Re: [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Asian Wikimedia conference in 2013/2014

-- Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr. Wikimedia Philippines Inc. ------------------------------ The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the original message and attachments. Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Josh Lim jamesjoshualim@yahoo.com wrote: > I would have to agree with Anirudh's e-mail. While it does take more > effort, if we're going to be consolidating Asia's place in the movement, I > think we have to start moving forward on consolidating and capitalizing on > our strengths here. > > We can start with small events and move to bigger ones later on: for > example, Wikimedia Philippines has on the pipeline (not finalized yet, but > working on it) a GLAMcamp for 2013 which, if I remember correctly, will be > open to participants from other Asian countries. We can also have a track > (or a group of sessions) on Wikimedia in Asia for Wikimania next year, like > how there was a similar arrangement for Wikimedia in the Middle East last > year in Haifa. > > I understand that we're all at varying stages of growth and development > right now, and we all have differing priorities as to how we should > approach the movement's fulfillment in our respective countries, but I > think having common multilateral (not bilateral) projects would be > beneficial for the movement, and for all of us, as a whole. > > Josh > > Wiadomość napisana przez Anirudh Bhati w dniu 3 maj 2012, o godz. 10:31: > > I think focused and generally smaller events are helpful, but at the same > time I would not underestimate the value of having a large general > conference (even though that would require a lot more effort). > > This year, we could consider the possibility of asking the winning HKG > team to have an Asia-focused conference, and better yet, if there is > another chapter that might be interested in organizing a conference with > focused region-specific programming. > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Siska Doviana < > siska.doviana@wikimedia.or.id> wrote: > >> Hi Josh, >> I for one is not a fan of conferences, specially if the aim is >> somewhat loss (not focused). I helped AU and AR for wikiwomen >> conference this year with international attendees of 9-12 women >> (including myself and Kartika), and I am happy that this is a focused >> conference where sharing is focused to problem solving. >> >> I was warned by the Russian attendees during interview, and she said: >> "If this conference is not focused and you girls are talking about >> wikipetan, I'm not coming!" >> >> I was laughing and agreeing with her. I assure her that I'm would >> like to discuss project, an indepth, workable, technical up to details >> project discussions, and both of us end the interview happy and >> excited. >> >> I'm against having conference for the sake of having conference. I >> don't know whether any of you know or not, WMAU is planning to >> organize a language conference this year in Bali. This means, any of >> yous with language focused area are invited, and any of yous whose >> focused are not in language area is NOT invited. >> >> WMID also planning an advocacy for Indonesia focused fundraising with >> the government, this involved inviting Wikimedia Estonia's Raul Veede >> as a speaker for being able to drag their tax department to the court >> and win by having WMES as tax deduction non profit organization. This >> mean having seminar about this focused area. >> >> Jeromy, I see you owe John a BIG CUP OF COFEE for supporting you. >> >> Regards, >> Siska Doviana >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Josh Lim jamesjoshualim@yahoo.com >> wrote: >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > First of all, I'd like to extend my congratulations to Wikimedia Hong >> Kong >> > for their successful Wikimania 2013 bid. Looks like we'll be flooding >> > Wikimania next year. :P >> > >> > Secondly, I'm writing this e-mail to see whether or not it will be >> possible >> > for us to organize an Asian Wikimedia conference sometime in the future, >> > either next year or in 2014. I think it would be good for us if we can >> > organize a regional conference, especially with the wave of regional >> > conferences being organized: WikiBilim organized the Turkic Wikimedia >> > Conference for Central Asia last month, and Iberocoop is organizing the >> > Ibero-American Wikimedia Summit this year in Santiago, Chile. Maybe we >> can >> > do the same? What do you guys think? >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Josh >> > >> > JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM >> > Block I1, AB Political Science >> > Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies >> > Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University >> > Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines >> > >> > Vice-President (2011-2012), Wikimedia Philippines >> > Member, Ateneo Debate Society >> > Member, The Assembly >> > Member, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura >> > >> > jamesjoshualim@yahoo.com | +63 (927) 531-8301 >> > Friendster/Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor >> > http://akira123323.livejournal.com >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list >> > Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Siska Doviana | Ketua Umum (Chair) 2011-2012 >> Wikimedia Indonesia >> Cell. +62 816 484 5052 >> ~~~~ >> Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan: >> http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list >> Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list > Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters > > > *JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM* > Block I1, AB Political Science > Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies > Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University > Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines > > *Vice-President** *(2011-2012), Wikimedia Philippines > *Member*, Ateneo Debate Society > *Member*, The Assembly > *Member*, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura > > jamesjoshualim@yahoo.com | +63 (927) 531-8301 > Friendster/Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor > http://akira123323.livejournal.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list > Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters > >