[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Youth Camp?

[Birgitte SB]

--- Andrew Lih <andrew.lih at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/6/06, Rory Stolzenberg <rory096 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think the idea of having courses and workshops
> on these topics is great,
> > but we shouldn't be targeting it towards youth
> specifically; it needlessly
> > singles them out and makes them different, and
> people of all ages can learn
> > from things like this.  Yes, it's good to train
> and nurture a new generation
> > of Wikipedians, but there's no reason for it to be
> a younger generation of
> > Wikipedians.  It should be targeted to the
> community as a whole, not just
> > youths.
> 
> Refer to earlier post.
> 
> Sometimes young folks like to hang out with young
> folks.
> 
> -Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
> 

Also lets not forget that young people have much
longer holidays than most people.  I would think
younger people are more likely to be able to attend
and event a week before Wikimania.

Although I do wonder whether we really want to take on
being responsibile for minors.  It would require a lot
more effort than just producing Wikimania does.  I
think if we can partner with a group that has
experience and a good reputation with the "youth camp"
issues, then it would be great for us to provide the
Wikimedia aspect.  If we are doing this on our own
however I think it would be too risky of a
proposition.

Birgitte SB

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