Maybe we should organise something like the American wiknic, where people
gather in multiple locations across Asia on the same day.
Schedule it before the Wikimania scholarship closing date so attendees can
be helped submit their applications.
John Vandenberg.
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On Dec 8, 2012 9:49 AM, "Kudpung กุดผึ้ง" <kudpung.wikipedia(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Compared to North America and Europe which have a
tight concentration
of reasonably wealthy countries, I think we should not lose sight of
the fact that the Asia-Pacificc region contains some of the most wealthy
and and poorest countries in the world. SE Asia was poorly represent
at Wikimania 2012 - AFAIK I was the only Wikipedian from Thailand and
I'm only a British expat living there.
I am therefore not confident that SE Asia countries will be any
better represented at in HK than they were in DC. Hence I feel that
a more local meeting , such as already suggested in Bangkok, would be
appropriate - and with funding for those who still find the financial
burden onerous.
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On 8 Dec 2012, at 09:29, Charles Gregory wrote:
Just to come back to this discussion - which I didn't get around to
replying to the first time ..
With WM2013 being in Hong Kong, I would probably avoid a separate
Wikimedia Asia meeting/conference in 2013, and instead integrate it with
Wikimania - either as a session during the conference, or an additional
mini-conference before or after the main one. Maybe in other years we
could have a separate WM Asia conference.
The problem with that is you may end up with a situation similar to State
of the Map (OpenStreetMap's international conference). For the first three
years it was in Europe. The fourth year (2010), it was again in Europe,
but there was a secondary smaller one held in Atlanta (USA) a month later.
In 2011, the conference was in Denver, but a secondary one was held in
Vienna. In 2012 the main conference was in Tokyo, but secondary ones in
Portland, USA and in Scotland.
For many people/chapters, time and money are both limited, so they may end
up choosing between Wikimania or the Asian conference, which would only
dilute both. Of could the GAC could fund travel for people but we would
need to be very specific as to the benefits to the movement if they are to
approve such a grant.
I think we need to focus on getting as many Asian participants to
Wikimania 2013 for now and ensure we have a productive plan for the future
:)
Regards,
Charles Gregory
Secretary and WCA Council Representative
Wikimedia Australia
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