I have contacted some wiki projects sending them the email below. If you know good contacts out there please forward this invitation to them.
The FOSDEM organizers replied back saying that they preferred a cross-project Wiki devroom. The more and more diverse support we get, the better chances we will have to get the devroom proposal accepted.
... and if you want to help defining the proposal you are of course invited too. I'll start drafting tomorrow.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Wiki DevRoom at FOSDEM? Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:06:28 -0700 From: Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org Organization: Wikimedia Foundation To: qgil@wikimedia.org
Dear wikicolleague(s),
The Wikimedia/MediaWiki community is planning to propose a DevRoom for FOSDEM (Brussels, February 1-2, 2014).
https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-08-06-call-for-participation/
The FOSDEM organizers promote cross-project devrooms and we think it is a good idea as well. There is no lack of wiki projects and wiki topics to present and discuss!
I'm coordinating the elaboration of the proposal from the Wikimedia side. Deadline: 15 September. I will start drafting it at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM tomorrow, but first I wanted to contact several projects seeking support and eventually collaboration.
What we need:
* If you are interested, please give explicit support to this DevRoom on behalf of your project. * If you are quite interested, watch and edit the proposal. * If you are really really interested and you will have the time, step in to co-coordinate the DevRoom.
There are no more details so far. Following TheWikiWay ;) I decided to start contacting you before getting too deep into the planning.
Let me know if you are interested!
Best regards,
On 09/04/2013 03:29 PM, Quim Gil wrote:
I have contacted some wiki projects sending them the email below.
... and so far only http://www.xwiki.com responded, but bringing experience and resources. Last year they submitted a proposal but it wasn't accepted. The competition is big.
Looking forward to hear this week from more projects.
If you know good contacts out there please forward this invitation to them.
Still true!
The FOSDEM organizers replied back saying that they preferred a cross-project Wiki devroom. The more and more diverse support we get, the better chances we will have to get the devroom proposal accepted.
... and if you want to help defining the proposal you are of course invited too. I'll start drafting tomorrow.
In fact today:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM#Devroom_proposal
Your edits are welcome. Your feedback in the discussion page too.
Hi, about FOSDEM - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM
Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2014
On 1 Oct we will know whether our proposal for a Wiki DevRoom has been accepted or not. This is a DevRoom we have proposed together with XWiki and TikiWiki and is open to all wiki topics. If we we get it accepted we will organize a call for participation for this DevRoom.
The call for main track session proposals is open until 1 Oct. https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-08-06-call-for-participation/
... and the call for lightning talks and stands is open until 20 Nov. https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-09-17-call-for-participation-part-two/
You are encouraged to submit lightning talk proposals! Don worry if you are unsure between submitting a session for a lightning talk or a devroom: you can contact both and then they suggest you what to do.
Wikimedia wants to have a stand, and we have received an offer to help from the nascent Wikimedia Belgium chapter. Probably more help can be aggregated from CH, DE, FR, NL, UK + other tech contributors in the region? Let's do something really cool! To be discussed.
Le 25/09/2013 19:39, Quim Gil a écrit :
Wikimedia wants to have a stand, and we have received an offer to help from the nascent Wikimedia Belgium chapter. Probably more help can be aggregated from CH, DE, FR, NL, UK + other tech contributors in the region? Let's do something really cool! To be discussed.
Kiwix and openZIM people never attend to the FOSDEM in the past. This is something we seriously think to change next year with the help of Wikimedia CH. If there is a Wikimedia booth, we would be really happy to help to animate it.
Regards Emmanuel
On 09/25/2013 10:39 AM, Quim Gil wrote:
Hi, about FOSDEM - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM
Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2014
On 1 Oct we will know whether our proposal for a Wiki DevRoom has been accepted or not.
And the answer is... YES, ACCEPTED!
We will receive instructions from the FOSDEM organizers soon, and then we will call a first meeting with Vincent (XWiki), Jean-Marc (Tiki) and whoever else wants to get involved in the organization of the devroom.
If you are interested, watch & comment at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Events/FOSDEM#Wiki_devroom_ACCEPTED.21
Excellent. This is a great opportunity for us. Thanks for shepherding this Quim.
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 09/25/2013 10:39 AM, Quim Gil wrote:
Hi, about FOSDEM - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM
Brussels / 1 & 2 February 2014
On 1 Oct we will know whether our proposal for a Wiki DevRoom has been accepted or not.
And the answer is... YES, ACCEPTED!
We will receive instructions from the FOSDEM organizers soon, and then we will call a first meeting with Vincent (XWiki), Jean-Marc (Tiki) and whoever else wants to get involved in the organization of the devroom.
If you are interested, watch & comment at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Events/FOSDEM#Wiki_devroom_ACCEPTED.21
-- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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