Hi Martin: every Wikimania is similar but different from previous years, so
your concerns are understandable.
I’m responding with a caveat - Phoebe Ayers and Ellie Young can provide
better details but I wanted to get back to you as soon as you can. I’ve
been working with the Wikimania team on the pre conference days for
Wikiconference North America.
1. Short answer - Yes, you can switch tracks even though we’d like for you
to choose one upon registration. This helps us figure out room sizes and
logistics for planning.
2. Speaking for Wikiconference North America (WCNA) - We welcome anyone to
the join us during pre conference days, some of the content is “North
America” specific, but most of it is not.
- Wednesday is a Culture Crawl, where we will explore the city, visit
various GLAM institutions and wind up at the BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives
nationales du Québec) where they are hosting an afternoon of
uploading/editing/scanning. Details to come. There is no registration cost
for this day.
- Thursday is a day at the Sheraton along with all the other groups. We
plan to have three tracks throughout the day: planned tutorials,
panels/discussions/lightning talks and unconference sessions determined by
participants. There is normal registration cost for this day.
-Andrew
-Andrew Lih
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On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:00 AM, Martin Rulsch <martin.rulsch(a)wikimedia.de>
wrote:
Hi!
Honestly, I am a bit confused by the organization of the pre-conference
this year. Recent Wikimanias allowed users to choose *on site* what to
attend, be it Hackathon sessions, WMCON Follow-up days, or other workshops
as long as there was still free space. Of course, sometimes this space is
very limited or some formats even require limited access for having useful
discussions (like
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_
Foundation_Learning_Days). Some of these limitations were published
onwiki and helped me to decide in advance whether I want to commit myself
to this very format for the full time or not. Personall,y *I* don't want
to decide myself *now* what sessions could be most useful for me, which
ones I should leave to other places when my expectations weren't met, which
face-to-face chats will be more important than the sessions, etc.
Hence, will it be possible/allowed to switch between those formats which
have not yet been marked as invite-only onwiki? Were you asking me for my
preferences only for logistical reasons, size of rooms, etc?
Please help me understand why we need to register for pre-conference
workshops for the first time. Thank you very much in advance! :-)
Best,
Martin
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