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.
-Andrew
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:07 AM Philip Kopetzky <philip.kopetzky(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)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.
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Ellie
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