I share the questions of Lodewijk
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 19:22 Cornelius Kibelka, <
cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Of course, I meant:
"The registration process will start on November 24, *2017* and will end
sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018."
Thank you
Cornelius
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Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference
Am 23.10.2017 18:04 schrieb "Cornelius Kibelka" <
cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de>gt;:
Dear Wikimedians, dear representatives of
Wikimedia affiliates,
A few weeks ago, we announced that the next Wikimedia Conference will
take
place from April 20 to 22, 2018 at the Mercure
Hotel in Berlin-Neukölln
(same location as in 2017). This email contains information about the
program themes and the Eligibility Criteria for invited affiliates
including the relevant reporting deadlines.
== Program Themes ==
As in the previous editions of the conference, the Wikimedia Conference
2018 will again focus on three core themes.
-
Movement Strategy: In November 2017, phase 2 of the Wikimedia Movement
Strategy Process will start. Its main goal will be to answer the
question
"How do we implement the strategic
direction", which means
identifying the
roles and resources needed for execution, and
the activities it
involves.
In order to ensure participation from the
organized part of the
movement in
this next phase, we will again host a
three-day track on movement
strategy.
This track will be designed together with the
Wikimedia Foundation.
-
Partnerships in the Wikimedia Movement: Wikimedia organizations and
groups have a wide variety of experiences and knowledge in working
with
partners to achieve our mission. Based on the
conversation at the last
Wikimedia Conference, Wikimania, and regional Wikimedia conferences,
we aim
to continue to offer a space for
conversations, experience sharing and
learning around partnerships within and outside the Wikimedia
movement.
This track will be designed together with the
Wikimedia Foundation’s
Global
Reach & Partnerships team, WMDE’s
Partnerships & Development team and
the
volunteer “Partnerships group”.
-
Capacity Building & Learning: The Wikimedia Conference currently is
one of the main spaces for learning and sharing among Wikimedia
affiliates.
Again, we will host a track with sessions that
are designed according
to
the participants’ needs, wishes and
experiences. This track will be
designed in close consultation with WMF’s Learning & Evaluation team,
and
will complement the pre-conference Learning
Days.
== Eligibility Criteria ==
The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Conference
2018 are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia
Foundation.
Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs of
recent activity (within the last six months) and be up-to-date on their
reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 15, 2017). Moreover,
affiliates need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia
Foundation before April 19, 2017.
== Participant number regulation ==
-
Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups may send two
delegates. Chapters and Thematic Organizations which employ at least
0.5
FTE by Sep 1, 2017, may send one additional
delegate who is a paid
staff
member.
-
Allied organizations may send two delegates.
-
The biggest ten language/project communities (by numbers of active
editors [>5 edits/month]) that are not represented by any affiliate,
or
have an affiliate, which is not eligible
because it was recognized
after
April 19, 2017, may send one delegate.
-
As per September 2017, the biggest communities without an
(eligible) affiliate representation are the Japanese, Vietnamese,
Tamil,
Bengali, Slovak, Croatian, Hindi and Malay,
Wikimedia Commons and
Wikivoyage communities.
-
The user groups West Bengal Wikimedians User Group (for the Bengali
community), Hindi Wikimedians User Group (for the Hindi
community),
Wikimedia
Community User Group Malaysia (for the
Malay community), as well as
the Commons Photographers User Group (for the Wikimedia Commons
community) and the Wikivoyage Association (for the Wikivoyage
communities) may send one delegate. For the language communities
(Japanese,
Vietnamese, Tamil, Slovak, Croatian),
decision finding and making
process
on who will be the one person sent to the
conference, need to be
made in
the public (on-wiki).
== Registration timeline ==
The registration process will start on November 24, 2018 and will end
sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018. The link will be provided
on
Meta.[1]
If you have any questions regarding the registration process or the
Wikimedia Conference, please
<https://maps.google.com/?q=Conference,+please&entry=gmail&source=g> do
not hesitate to send us an e-mail to
wmcon(a)wikimedia.de.
Warm regards,
Daniela Gentner & Cornelius Kibelka
Wikimedia Conference team
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018
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Cornelius Kibelka
Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
for the Wikimedia Conference
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Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
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