Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania submissions new deadline

Dear all, I'm writing to inform you that the deadline to submit a presentation proposal for Wikimania 2016 has been extended. *The new deadline is January 17th*. We received some complaints about the fact that the deadline has been anticipated with a too short notice and in a holiday period for a lot of people. We regret this miscommunication and we hope that the new deadline will make things better. The reason why we decided to not reinstate the initial deadline (January 31th) is that we don't want to be too distant from the scholarship committee timing, in order to take into account the contribution that the participants will give to the conference and the kind of topics which are going to be discussed during it [1]. We know that we are a movement of very committed and hardworking people, who can make wonderful things in two weeks! Before submitting a proposal, don't forget to read more about the structure of the programme: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme and about the kind of presentation formats we will have during Wikimania 2016 [2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Sessions/Pr… For any suggestion about the user digest presentations you can refer to the liaisons[3] or to me. In the next month(s) we will set up the collection of discussions and posters proposals. Thank you, Ginevra General Coordinator, Wikimania 2016 Programme Committee [1] Just to be clear: this doesn't mean that people who are presenting during Wikimania will automatically receive a scholarship. The Programme Committee and the Scholarship Committee are two indipendent bodies, but we think that the process of knowing who will come and what we will talk about should not be too disconnected. [2] If you like colours, we also have some slides https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_year_to_get_your_things_done_and_… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Program/Lia… _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l