Hi
Just enquiring whether the proposed wiki train plan is still on.
Regards, Abbas.
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:01:13 -0700 From: saintonge@telus.net To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent Wikimania committee?
phoebe ayers wrote:
Right, and the nature of what the Foundation has done has changed over the last few years, so that's actually been in flux (what was true for us in 2006 is totally different now, re: scholarships etc). Which makes it even harder to get an authoritative answer!
That makes them out to be just like a government. ;-)
Basically: the community & the Foundation have certain expectations for Wikimania, but it's up to the local team to implement them.
Indeed, the insidious thing about expectations is that those of whom they are expected can be blissfully unaware of that fact, and are easily blind-sided
In a much larger context, the internet has provided opportunities for unprecedented participation in democratic processes, but not without the irony that those with that newfound power often ask their adversaries what to do with it.
Ray
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