[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Creating a Wikimania Committee

[Orsolya Gyenes]

Hi,

It's already there:


   - Provide advice (on request) with regards to other large-scale
   Wikimedia events to the community and movement bodies.

*~Orsolya*


2013/4/23 Butch Bustria <butch at wikimedia.org.ph>

> Hi,
>
> I suggest "Wikimedia Conference Coordination Committee (WC3)" so that
> conferences similar to "*Regional Wikimanias*" or "*Thematic Wikimania*"
> be accommodated.
>
>
> Butch
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:42 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:17 PM, James Forrester <jdforrester at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > A small group of long-time Wikimaniacs have been working on the
>> > perrenial plan to produce a "Wikimania Committee" - a community group
>> > who would help steer Wikimania from year to year, advising each local
>> > hosting team and ensuring that the processes are open, transparent and
>> > community-led.
>> >
>> > Here are our drafts of what we think we'd want the committee to be
>> > like, a charter, and the resolution which we're submitting to the WMF
>> Board:
>> >
>> > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee
>> > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee/Charter
>> > *
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_resolutions/Wikimania_Committee
>> >
>> > Comments are very welcome; we're trying to get this done fairly
>> > quickly, and of course we will iterate these plans as we get feedback
>> > and hopefully more forward on the oft-stalled next steps.
>> >
>> > J.
>> > --
>> > James D. Forrester
>> > jdforrester at gmail.com
>> > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal
>> capacity)
>>
>> I've been working on these documents as well, and am glad that we're
>> once again moving forward on this idea. It's been discussed for a long
>> time -- for at least the last five Wikimanias!
>>
>> And from the conversations I've been in over the years, I think
>> there's been pretty broad consensus that having a community-driven
>> oversight committee for Wikimania, as proposed here, is a good idea.
>> The idea is that the committee would ensure continuity and planning
>> from year to year as well as help provide oversight of annual
>> conference planning; and it would be a more formal and representative
>> mechanism than we've had in the past. After long discussions, I think
>> we are finally (!) in a good position to make the committee happen
>> now. Please add your feedback and questions, and help make this
>> proposal better.
>>
>> I'm also happy to propose James as the initial chair of the committee,
>> and also very happy that he's willing to do it :) He's been working
>> hard at  keeping the Wikimania process generally on track this year
>> and for the past several years, has helped shepherd many ideas into
>> this proposal, and is in my opinion the best person to get the
>> committee off the ground.
>>
>> best,
>> Phoebe
>>
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>
>
>
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> Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr.
> Vice President (2012-2013)
>
> Wikimedia Philippines Inc.
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