Tinu,
Yes, WCI 1 has had a positive impact on the communities. But any call for
WCI 2 is premature without thoroughly analysing WCI 1. We had a lot of
short comings in the planning, organising and conduction of the event.
Without doing some thorough analysis of what went wrong, what could have
been done better and what should be avoided in the future.
Lets please have a report and analyse how things could have been done
better before we start talking about the next event. The first event was
possible because of full time organisors and people pitching in because of
the "have to make the first indian event a success" factor. I dont think
that would happen next time. (I know i wont volunteer again unless things
change a lot).
So lets have the WCI i report published and analysed here before we start
thinking about WCI 2.
-
Bala
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 06:32, Tinu Cherian ( Wikimedia India) <
tinucherian(a)wikimedia.in> wrote:
In 2011, WikiConference India was held for the first time and turned out
to be a landmark event.
It was the largest Wikipedia conference in the world, ever held to date!
Can we keep niceties aside and look at how the event was run
/ challenges faced by organizers (Includes chapter-OC coordination and a
semi-public spat) and do a thorough discussion on the conference list
before talking of any next steps for WCI 2012. Also there has been no
report that has been made available public for the community. It is for the
community's own good health, issues are ironed out even before there is
*any* discussion on next WCI. It might be good for the chapter / IP to keep
having a conference every year and showcase India story, but
volunteers(including the "bootstrap team") who are interested in organizing
must know what are the pain points in making a conference happen and the
kind of support they would be getting from chapter / IP.
Pranav / Pradeep,
Can we have your conference OC report any sooner?
--
Regards
Srikanth.L
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