Lodewijk, the main reason that I can think of to have a separate event is
lack of room in the Wikimania conference schedule to have a group of
sessions that are targeted to North Americans.
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On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
wrote:
Nathan, I don't object at all to any
wikiconference. I just miss the point
of having North Americans present their projects away from the
international crowd, to only their fellow-north americans. If there is
something very particular that makes these talks unsuitable for people from
other continents, I'd really like to understand that better.
Like I said, I'm not aware of any such track or preconference in other
countries, with a few exceptions where language played a major role (I
think there was a Spanish track in both Buenos Aires and Mexico, and a
Hebrew (education?) track in Haifa). Also in an Asian context I'd have a
hard time imagining why you would make that so specific to that region -
except if it is really tied to language.
Best,
Lodewijk
2016-07-06 19:33 GMT+02:00 Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
wrote:
Still I wonder: what would be the kind of topics
you'd like to schedule
there that you would /not/ want non-North Americans to participate in?
Lodewijk
Lodewijk, would you object to an Asian or Indian Subcontinent
Wikiconference that allowed people in similar geographic and cultural
milieus to cooperate, share experiences and challenges and strengthen
relationships? I doubt it, I'm not sure why a NA Wikiconference would be
different.
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