Hey Marc, all,
Based on this conversation, I took a look at the programme draft here
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme>. I noticed that the Round
table discussions <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions>
(a.k.a. Discussion Room) are not scheduled. Given the description that is
available on the wiki, I presume this is not covered by the 'birds of a
feather'.
I do hope we can schedule the round table discussions again, and that we
can implement some of the lessons we're drawing from the experiences in the
past three years on this issue (we = the small committee that organised the
discussions this year). Feedback seemed rather positive initially (with
some suggestions for improvement), but we'll be collecting some more in the
upcoming weeks.
Best,
Lodewijk
2016-07-07 15:23 GMT+02:00 Marc-Andre <marc(a)uberbox.org>rg>:
Hey,
On 2016-07-07 08:27 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote:
Backing up - one way to improve Wikimania to meet
this and other demands
is to
1. Have extra spaces for small meetups
2. Put those spaces on a public schedule which can be edited by the
community
So, in practice, that already exists for Montreal in two flavours:
(a) Bird-of-a-Feather sessions, which are open to anyone to schedule (in
advance) and have reserved meeting space. Those will be open for
reservation from about three months before the event to as late as we can
make it and still have them appear in the programme. Those are ideal for
preplanned meetings and probably what you'd use for the North American
meetups.
(b) Unconferency meetups, that are *not* scheduled in advance, but for
which both meeting space and a common scheduling system (think
"whiteboard") are made available for ad-hoc meetings during the conference
and preconference. Any room which had been set aside for the BoF that was
not used will be added to the pool, but there /will/ be meeting space even
if all of the BoF slots are taken.
-- Coren / Marc
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