Hello!
Is your organization interested in hosting and co-organizing the 2020
Wikimedia Hackathon? We are looking for co-organizers!
Details about the decision process can be found here:
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/2020_Decision_Process
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Proposing_a_hackathon#Hackathon_l…
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<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Proposing_a_hackathon#Hackathon_location_decision_process_for_2020>
Details about what it takes to organize a hackathon can be found here:
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Handbook
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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons
CHANGES FOR 2019
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Because of changes to the Wikimedia Foundation budgeting process, we are
still working on confirming exact budgeting and requirements for this
event. Generally we expect similar size and budget to previous years, but
this is not finalized.
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We are open & encouraging to bids from anywhere, but locations outside
of Europe and the USA will be given extra weight.
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Focus areas will be defined much further in advance, however
participants can work on whatever they like related to Wikimedia Technology
/ Development.
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We are continuing to work on changes around our newcomer support and
onboarding as well as our mentoring programs - this will continue to
develop until the event. At the same time we are still maintaining
additional focus on providing a well-facilitated and organized meeting
space for groups and the most active volunteers in the developer community
to collaborate face to face, with appropriate representation of Foundation,
affiliates, and volunteers, to discuss the future of Wikimedia technologies
in depth.
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We hope to expand our scholarship program to include more participants
from outside of the USA and Europe.
Ideally we will announce the host for 2020 by the Prague Hackathon in May.
If multiple chapters or organizations are interested, we hope to work
together to figure out the the best solution.
Any organizations interested in hosting should please create a Phabricator
ticket and associate it with the #Developer-Relations project, or email
rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org with a proposal or questions. Srishti and I are
happy to assist in creating the ticket if needed.
Examples:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162836,
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T96826,
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127050
Please include as much information as possible from: Proposing a hackathon
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Proposing_a_hackathon>
Additionally if you are interested in working together on a smaller
technical event focused around newcomers in your region please also let me
know! We are in the initial stages of building a program around this.
Please email me at rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org with any questions or concerns. I
am not on the chapters@ list, so if there is anything that I should respond
to, make sure to keep me on CC. Also please forward this email anywhere
you think it might be useful.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Rachel Farrand
Events Program Manager
Technical Collaboration Team
Wikimedia Foundation