Hi

Just enquiring whether the proposed wiki train plan is still on.

Regards,
Abbas.

> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:01:13 -0700
> From: saintonge@telus.net
> To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?
>
> phoebe ayers wrote:
> > Right, and the nature of what the Foundation has done has changed over
> > the last few years, so that's actually been in flux (what was true for
> > us in 2006 is totally different now, re: scholarships etc). Which
> > makes it even harder to get an authoritative answer!
>
> That makes them out to be just like a government. ;-)
> >
> > Basically: the community & the Foundation have certain expectations
> > for Wikimania, but it's up to the local team to implement them.
>
>
> Indeed, the insidious thing about expectations is that those of whom
> they are expected can be blissfully unaware of that fact, and are easily
> blind-sided
>
> In a much larger context, the internet has provided opportunities for
> unprecedented participation in democratic processes, but not without the
> irony that those with that newfound power often ask their adversaries
> what to do with it.
>
> Ray
>
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