Dear Wikimania team,
I really appreciated the simple, smooth registration and housing setup
- the smoothest process to date, imo.
SJ
--
Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
Dear all,
A small group of long-time Wikimaniacs have been working on the
perrenial plan to produce a "Wikimania Committee" - a community group
who would help steer Wikimania from year to year, advising each local
hosting team and ensuring that the processes are open, transparent and
community-led.
Here are our drafts of what we think we'd want the committee to be
like, a charter, and the resolution which we're submitting to the WMF Board:
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee/Charter
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_resolutions/Wikimania_Committee
Comments are very welcome; we're trying to get this done fairly
quickly, and of course we will iterate these plans as we get feedback
and hopefully more forward on the oft-stalled next steps.
J.
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James D. Forrester
jdforrester(a)gmail.com
[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity)
Submissions for Wikimania are now closed, and there are lots and lots of
good ones:
http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Submissions
Attendees are encouraged to go through and indicate what sessions are of
interest to them, to provide feedback to the program committee. Please do
so ASAP as the committee is now in the process of rating and sorting
submissions!
-- Phoebe
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gmail.com *
Congratulations to the London team for being selected to host Wikimania
2014,looking forward to attend the event.
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> Hosting a Wikimania must not be an easy challange for any chapter. Dealing
> with a limited budget for such a global event is quite hard. So, we wish
> the best for London in the organization for 2014 and we also thank to
> Tanzania for trying to take the movement core to Arusha.
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> In the same way, we wish the best success to HK this year.
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> On behalf of WMVE, be great!!
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> El 01/05/2013 13:50, "Katie Chan" <katie.chan(a)wikimedia.org.uk> escribió:
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> > Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!
> >
> >
> > On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Wikimedians,
> >>
> >> On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
> >> evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
> >> London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
> >> also put forward a solid effort.
> >>
> >> We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
> >> proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
> >> Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
> >> for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
> >> and lower-cost options for attendees.
> >>
> >> The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
> >> budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
> >> ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
> >>
> >> We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
> >> aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
> >> of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
> >> resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
> >> out clearer guidelines on these principles.
> >>
> >> The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
> >> investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
> >> and hard work.
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >>
> >> James Forrester
> >> Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
> >> For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
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Dear Wikimedians,
On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
also put forward a solid effort.
We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
and lower-cost options for attendees.
The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
out clearer guidelines on these principles.
The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
and hard work.
Yours,
James Forrester
Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
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James D. Forrester
jdforrester(a)gmail.com
[[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity)