I think it's always likely there will be a bias toward the country in which
Wikimania is being held. That said I'm certain the programme committee did
not select so many UK GLAM things on purpose.
To my knowledge, the UK chapter is the most involved with GLAM out of the
whole chapter ecosystem - this could be wrong, but WMUK certainly seems to
lead the way in at least some definitions.
I will however say that it would have been perhaps better to have a more
diverse programme committee in general. Most of us are from the US or the
UK. Would have been ideal to have a wider range of voices judging
submissions. Something for Mexico 2015 to think about perhaps.
Joe
*Joseph Fox*
enwp.org/user:foxj
On 9 June 2014 11:53, Stuart Lawson <stuart.a.lawson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for this Rupert, very interesting. Not sure
what you mean by 'no
success criteria when choosing entries' though; have you seen the
Submissions review page?
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission_review
There will be space throughout the conference for breakout sessions and
self-organised sessions on any topics. I don't think the official programme
is meant to define everything that is/should be talked about at Wikimania,
and anyone is welcome to organise 'fringe' meetings on any topic of their
choosing, and most welcome to use the Wikimania wiki to organise things
like that if they like.
On 9 June 2014 10:28, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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