Interestingly, having them every other year would make it potentially viable for an entirely new community group to start putting on their own wikimanias, essentially forking the process.
On 09/02/16 07:01, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, I positively HATE the notion that Wikimania will be once every other year. It is easy enough to get in contact with local heroes. What Wikimania does is bring people from the whole world together. Without Wikimania our community is parochial. This is where our projects are weak in having a global view.
I resent this conclusion forcefully. Thanks, GerardM
On 8 February 2016 at 23:53, Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org wrote:
The Community Resources team at the WMF recently held a consultation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania on articulating the value of Wikimedia movement conferences overall, the unique value of Wikimania, and what new form Wikimania could take to better serve the movement going forward. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania/Outco...
I will be working with the community, organizers, committees, and WMF in 2017 to begin set up and planning for an experimental model for Wikimedia movement conferences, including Wikimania, starting in 2018.
Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania/... Thanks to all who participated!
Ellie
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