[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] The Wikimania of my dreams

[Brian]

Oh, and since I'm dreaming, a Wikimania without ads.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:

> A 100% free software Wikimania.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Mary Murrell <mary_murrell at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Wikiawards to recognize outstanding members of the community
>>
>> --- On Thu, 8/14/08, Finne Boonen <hennar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: Finne Boonen <hennar at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] The Wikimania of my dreams
>> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>> >
>> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 7:15 AM
>>
>> * involves some techy subjects that talk about what's new and
>> exciting, rather then project managment around them
>> * water if it's hot, thee/coffee if it's cold
>> * lot's of breakout spaces to sit&talk all hours of the night and day
>> * brainstorming sessions to get people involved rather then just
>> watching a presentation
>> * new topics/presenters
>> * easy get involved/get to know people
>>
>> Finne/henna
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The mania of my dreams has voice-montages from the public speeches of
>> > various wikimedians to announce the end of sessions / meals /
>> > coffee-times.   A 90-min panel on article quality with  John
>> Seigenthaler,
>> > Ryan Jordan, Larry Sanger and Mathias Schindler, moderated by Lord
>> > Emsworth.  And various covers of the chipmunk-voiced wiki-section of
>> "Jam On
>> > It" as musical theme.
>> >
>> > my dreams are troubled dreams.
>> >
>> > SJ
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Mohamed Sanad
>> <mohameds.sanad at gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> I wanna add one more point:
>> >>
>> >> - It would have someone who can drive really fast like crazy to handle
>> the
>> >> "needed right now" stuff and urgent situations :)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Delphine Ménard
>> <notafishz at gmail.com>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I woudl like to dedicate this thread to the Wikimania of your
>> dreams.
>> >>>
>> >>> No argument, no debate, just ideas, a giant brainstorming of what
>> the
>> >>> Wikimania of your dreams would be. Please throw your stuff in, and
>> try
>> >>> to make it only positive things (ie.write  "something
>> that's green"
>> >>> rather than "something that's not blue or red".)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> here is the Wikimania of my dreams:
>> >>>
>> >>> -It would be in a city easy to reach, with a big airport and cheap
>> >>> flights incoming because it's a huge hub, or it would be next
>> door
>> >>> (Frankfurt airport ;-) )
>> >>> - It would be in a top-notch conference facility, with tons of
>> plugs
>> >>> everywhere, air conditionned if needed, modular conference rooms,
>> all
>> >>> in one place and close to the accommodation building (a mix of
>> >>> Cambridge, Alexandria for the conference facility, Taipei and
>> >>> Frankfurt for access).
>> >>> - It would have a great outdoor and indoor community area, with
>> wifi
>> >>> that works all the time, with comfy couches as well as ground mats
>> for
>> >>> the yoga-types, with coffee, cookies, juices and fresh water
>> available
>> >>> at all times. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei)
>> >>> - It would have all the accommodation in one place, close to the
>> >>> conference grounds, or even actually _on_ the conference grounds,
>> and
>> >>> it would be cheap but practical, clean and modern accommodation,
>> with
>> >>> different possibilities - share a room, not share a room, share a
>> dorm
>> >>> etc. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei)
>> >>> -It would have an amazing range of food for lunches, which would
>> be
>> >>> served in a big room where annoucements and meetings can take
>> place (a
>> >>> mix of Taipei and Cambridge).
>> >>> - It would take place in a really "wow" place so that we
>> get speakers
>> >>> to *want to come* to speak (Harvard or Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
>> >>> - It would be close to sightseeing stuff for social evenings as
>> >>> "discovery trips".
>> >>> - It would have an amazing party location and an amazing party
>> with
>> >>> dancers with rotating hat-thingies (just like Alexandria!)
>> >>> - It would host up to 500 people, not more, so I can get to meet
>> >>> almost all of them. :-)
>> >>> - And finally, to steal Sj's idea, it would have a giant
>> rotating
>> >>> Wikipedia globe that people could get into and make roll around
>> like a
>> >>> hamster wheel, just for the fun of it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>>
>> >>> Delphine
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> ~notafish
>> >>>
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>> get
>> >>> lost.
>> >>> Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org
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