May I suggest that this discussion move to [1] where, among other things, people may create RfCs about the name, scope, and timing of the event?
I'm looping in Alex Wang from Grantmaking to see if she has any comments about where and how this discussion should take place, since I think PEG provides funding for these conferences.
Thanks,
Pine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference