Hello all.
WMF wrote last week to inform us that WMCON 2017 in Berlin will be on next year.
The group has to meet a few conditions so someone can have a chance to represent us. No worries on that Rexford and I will arrange for those conditions to be sorted so the group can be represented.
PLEASE NOTE
If you want to go to Berlin on our behalf please read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017:
Next week we can start talks on who gets to go as our delegate.
Regards, -- Sandister Tei Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian Community (Gh)
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Next week we can start talks on who gets to go as our delegate.
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?
If that's how it is supposed to be done, then the previous years, whoever represented Ghana, did he/she follow that process?
I don't remember that being the case. Unless I'm mistaken. Please enlighten me.
On Saturday, November 26, 2016, Sandister Tei sandistertei@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all.
WMF wrote last week to inform us that WMCON 2017 in Berlin will be on next year.
The group has to meet a few conditions so someone can have a chance to represent us. No worries on that Rexford and I will arrange for those conditions to be sorted so the group can be represented.
PLEASE NOTE
If you want to go to Berlin on our behalf please read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017:
Next week we can start talks on who gets to go as our delegate.
Regards,
Sandister Tei Video Journalist | Head of Social Media – Citi FM | Rep – Wikipedian Community (Gh)
*Letters to Marissa https://medium.com/letters-to-marissa | Wikipedian Community (Gh) http://www.wmgh.org/ | Purple People https://www.facebook.com/thatpurplelife/*
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 6:08 AM Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@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_Pro...
Cheers,
Asaf
Thanks, Asaf,
That means the User Group has been doing it wrong for a couple of years, and individuals who've represented this community at the WMCon weren't picked by the community if I remember clear.
On the other hand, the WMCon team hasn't ensured those picked by the community were represented.
I guess I have to blame myself. Yesterday was my first time going to the WMCon website to read what's there, like *actually* read it.
@Felix, tried doing some searches, you represented Ghana twice at WMCon in the past, right? Did you know of this arrangement of selection for attendees to the WMCon previously?
Oh well, let's discuss who goes this year then.
@Sandister, you'll start a new thread for that? When should the discussion begin? And the report, let's get in touch to see how to proceed. Two days left for us.
rex
On Monday, November 28, 2016, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 6:08 AM Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@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_Process#How_to_select_the_delegates
Cheers,
Asaf
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