Yes, I think the consensus is that we anticipate that in 2016 we will feel ready to host Wikiconference USA in Seattle. 2015 feels too soon, especially with our limited volunteer resources, and with our current situation of no budget, no contractors, and no staff. I think it's realistic to believe that we will have more capacity in 2016.

Pine

This is an Encyclopedia
One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies
The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve
The well of our future,
The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,
The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,
And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.
—Catherine Munro



On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Benj. Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc> wrote:
Greetings fellow Cascadian Wikimedians!

I was just chatting with Frank Schulenburg and Renée LeVesque from the
Wiki Education foundation. They are involved in helping do some of the
organization for WikiConference USA 2015 right now and trying to nail
down venues.

Seattle is listed as a possible venue on this page:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_USA

I told them that based on my reading of the conversation on this list,
there was interest in considering hosting Wikiconference USA in 2016
but a sense that we wanted to host some more local/regional events and
get established in 2015 and did not want to be seriously considered as
a host for this coming year.

If somebody is really dying to help organize the full deal over the
next months, speak up and I will let them know. Otherwise, I'll go
ahead summarize my reading of the general temperature in our group on
that page.

Regards,
Mako


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Benjamin Mako Hill
http://mako.cc/

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as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto

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