The mania of my dreams has voice-montages from the public speeches of various wikimedians to announce the end of sessions / meals / coffee-times. A 90-min panel on article quality with John

Ryan Jordan, Larry Sanger and Mathias Schindler, moderated by Lord Emsworth. And various covers of the chipmunk-voiced wiki-section of

It" as musical theme. my dreams are troubled dreams. SJ On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Mohamed Sanad

> I wanna add one more point: > > - It would have someone who can drive really fast like crazy to handle

> "needed right now" stuff and urgent situations :) > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Delphine Ménard

> >> I woudl like to dedicate this thread to the Wikimania of your

>> >> No argument, no debate, just ideas, a giant brainstorming of what

>> Wikimania of your dreams would be. Please throw your stuff in, and

>> to make it only positive things (ie.write "something

>> rather than "something that's not blue or red".) >> >> >> here is the Wikimania of my dreams: >> >> -It would be in a city easy to reach, with a big airport and cheap >> flights incoming because it's a huge hub, or it would be next

>> (Frankfurt airport ;-) ) >> - It would be in a top-notch conference facility, with tons of

>> everywhere, air conditionned if needed, modular conference rooms,

>> in one place and close to the accommodation building (a mix of >> Cambridge, Alexandria for the conference facility, Taipei and >> Frankfurt for access). >> - It would have a great outdoor and indoor community area, with

>> that works all the time, with comfy couches as well as ground mats

>> the yoga-types, with coffee, cookies, juices and fresh water

>> at all times. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei) >> - It would have all the accommodation in one place, close to the >> conference grounds, or even actually _on_ the conference grounds,

>> it would be cheap but practical, clean and modern accommodation,

>> different possibilities - share a room, not share a room, share a

>> etc. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei) >> -It would have an amazing range of food for lunches, which would

>> served in a big room where annoucements and meetings can take

>> mix of Taipei and Cambridge). >> - It would take place in a really "wow" place so that we

>> to *want to come* to speak (Harvard or Bibliotheca Alexandrina) >> - It would be close to sightseeing stuff for social evenings as >> "discovery trips". >> - It would have an amazing party location and an amazing party

>> dancers with rotating hat-thingies (just like Alexandria!) >> - It would host up to 500 people, not more, so I can get to meet >> almost all of them. :-) >> - And finally, to steal Sj's idea, it would have a giant

>> Wikipedia globe that people could get into and make roll around

>> hamster wheel, just for the fun of it. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Delphine >> >> -- >> ~notafish >> >> NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Your emails will

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A 100% free software Wikimania. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Mary Murrell &lt;mary_murrell(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Wikiawards to recognize outstanding members of the community > > --- On Thu, 8/14/08, Finne Boonen &lt;hennar(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > From: Finne Boonen &lt;hennar(a)gmail.com&gt; > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] The Wikimania of my dreams > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <

> > > Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 7:15 AM > > * involves some techy subjects that talk about what's new and > exciting, rather then project managment around them > * water if it's hot, thee/coffee if it's cold > * lot's of breakout spaces to sit&talk all hours of the night and day > * brainstorming sessions to get people involved rather then just > watching a presentation > * new topics/presenters > * easy get involved/get to know people > > Finne/henna > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Samuel Klein &lt;meta.sj(a)gmail.com&gt;

> > The mania of my dreams has voice-montages from the public speeches of > > various wikimedians to announce the end of sessions / meals / > > coffee-times. A 90-min panel on article quality with John > Seigenthaler, > > Ryan Jordan, Larry Sanger and Mathias Schindler, moderated by Lord > > Emsworth. And various covers of the chipmunk-voiced wiki-section of > "Jam On > > It" as musical theme. > > > > my dreams are troubled dreams. > > > > SJ > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Mohamed Sanad > &lt;mohameds.sanad(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: > > > >> I wanna add one more point: > >> > >> - It would have someone who can drive really fast like crazy to

> the > >> "needed right now" stuff and urgent situations :) > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Delphine Ménard > &lt;notafishz(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: > >> > >>> I woudl like to dedicate this thread to the Wikimania of your > dreams. > >>> > >>> No argument, no debate, just ideas, a giant brainstorming of what > the > >>> Wikimania of your dreams would be. Please throw your stuff in, and > try > >>> to make it only positive things (ie.write "something > that's green" > >>> rather than "something that's not blue or red".) > >>> > >>> > >>> here is the Wikimania of my dreams: > >>> > >>> -It would be in a city easy to reach, with a big airport and cheap > >>> flights incoming because it's a huge hub, or it would be next > door > >>> (Frankfurt airport ;-) ) > >>> - It would be in a top-notch conference facility, with tons of > plugs > >>> everywhere, air conditionned if needed, modular conference rooms, > all > >>> in one place and close to the accommodation building (a mix of > >>> Cambridge, Alexandria for the conference facility, Taipei and > >>> Frankfurt for access). > >>> - It would have a great outdoor and indoor community area, with > wifi > >>> that works all the time, with comfy couches as well as ground mats > for > >>> the yoga-types, with coffee, cookies, juices and fresh water > available > >>> at all times. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei) > >>> - It would have all the accommodation in one place, close to the > >>> conference grounds, or even actually _on_ the conference grounds, > and > >>> it would be cheap but practical, clean and modern accommodation, > with > >>> different possibilities - share a room, not share a room, share a > dorm > >>> etc. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei) > >>> -It would have an amazing range of food for lunches, which would > be > >>> served in a big room where annoucements and meetings can take > place (a > >>> mix of Taipei and Cambridge). > >>> - It would take place in a really "wow" place so that we > get speakers > >>> to *want to come* to speak (Harvard or Bibliotheca Alexandrina) > >>> - It would be close to sightseeing stuff for social evenings as > >>> "discovery trips". > >>> - It would have an amazing party location and an amazing party > with > >>> dancers with rotating hat-thingies (just like Alexandria!) > >>> - It would host up to 500 people, not more, so I can get to meet > >>> almost all of them. :-) > >>> - And finally, to steal Sj's idea, it would have a giant > rotating > >>> Wikipedia globe that people could get into and make roll around > like a > >>> hamster wheel, just for the fun of it. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Delphine > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ~notafish > >>> > >>> NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Your emails will > get > >>> lost. > >>> Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikimania-l mailing list > >>> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimania-l mailing list > >> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe:

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Oh, and since I'm dreaming, a Wikimania without ads.

Wikimania of my dreams: Transportation: Each participant who verifies themselves to the foundation as a sysop on any Wikimedia project, gets their conference entrance fee waived. All Foundation employees and board members must be required to ride Segway scooters the entire time they are at the project.