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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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.Kudpung ‘Ψ΄ΌΦι§This is a Wikipedia user's global email account. Contents in ?messages to ?and from ?this email ?address are confidential ?and may ?not ?be published or otherwise quoted on ?any ?Wikimedia or other websites without ?the express permission ?of the account ?holder. Opinions expressed in ?messages are particular to ?the user and may ?not ?reflect the aims, policies and philosophy ?of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.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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