Personally, I dont think Mumbai is in a position to do another one this year.
Also, imo, like Wikimania has an unofficial rotation policy wherein the event takes place
in different continents each year, we should make sure that the locations are in different
parts of the country to give everyone the opportunity and make sure its not the same
people traveling long distances each time.
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:03:59 +0530
From: ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2012 (Was: REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 - invitation to
bid)
+1 to Pranav.
Pranav's text serves to remind us why an annual WikiConference India
is a good idea. Now that we are mostly no longer thinking of Wikimania
2013, it is time to begin thinking of WikiConference 2012.
Can cities other than Mumbai & Pune please start considering on this
issue as to whether they have the whereall for this event? We would
naturally hope that cities having existing large community setups such
as Bangalore may please consider.
Naturally, we may chose to do it simpler and easier than last year but
if it is happen at all in this year, then by the end of February, a
city community should volunteer. Else it may be difficult to do if
there is a later start.
There is also a school of thought which feels that even WikiConference
India should be once in two years.
What are your thoughts?
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:43 PM, <wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Agree and disagree.
Though WCI takes a lot of effort, yes, the results are for all of us to see.
A new incubator has been initiated (Ahirani), there is talk of revival of
other Indic pedias such as Kashmiri, several Photowalks, hackathons,
Workshops and Academies have been held (or are being planned) in the last
couple of months, COTM has been revived on en.wiki. Several people who came
as attendees are now active members of the community. These are just some of
the major happenings - When we came up with the idea, we never imagined this
sort of impact. Each community seems to have taken a leaf out of anothers
book. No one can take credit for this, it is just a result of mingling with
one another. WCI was ridden with mistakes and severly short on manpower, but
hey - it was our first attempt at anything like this and Im sure we did a
decent job given the circumstances. Im also sure it is a lesson for the
future, the start of a learning curve.
On the other hand, there need to be resources available to do it all over
again. So, IMO if a certain local community anywhere in the country feels it
can take it up, yes they should go ahead with another version in 2012 as
hosting it on an annual basis will only take the event to the next level and
give us exposure that no local event can give.
The only advice I can give to communities interested, dont think holding it
is a cakewalk, horrendous things will happen and you will need to deal with
them, be prepared to work your ass off (literally, 16 to 18 hours a day, 7
days a week), have atleast 5 people working on it full time and 20 people
who can give atleast 5 hours a week to begin with and 10 hours a week in the
last couple of months and be ready to face the worst with a brave face.
We will soon be coming out with our report on WCI 2011 and hope that it
would help future organisers of similar events in their endevours.
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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:16:16 +0530
From: ravidreams(a)gmail.com
To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Foundation-l] REMINDER: Wikimania 2013 -
invitation to bid
Hi,
I appreciate the wise decision from Indian Wikipedia community to opt out of
Wikimania bid until next few years.
Even Wikiconference India need not be an annual event considering the amount
of human and financial resources spent on it. What we need is strengthening
local communities in each language and city by means of more meetups,
unconferences, outreach, on project activity and events with specific goals
like hackathons.
Ravi
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