You;re still not getting my point so let me reword myself: I'm debating
wheter specifically this event (in its current form, as it seemingly lacks
general interest plus turns into a 'mini Wikimania') is the best way for
that what Jon says; no argument against wheter it is necessary or not.
Small, dedicated workshops are usually have more success and value than
such general conferences. Also, I saw many arguments that these
unscheduled, here-and-there advertised thematic meetups (paralel to the
main body of the conference) were more useful and fruitful than the main
body. A lot of guys holding 'important' positions are usually missing the
main body of the event at all due to these. Then why to stick to a
conference? Set up workshops: you may put them paralell if you want for
cost effectiveness. (for example 3 days, 6 workshops in two streams)
Balazs
2013/9/20 Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net>
Hi,
A few people asked me with varying degrees of seriousness about this in
Hong Kong, so I'll just put this out there and say that Wikimedia Australia
will not be in a position to host this event in 2014.
Regards,
Craig Franklin
President - Wikimedia Australia
On 16 September 2013 22:11, Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
wrote:
Dear Wikimedia friends,
following up on the emails Asaf and I sent a few weeks ago, I have now
drafted the bidding process to decide upon the location for next
year’s Wikimedia Conference. This event will not only host the annual
Chapters’/Affiliates’ conference, but also the WMF board, FDC and
AffCom meetings and is meant to take place in April 2014 (tbc).
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Bid…
== LOCATION COMMITTEE ==
I would like to see a small location committee (3 representatives of
affiliates, 1 AffCom and 1 WMF) to decide about the hosting chapter.
Asaf and Bence already agreed upon joining the committee, and it would
be nice to see someone from WMIT there, as they have the freshest
experience. So if you have severe experience with conference
organisation, please consider joining the committee now!
== WANNA HOST WMCON 2014? ==
All chapters who are interested in organising the conference in 2014
are invited to place a short bid on Meta. The bids should be made
until 30 September, a decision should be available before 15 October.
The winning organisation will be responsible for all the logistics, as
in: venue, catering, travel and visa arrangements, accommodation,
technical equipment, social events, communication with and support for
the participants, coordination with the programme committee and the
facilitators.
I hope that if we can take the logistics and location for granted,
this will help us focus on the content and sustainability of the
event. I have written more about the programme part on Meta.
Thanks to Asaf and Bence for giving their valuable input to the set-up
of this process. Since WMDE has kind of a traditional interest in
having a good conference, I am happy to take a leading role in
organising this process. Any help is highly appreciated! I am looking
forward to an exciting Wikimedia Conference 2014. \o/
Nicole
--
Nicole Ebber
International Affairs
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg
unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das
Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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