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This is a call to everyone interested in the Wikimedia Developer Summit
2017 -- including remote participants. We need you to help us decide which
sessions should be pre-scheduled in advance, getting bigger rooms, video
recording, and higher quality requirements.
Today we have 46 sessions competing for 15 slots. We need to propose a
schedule by December 12. How can you help?
The best way is to check the proposals submitted
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2205/> and join those that
interest you in a visible way:
- participating in the discussion (the best way to prove your interest
and support the proposal)
- subscribing to the Phabricator task (click "Subscribe")
- awarding a token to the Phabricator task (click "Award Token")
The sooner, the better. We will start checking participation by November 28
(see the timeline
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/2017/Call_for_participation#Selection_process>
).
To be clear, this is not a popularity contest. Proposals with more
participation will be more likely to be pre-scheduled and vice versa.
However, the scheduling will be handled by the Program committee
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/2017/Program_committee>.
They will take into account participation numbers, but they will also
consider other factors.
Proposals not scheduled will be directed to the Unconference
<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Developer_Summit/Unconference&action=edit&redlink=1>
that
will run in parallel to the pre-scheduled sessions.
--
Quim Gil
Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil