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Deborah Tankersley

22 May 2018 22 May '18

1:47 a.m.

*Hello,We recently announced the new Wikimedia Technical Conference (TechConf) during the closing session of the Barcelona Hackathon on May 20, 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process will work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical Conference will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context as we go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for diverse stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need people who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually make decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this week, we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself) to attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will be June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you have any questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html> [3] https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> * *Cheers from the Program Committee:* *Kate, Corey, Joaquin, Greg, Birgit and TheDJ* -- deb tankersley Program Manager, Engineering Wikimedia Foundation

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Rachel Farrand

2 Jun 2 Jun

2:36 a.m.

Hello! As per the email below we are now opening up the nomination process for the Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTechConf), to be held in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. *Please fill out the survey using this link to nominate yourself or someone else to attend: *https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 This nomination form will remain open between June 1 and June 14, 2018. This survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may make it subject to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see this survey privacy statement: https:// wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference_Survey_Privacy_ Statement *If you have any questions, please post them on the event's talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>. * Thanks! The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Deborah Tankersley < dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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*Hello,We recently announced the new Wikimedia Technical Conference (TechConf) during the closing session of the Barcelona Hackathon on May 20, 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process will work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical Conference will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context as we go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for diverse stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need people who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually make decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this week, we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself) to attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will be June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you have any questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018- April/089738.html <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html> [3] https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> * *Cheers from the Program Committee:* *Kate, Corey, Joaquin, Greg, Birgit and TheDJ* -- deb tankersley Program Manager, Engineering Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

-- Rachel Farrand Events Program Manager Technical Collaboration Team Wikimedia Foundation

Brian Wolff

5:57 a.m.

The survey cannot be opened (gives a permission error. Presumably its only working if you are logged in to a WMF google account) Additionally, I wish there was more information about what basis we are supposed to be nominating people on. Its not even clear under what category of person we are nominating people for (people with skills (what type of skills?) who are going to be "selected by the comittee" or are we nominating for the 17 volunteers? (What type of volunteers? Wikipedians (aka users)? Volunteer devs? How do third parties fit into that?) -- Brian On Friday, June 1, 2018, Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Hello! As per the email below we are now opening up the nomination process for

the

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Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTechConf), to be held in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. *Please fill out the survey using this link to nominate yourself or

someone

...

else to attend: *https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 This nomination form will remain open between June 1 and June 14, 2018. This survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may make it subject to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see this survey privacy statement: https://

wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference_Survey_Privacy_

...

Statement *If you have any questions, please post them on the event's talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>.

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Thanks! The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Deborah Tankersley < dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > *Hello,We recently announced the new Wikimedia Technical Conference > (TechConf) during the closing session of the Barcelona Hackathon on May

20,

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> 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and > organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process

will

...

> work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical

Conference

...

> will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as > mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this > conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called > Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context as

...

> go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for diverse > stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make > informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need

people

...

> who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually

make

...

> decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this week, > we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the > nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself) to > attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or > backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa > application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will be > June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you have

any

...

questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html

[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018- April/089738.html <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html> [3] https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> * *Cheers from the Program Committee:* *Kate, Corey, Joaquin, Greg, Birgit and TheDJ* -- deb tankersley Program Manager, Engineering Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

-- Rachel Farrand Events Program Manager Technical Collaboration Team Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Amir E. Aharoni

6:40 a.m.

The FAQ answers some of these questions, though not all: https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/FAQ בתאריך יום ו׳, 1 ביוני 2018, 19:58, מאת Brian Wolff ‏<bawolff(a)gmail.com>om>:

...

Hello! As per the email below we are now opening up the nomination process for

the

Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTechConf), to be held in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. *Please fill out the survey using this link to nominate yourself or

someone

wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference_Survey_Privacy_

Statement *If you have any questions, please post them on the event's talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 .

20,

> 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and > organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process

will

> work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical

Conference

people

> who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually

make

> decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this

week,

> we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the > nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself) to > attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or > backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa > application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will be > June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you have

any

> questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] >

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html

> <

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html > >> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018- >> April/089738.html

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https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html> >> [3] https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 >> <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> [4] >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018

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https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>

* *Cheers from the Program Committee:* *Kate, Corey, Joaquin, Greg, Birgit and TheDJ* -- deb tankersley Program Manager, Engineering Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

_______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Rachel Farrand

8:53 a.m.

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The survey cannot be opened (gives a permission error. Presumably its only working if you are logged in to a WMF google account)

Fixed! Additionally, I wish there was more information about what basis we are

...

supposed to be nominating people on. Its not even clear under what category of person we are nominating people for (people with skills (what type of skills?) who are going to be "selected by the comittee" or are we nominating for the 17 volunteers? (What type of volunteers? Wikipedians (aka users)? Volunteer devs? How do third parties fit into that?)

For any questions, the Program Committee <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018#Program_Committee> will be monitoring the talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>! On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:

...

The survey cannot be opened (gives a permission error. Presumably its

only

working if you are logged in to a WMF google account) Additionally, I wish there was more information about what basis we are supposed to be nominating people on. Its not even clear under what

category

of person we are nominating people for (people with skills (what type of skills?) who are going to be "selected by the comittee" or are we nominating for the 17 volunteers? (What type of volunteers? Wikipedians (aka users)? Volunteer devs? How do third parties fit into that?) -- Brian On Friday, June 1, 2018, Rachel Farrand <rfarrand(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hello! As per the email below we are now opening up the nomination process for

the > Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTechConf), to be held in Portland,

OR,

USA on October 22-25, 2018. *Please fill out the survey using this link to nominate yourself or

someone > else to attend: *https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 This

nomination

form will remain open between June 1 and June 14, 2018. This survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may make it subject to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see this survey privacy statement: https://

wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_

Conference_Survey_Privacy_

> Statement > > *If you have any questions, please post them on the event's talk page > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_

Conference/2018

* > Thanks! > > The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team > > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Deborah Tankersley < > dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> *Hello,We recently announced the new Wikimedia Technical Conference >> (TechConf) during the closing session of the Barcelona Hackathon on

May

20,

> 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and > organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process

will

> work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical

Conference >> will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as >> mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this >> conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called >> Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context

we >> go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for

diverse

> stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make > informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need

people

> who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually

make

> decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this

week, >> we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the >> nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself)

>> attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or >> backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa >> application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will

>> June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you

have

any

> questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] >

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html

> <

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html > >> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018- >> April/089738.html

> <

Conference/2018

> <

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>

_______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

-- Rachel Farrand Events Program Manager Technical Collaboration Team Wikimedia Foundation

Greg Grossmeier

8 Jun 8 Jun

7:28 a.m.

New subject: Clarification Re: [nominations needed] Wikimedia Technical Conference

Hello, The Wikimedia Technical Conference Program Committee wanted to send a clarifying note regarding the nomination process. Initially we said that relevant budget owners will be invited directly by us and thus *do not need to be explicitly nominated*. This is still half true. We will be directly inviting many budget owners BUT please do nominate those budget owners that you believe should be in attendance (including yourself, if applicable). Do this even if you believe we will already select them. There's no harm in nominating someone. I have updated the FAQ accordingly[0]. Please post any questions on the talk page[1]. Thanks, Greg [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Technical_Conference%… [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 -- | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | | Release Team Manager A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D |

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