Nice. Thanks for the reminder Fabrice! I signed up to attend both and put
in a proposal as well:
Krystle
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
Hello friends of community engagement ... and
greetings from Bali!
I'm on vacation here through the end of the week, but just took a break
from my yoga retreat to submit these session proposals for Wikimania 2014,
since the deadline is today:
* Growing a Culture of Kindness
Presentation - 30 mins.
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/A_Culture_of_Kindness
* How Can We Make Wikipedia Better?
Presentation - 30 mins.
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/How_can_we_make_Wikipe…
If you plan to go to Wikimania this year and you are interested in either
of these sessions, please sign up at the bottom of the submission pages to
let the organizers know of your interest.
The first proposal was inspired by my time here in Bali, where kindness is
deeply engrained into the culture and everyone goes out of their way to
help each other out. It got me thinking of what it would take to grow the
same type of widespread gentleness into our own Wikipedia culture, which
still suffers from a pervasive lack of civility from some of its members. I
don't claim to have the right answers on how to make this cultural shift
happen, but I would like to engage community and foundation members to
think more together about what can be done to grow a kinder culture, over
time.
The second proposal is based on my 2-year photo project to collect ideas
on how to improve Wikipedia from community and team members for one. You
can see the full gallery and a video here:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)#How_can_…
Namaste,
Fabrice
P.S.: I will not respond to emails on this account until I return to work
next Monday. But if you see any serious issues, feel free to make any
tweaks to the submissions, as needed.
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Wikimedia Foundation
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