Full disclosure: I’m a member of the Wikimania Committee but I am not speaking on behalf of that body in this mail.
The current custom is that Wikimania happens every year and that while the selection is made by the Wikimania Committee, the WMF has final approval over the selection and the operational parameters around its execution.
There was a consultation and discussion in 2015 about the future of Wikimania, and subsequent followup with in-person discussions at Wikimania 2016, Esino Lario, where there was overwhelming support for continuing the yearly model.
You can read more about the consultation and followups in these links. Thanks.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/The_future_of_Wikimania https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimania2016-discussion7b
-Andrew
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:07 AM Philip Kopetzky philip.kopetzky@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Ellie,
is there an official statement by the WMF that explains why Wikimania 2020 is happening and that the funding for this event is secured? Wikimania does cost quite a lot of money and I was under the impression that it was unclear as to if, how and why Wikimania should take place 2020. But maybe I'm also mistaken on that point.
Best, Philip
On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 18:53, Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org wrote:
No. We are looking more at rotating regions if we can, and excellent proposals/teams.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:31 AM Joseph Seddon josephseddon@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Ellie,
Is Wikimania still on its programme of "1 EU/US Wikimania" followed by
an
"Away Wikimania"?
Seddon
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 11:44 PM Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org
wrote:
The Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation are seeking expressions of interest from interested parties for hosting Wikimani a 2020.
Please see the following for more information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2020
If you are interested in discussing the possibilities and working
with
the
WMF Events Manager in preparing a proposal to host and organize
Wikimania
20 20 , please contact eyoung at wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l by
October
15th. Also, if you know of an individual or group that we should approach about hosting,
we
encourage nominations as well. The Steering Committee and WMF expect
to
make a decision by early 2019.
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