There was some discussions between Claudia (WMAT) and Andrea (WMHU) during
the PED worshop held in Budapest about hosting a joint Wikimedia Conference
next year, maybe in Sopron (50mins from Vienna by train) or in Győr (1,5hrs
from three major airports int the region - Budapest, Vienna and Bratislava)
Balázs
2013/8/30 Charles Andrès <charles.andres.WMCH(a)gmail.com>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events/upcoming
done
Wikimedia CH step in for the Hackathon in 2014 and for the Wikimedia
Conference 2015
sincerely
Charles
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Le 30 août 2013 à 18:39, Ziko van Dijk <vandijk(a)wmnederland.nl> a écrit :
Hello,
Another coincidence: WMNL is very much interested in hosting a big
international GLAM event in 2015. How about if there is a page on Meta
where we collect the intentions and plans for the following years, with
regard to the major conventions:
* Wikimania
* WM Conference, the former chapters meeting
* GLAM event
* Hackathon
* Education event?
Kind regards
Ziko
Am Freitag, 30. August 2013 schrieb Nicole Ebber :
> Hey, what a coincidence. Minutes ago I posted a suggestion to
> chapters-l and copied it to the talk page of the "Future of the
> Wikimedia Conference" page. Glad the we bring the discussion to the
> next level now. Thanks, Asaf! :)
>
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Com…
>
> Cheers,
> Nicole
>
> On 30 August 2013 16:45, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> Hello All:
>>
>> Following our most recent, successful, community gathering in Hong Kong
> - A
>> BIG thank you, again, to everyone who made it such an event to
remember -
>> we are looking ahead to the annual
Wikimedia Conference (AKA Chapters'
>> Meeting.)
>>
>> As many of you know, we typically await the offer of a specific group
to
>> host the event each year. While this
process has more or less worked
in
>> the past, we are increasingly aware that
waiting until close to the
>> gathering to decide on the date and the location creates an unnecessary
>> inconvenience to those planning to attend and results in higher fees
for
>> travel and lodging that could be avoided
if we worked together to plan
>> further ahead.
>>
>> Wikimedia Deutschland had helpfully started a conversation about the
> future
>> of the Wikimedia Conference, on Meta[1], including the question of
> settling
>> the host group. Regrettably, there has been practically no engagement
> with
>> that page so far. (For my part, I have deliberately been waiting for a
> few
>> movement groups to speak first, as I wanted to avoid "priming" the
>> conversation with the (perceived) weight of WMF's voice.)
>>
>> It has occurred to us that two of the reasons that we are not able to
> plan
>> further ahead may be 1. the somewhat vague nature of the planning
process
>> and 2. that groups who may want to host
hesitate because of an
> uncertainty
>> regarding the costs involved in hosting such a large event.
>>
>> Therefore, we would like to provide some basic information about the
>> Wikimedia Conference and begin a community conversation regarding how
me
>> might work together to set the date and
location by, say, November of
the
>> year preceding the event; thus giving
those who want to attend plenty
of
>> time to plan and saving the movement and
each of the groups the higher
> cost
>> of last minute lodging arrangements and airline ticket purchases.
>>
>> Additionally, planning ahead will allow all of the chapters who wish to
>> send participants to contribute to the agenda for the gathering; thus
>> making sure that all of the issues that the participants would like to
>> discuss are addressed at this annual conference.
>>
>> *==First a bit about the purpose of the Wikimedia Conference==*
>> *An opportunity for Wikimedia movement organizations to meet
face-to-face
>> and share ideas about projects and
practices and to discuss any
> unresolved
>> issues that may have come up during the past year.
>> *A venue for one of the quarterly Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees
>> meetings and an opportunity for the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees
>> and Wikimedia movement organizations to meet and talk.
>> *A venue for the Funds Dissemination Committee to meet to assess the
>> funding proposals for Round 2 of the current year and provide
>> recommendations on those proposals to the WMF Board.
>>
>> We thought that beginning a discussion regarding "hosting
requirements"
>> i.e. venue size, accessibility of lodging near the venue, handicapped
>> accessibility, ease of air and ground transit in and out of the venue
>> location, visa application process, Internet access, catering
> capabilities,
>> and chapter and volunteer support available to organize the conference
> and
>> to provide support during the conference itself, would be helpful.
>>
>> To help facilitate the discussion, we have provided some information
>> regarding past chapter meetings that may be useful for chapters
> considering
>> the possibility of hosting for 2014 and beyond. For those who have
> hosted
>> in the past, some of this will be repetitive (and you may have input to
>> add) for those who have not, please feel free to send along any
questions
>> you may have that are not covered in the
information provided
>>
>> *==Logistical Needs for the Annual Wikimedia Conference==*
>> *A meeting venue that can accommodate a group of 200 - 250 attendees
>> *Lodging either at the meeting venue or nearby to accommodate 200 - 250
>> attendees
>> *Smaller meeting rooms at the venue to accommodate the Board Meeting
and
the FDC deliberations (rooms to hold approximately 15
people).
*Reliable Internet access at both the venue and the lodging facilities.
*Adequate either staff or volunteer support to secure the facilities,
coordinate the conference --
Nicole Ebber
International Affairs
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg
unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das
Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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