On 19 July 2012 11:18, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
I think what you're really looking for is one giant unconference - and, given that Sunday was clearly the least productive day of the whole weekend, I don't think Wikimania 2013 would really benefit from a complete overhaul of the "seminar" structure.
I agree that Sunday was unproductive (although I got a lot out of the session I led, in which I invited others to suggest solutions to issues I'd been experiencing). But I'm sure that was a result of the unconference being tagged on "after" Wikimania, rather than being a part of it, and being ill-explained and under-promoted before the day (conversely, the facilitation on the day was good).
Indeed, every other unconference I've ever been to has been /highly/ productive, and I'd be in favour of replacing the formal sessions with /just/ an unconference.