<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This email is for WMF staff who are interested in attending the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 in Prague which will be taking place 17-19 May, 2019. If you are interested in attending, please read this email and links completely. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are not interested, you can stop reading here! :)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your patience with us as we worked come up with a fair process to determine who should attend this event while staying within the 50 person limitations. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 2019 WMF Staff hackathon decision committee is: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deb Tankersly (Representing Technology)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Moriel Schottlender (Representing Audiences) </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Srishti Sethi (Representing volunteer developers)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rachel Farrand ( Representing the event programs and the best interests of WMCZ)</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There is a separate scholarship committee and a separate organizing team for this year’s event, together the group outlined above will just focus on the WMF attendee selection. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We have done our best to outline the decision process, decision criteria and next steps for you <a href="https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Relations/WMHack2019_Decision_Process">here on Officewiki</a>. As usual we will do our best to learn from our efforts this year and carry on lessons to future events and future years.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks! </span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Rachel Farrand</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rfarrand@wikimedia.org">rfarrand@wikimedia.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:31 PM<br>Subject: Wikimedia Hackathon 2019: Registration Open!<br>To: Wikimedia developers <<a href="mailto:wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org">wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">On behalf of Wikimedia Czech Republic and the Wikimedia Foundation Community Relations team we are please to announce that <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Register_and_Attend" target="_blank">registration for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2019</a> is now open for both scholarships and regular attendees! <div><br></div><div>The hackathon will be held at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Library_of_Technology" class="m_7878394364714318634extiw" title="en:Czech National Library of Technology" style="color:rgb(102,51,102);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">Czech National Library of Technology</a><font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></font>in Prague, CZ between 17-19 May 2019.<font face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></font><div><br></div><div>We have identified <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019/Program" target="_blank">three focus areas</a> for the event which we will continue to refine and clarify over the next months. We welcome your suggestions and collaboration on additional focus areas or larger projects and as usual welcome participants who plan to work on or learn about any project that they like related to any area of Wikimedia Technology. <br><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions or comments please contact: <i style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b><a href="mailto:hackathon@wikimedia.cz" target="_blank">hackathon@wikimedia.cz</a></b></i></div><div>Otherwise, please continue to follow our program and organizational developments on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2019" target="_blank">Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 on Mediawiki</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Please help us by forwarding this email to relevant lists! <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_7878394364714318634m_5247182738826815592gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Rachel Farrand<div>Events Program Manager</div><div>Technical Collaboration Team </div><div>Wikimedia Foundation </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Rachel Farrand<div>Events Program Manager</div><div>Technical Collaboration Team </div><div>Wikimedia Foundation </div></div></div></div></div></div>