm suggesting to turn the process
around a bit. If there are no proposals for discussions, lets find
discussions and bring them to the table. Lets reserve a full day worth
of discussions and just make sure we find the discussions worth it :)
Thanks for thinking along!
Lodewijk
2014-03-26 8:44 GMT+01:00 Edward Saperia <ed(a)wikimanialondon.org>rg>:
The programme submissions process we're using
is one that we
inherited from previous Wikimanias, but given that this event is not
considered a formal, research-led event, and also frankly the rate of
change of the world, having people submit sessions six months in advance seems
surprising.
Lodewijks, I interpret your submission as basically a plea to run a
submission process again but closer to the conference date. Would you
agree that this is the core of your proposal?
*Edward Saperia*
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On 26 March 2014 16:27, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> wrote:
Hi,
with the submission deadline approaching, I wasn't able to find many
discussion proposals (not counting panel discussions) where the
audience is the main participant, and there is no particular speaker
or expert. In a wiki-conference, that is always a surprise to me. I
recall from past years it was always particularly hard to find
people who are interested enough in a topic, expert enough, willing
to lead a discussion, certain to visit Wikimania and able to think
of it months in advance all at the same time - in other words: people who could propose a
discussion session.
So on Wikimedia, we say then: so fix it. Well, that is what I tried
with an unconventional proposal: reserve a room for a full day, give
me some flexibility and help, and together with a co-discussion
facilitator I would be happy to volunteer to organize a full day of
discussions around community topics.
I would really like your input on this idea. You can find the
proposal on
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Discussion_Room.
Especially input would be welcome on:
* Suggestions on more/better good example discussion topics
* Suggestions how to organize this consultation
* Suggestions on the discussion format
* Whether this should be one full day, or two half days
* Who would be a good second discussion facilitator :)
Looking forward to your thoughts,
Lodewijk
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