I agree with the others … 4 years is far too long to wait. I think that you can only have it every year or every second year, or not at all. Too much happens in a year for us to wait 4 years for something.
I fully support holding Wiki Indaba this year, and well done Ghana!! > On 03 Apr 2016, at 5:21 PM, Kangah Donatien KOFFI <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) User Group support the idea of Indaba this year. > So we agree with Ghana. > > Thank you Felix to start the discussion. > > 2016-04-03 12:50 GMT+00:00 Raphael Berchie <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > Hi all I think I bet to differ with Rex on his four year period I personally > think that will be quite a long time.I however wish to state that team Ghana > is ready to host the next Indaba later this year if we have the support from > other countries.I believe it is a clarion call because if Indaba is not > hosted this year we may have to wait until 2018.I hope we will have the > needed support from other teams in our bid to host it. > > Warmest regards > > May I share my thoughts too? > > If Wikimania is going to be held once every two years, is it not a better > idea to host wiki indaba once every four years? > > In that case, there's more time to as you put it: > > but I think we can have a better case after we have shown our exploits and > what we are capable off, based on our experience. It will also afford us time > to measure impact and success of the conference. > > Two and half years to measure impact, one and a half year for setting the > event arrangement rolling. > > I do not know the full reasons behind why Wikimania is gonna be held > biennial, but i believe it's for good reasons. > > So wiki indaba, a quadrennial event. That's my thoughts. > > And Ooh, I like the started page on meta too. Thanks for starting it > > On Apr 2, 2016 6:57 PM, "Felix Nartey" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think having the next Indaba has proven to be an issue of concern, even > though I share in this same concern I advice that we be circumspect in our > decision or plans towards it. > > I am strictly of the view that per issues following the last indaba held, we > host this event every other year as initially proposed by Wikimedia ZA after > the conference. I think this will afford us ample time to measure our > exploits or pull enough feedback before our next request for the conference. > > It will also allow us to align with recent restructuring of Wikimania that > proposes that Wikimania be held every other year starting 2017, meaning > communities or regional events in 2018 and 2020 in that order. I am not > saying we can't defile the status quo, but I think we can have a better case > after we have shown our exploits and what we are capable off, based on our > experience. It will also afford us time to measure impact and success of the > conference. > > Following these prepositions I think it will be ideal to host Wikindaba this > year (2016) as part of the initial plan to host it every other year, or wait > till 2018 to perfectly align with the restructuring of Wikimania and regional > events (i stand to be corrected). Lastly I think it will be in our own > interest to have a body (committee) that confers with the entire community > and show responsibility for Wikindaba. > > Here is a link to a proposal > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba> for a possible committee I > have been working on - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Indaba>. Kindly add your voice and > thoughts on what is possible. > > Cheers, > > Felix > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians> > > > > > -- > Donatien Kangah, > Entrepreneur, Consultant-Formateur web > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians Isla Haddow-Flood Project Manager Username: Islahaddow
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