Jason Safoutin wrote:
foundation-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
If you're interested in establishing a more
regular North American or
Europe-wide conference the for years when we don't have Wikimania in the
area, then great! We can certainly use more local organization of this
sort in the US, and at the Europe-wide level in addition to the numerous
country-wide groups there.
Well that would be nice but would WMF pay for all these conferences? Who
would organize them other than one person? This isn't a task for one or
two people much less someone with no experience in doing so.
Last I heard the "Conference of The America's" is not happening. Why?
Not too sure why but if I cannot afford a trip to Buenos Aires or Egypt
I certainly cannot afford to make my own conference.
The funding may need to come
from the chapters and their own
fundraising. Apart from the high costs of travel to far-away places, the
organizers have done an excellent job of keeping costs, including
accommodations, down. If you feel that a Conference of the Americas
should be happening, what are you doing to help organize it?
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