I'll risk the chance of contradicting Asaf. Yes, there will be very many people present in Haifa on the two days that precede Wikimania (August 2nd and 3rd) and many of them will be at the venue. We'll make preparations to accommodate all of them.
Despite the name "chapters conference" this is nothing like ChapConf - we're not allocating two slots for every chapter. Everyone is welcome to participate and there will be nobody checking for chapter incorporation certificate at the gates. It's all going to be very inclusive and welcoming and not very strictly organized (referring to these days).
I'd be more worried about how to present MR at the main conference than at the preconference.
Harel
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 20:39, Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
If we want to hear any suggestions or worries chapters may have, I think we should make some chapters-only activity, no matter if we also do something with the broader audience. Chapters are the only officially recognized Wikimedia entities other than the Foundation for the moment. Transforming the chapters' day, chapters meeting or whatever it is called into a more general partners/groups/movement thing would perhaps imply putting in practice our recommendations before they are accepted by the concerned parties. Before that, I would try to guarantee that chapters can express confidently any worries they may have.
And a quick logistics note: there may be many people already in Haifa by the time of the chapters meeting. We are not ready to accommodate all of them at the venue that day.
Asaf
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