The Wikimedia Conference is "closed" in that only those who are invited are allowed to attend. Wikimania is an open conference meaning basically anyone can attend, including those currently outside the movement. I view a global conference as critical to our long term success. Well most of what we achieve, we can do so without face to face meetings, many important projects and collaborations have grown out of Wikimania. For me these have included CopyPatrol, our collaboration with the World Health Organization, Wikivoyage, and Internet-in-a-Box. I am sure others have similar stories.
James
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:40 AM Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote:
So it seems that the main rationale for an annual Wikimania brought up in the 2016 meeting was that Wikimania was vital for movement governance and accountability. Which wasn't particularly stressed in the WMF's consultation, but I can see why that kind of issue was very fresh in peoples' minds in 2016.
Now the Wikimedia Conference / Summit looks set to assume this role, what is the continued rationale for having Wikimania every year?
Chris
On Wed, 19 Sep 2018, 16:29 Andrew Lih, andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:
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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