As someone who has seen firsthand how much effort went into WikiConference
India 2016, I will ask any communities planning for a Wikimania bid to
first conduct a WikiConference India first. There is a massive effort
required for conducting even a WCI size event, and the core organisers
faced plenty of problems even then. And we always face shortage of
organisers.
So if we are even considering making an expression of interest from India,
please start preparing for WCI 2017 immediately; as well as start looking
for a minimum number of organisers for both events. Other than that, I
don't see any other problems with a Wikimania interest bid for now.
Regards,
Soni
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From: Srikant Kedia <wikiodisha1(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Should we organise Wikimania 2018/2019 in
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Hello,
Since last 6 years we were planning to organise Wikimania in India. But we
dropped it because of raw experience to organise such a big conference.
But in the last 6 years, we have organised 3 conferences i.e. in 2011 at
Mumbai, 2015 at Kolkata & 2016 at Mohali. If we all communities and
chapters collaborate then we can plan to organise an International
conference at India in 2018/2019.
Waiting for your opinion and suggestions.
Regards
Shreekant Kedia
Odisha1