Hello all,
Here are some new information about the WikidataCon event https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017, that will take place in Berlin on October 28th-29th.
We just nominated the members of the two committees that will have an important role in the organization of the event. Thank you very much to all the applicants!
- Program committee: andrawaag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Andrawaag, Spinster https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Spinster, Masssly https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Masssly - Scholarship committee: Micru https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Micru, Venuslui https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Venuslui
For all the other topics, you can freely join *the volunteer groups https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer*, discuss on the talk page, suggest ideas.
I'm also glad to give you an overview of the *next steps for the WikidataCon*:
- Scholarship application process: June 8th-July 31st - Call for submissions for the program: June 12th-July 31st - Registration opening: June 19th (two other ticket releases are planned in August and September) - Selection of the scholarships recipients: August - Review of the submissions for the program: August - Announce of the program: September 1st
This dates can still evolve, I'll keep you informed. For more information, check Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017.
Last but not least: in order to be able to provide scholarships, and help people who can't afford the travel and accommodation to participate, we requested a grant from the WMF. This grant will be reviewed soon, and you can help by *endorsing the project*. For this, you can add a message at the bottom of the grant submission https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference/WMDE/WikidataCon. This would be very useful for the project! Cheers,