So far there are no candidates to organize the next Wikimedia Hackathon in Europe. If any chapter, thorg, or group of volunteers is thinking about applying, please let us know. We want to announce the new host at Wikimania.
Very important: the budget for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015 will be discussed and eventually approved as an independent Project and Event Fund. This means that organizers will be able to define the budget and manage it without depending on general chapter funds and FDC rounds. This will avoid any risk of budget cuts caused by factors alien to the hackathon organization, a problem we have seen in previous editions. Background:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Fra...
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG
On Friday, May 30, 2014, Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org wrote:
(CCing wikimedia-l as well, please send any replies to wikitech-l only)
The Wikimedia technical community wants to have another hackathon next year in Europe. Who will organize it?
Interested parties, check https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons
We would like to confirm a host by Wikimania, latest.
The same call goes for India and other locations with a good concentration of Wikimedia contributors and software developers. Come on, step in. We want to increase our geographical diversity of technical contributors.
-- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil