Hello all,

Here are some new information about the WikidataCon event, that will take place in Berlin on October 28th-29th.

We just nominated the members of the two committees that will have an important role in the organization of the event. Thank you very much to all the applicants!

• Program committee: andrawaag, Spinster, Masssly
• Scholarship committee: Micru, Venuslui

For all the other topics, you can freely join the volunteer groups, discuss on the talk page, suggest ideas.

I'm also glad to give you an overview of the next steps for the WikidataCon:

• Scholarship application process: June 8th-July 31st
• Call for submissions for the program: June 12th-July 31st
• Registration opening: June 19th (two other ticket releases are planned in August and September)
• Selection of the scholarships recipients: August
• Review of the submissions for the program: August
• Announce of the program: September 1st

This dates can still evolve, I'll keep you informed. For more information, check Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017.

Last but not least: in order to be able to provide scholarships, and help people who can't afford the travel and accommodation to participate, we requested a grant from the WMF. This grant will be reviewed soon, and you can help by endorsing the project. For this, you can add a message at the bottom of the grant submission. This would be very useful for the project!

Cheers,

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Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

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