Hey all, some of you might have thought already: What's happening with the Community Village this year? My name is Cornelius, some of you might know me from previous Wikimanias, or the Wikimedia Conference/Wikimedia Summit in Berlin, that I organize annually. This year, I'm volunteer to revamp the Community Village a bit and try out new things. I would like to highlight two opportunities at this year's Wikimania: - *As an individual participant:* Especially for newcomers, Wikimania is an overwhelming event: So many participants, so many talks to choose, how do I get to know people? We would like to introduce an easy, light-way to get to know people. *We will contact everyone who has bought a ticket via Eventbrite*, and will send you a form asking a couple of questions, like your main interest at Wikimania, and a photo. Based on this info, we will print participant cards, cluster them by main interest, and hang them: So at one glance you will see who's there and who's interested in the same topic like you! You can find all details regarding that in the Wikimania wiki. <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Village> - *As a Wikimedia affiliate:* Affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia movement: We would like to give them the space to present their work via an “organizational gallery” that will connect two main conference buildings. If you are part of a Wikimedia affiliate, you can submit a poster that will be printed for you and hung on the organizational gallery. If you are interested in submitting. You can find all details regarding that in the Wikimania wiki. <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Village> Please note: This is not María Cruz' poster session, that focuses on projects & initiatives. María has a different process, that is already completed. For both, submission deadline is August 9. Of course, both opportunities are completely voluntarily – but let's try out something new and see how it goes! :) I've set up a page in the Wikimania wiki explaining everything that I wrote about: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Community_Village If you have questions on anything regarding that, please drop me a line. Cheers Cornelius -- Cornelius Kibelka Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207