On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 6:08 AM Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
There should be a discussion of who should go? What if
who we pick to go
isn't accepted to attend? Isn't the thing open to apply then whoever is
picked go?
No, it's not. It is up to the user group to select a representative, and
that representative will be accepted by WMF (unless they are globally
banned from events, and as far as I know, no one from Ghana is). The only
problem would be if the representative cannot obtain a Schengen visa.
That's why it's important to select the representative as soon as possible,
so that the visa process can start as soon as possible, so that in case it
is denied, there is still time to try with another representative.
The recommended guidelines for selecting a candidate are described in a
sub-page of the link Sandi sent:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Program_Design_Pr…
Cheers,
Asaf