I also concur that best part of wikimania is get to know other wikimedians and fascinating stories , but nevertheless the workshops are also very useful. in each wikimania we enjoy both. I learnt a lot from them all.
Mardetanha
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Most Wikimedians are very interesting people. However Milos has hit the nail on the head when he says the most interesting things happening at Wikimedia events are 1-1 conversations.
In my view we don't have a "personality" problem (and if we did, we couldn't fix it).
What we have, at least in the offline space, is an *event management* and *meeting skills" problem.
We do not set up events to make anything *apart* from 1-1 conversations effective. Events typically lack goals and focused programmes. Where issues are being discussed, they lack common agreement about what problems are trying to be solved and what voices need to be represented in the solutions. Where skills are being shared, they lack a definition of what it is people need to know and how to teach it to them effectively. And more or less throughout, we have a low level of presentation and/or facilitation skills as we don't actively train people in these.
We are groping towards success in a couple of areas I'm familiar with, e.g. the Wikimedia Conference is more clearly focused year on year. But there is still a long way to go!
Regards,
Chris
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I think the term that I would use is "serious". Of course we're serious about the quality of our product. However that can involve plenty of
stress
and burn-out. We deal with a lot of serious issues: conflicts of
interest,
harassment, finances, legal compliance, reliability, privacy, safety, and more. My personal experience is that there's little gratitude for good work, and lots of complaints when things go awry. I would like to see us foster an emotional environment that's a bit on the brighter side, and would be interested in others' thoughts about how we can do that.
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