>
> > 4) I don't see a 55-47 vote on a menu of 3 options as being a
> particularly
> > > strong indication of community consensus. Indeed, it's pretty clear
> there
> > > isn't a consensus, and it would be a shame if people proceeded on the
> basis
> > > that "There was a consultation and the answe
Hello Chris (or Jethro)! Thanks for taking time to reply.
> Is it the WMF's view that Wikimania in its current form is
> >
> broken and change is needed - if so who represents that view to the
> > community? (Or if not, what *is* the WMF's view?)
>
>
> It is fair to say that our team does view the
On 18 Feb 2016 00:24, "Chris Schilling" wrote:
>
> >
> > 3) I am still really unsure who is owning this process, either within
the
> > WMF or in general. Generally, I think clear responsibility and
> > accountability *eases* difficult conversations and so far as I can tell
> > they are lacking in
>
> 3) I am still really unsure who is owning this process, either within the
> WMF or in general. Generally, I think clear responsibility and
> accountability *eases* difficult conversations and so far as I can tell
> they are lacking in the conversation about "what should happen with
> Wikimania
Hoi,
When you have been to as many Wikimania's as I have been, you will know
that it is exactly the interaction with staff that enables a lot of things.
They have the consistency (in time) to make a difference, they are embedded
in an organisation that has always cared about what it is that is said
Your comments are inaccurate, not useful, and completely antithetical to
our principles.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Henning Schlottmann
wrote:
> On 09.02.2016 16:40, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
>
> > When you cap Wikimania, who is not to come?
>
> Employees of the WMF and the chapters, other th
On 09.02.2016 16:40, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> When you cap Wikimania, who is not to come?
Employees of the WMF and the chapters, other than WMF's community
engagement team and maybe - just maybe - selected speakers as speakers,
not as general participants.
Wikimania is not for and about employee
On 2016-02-08 5:53 PM, Ellie Young wrote:
The Community Resources team at the WMF recently held a consultation
I will join my voice to the chorus expressing concern and dismay at the
completely ridiculous interpretation of that minor discussion - it
clearly does not resemble a mandate to make
Thank you for beginning this important discussion! I have the same
concerns as
others, especially around how this consultation fits into the decision
making
process. This sentence from the introduction makes it sound very serious
indeed--
maybe this was a misunderstanding? [1]
> The outcomes of
Just to add my thoughts on this. I think the whole discussion is quite a
novel situation in WMF-Community relations, as we have never dealt with an
issue quite like this before.
Firstly the good (and even though this section is shorter, it's just as
significant):
1) The WMF is consulting and discu
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Risker wrote:
> Hello Gerard, I believe the topic of capping costs is a reasonable one
> because, simply put, there are not unlimited resources within the movement.
> Some of us have the financial wherewithal to attend "on our own dime", but
> many of our colleagu
Hello Gerard, I believe the topic of capping costs is a reasonable one
because, simply put, there are not unlimited resources within the movement.
Some of us have the financial wherewithal to attend "on our own dime", but
many of our colleagues from around the world are not in that position.
Your
Hoi,
When you cap Wikimania, who is not to come? Who is not relevant enough. We
are a big movement and there is a reason for that. You care about health,
what about mental health? How do you learn the lessons from the Malayalam
source movement. There is more than we can do and you talk about cappin
Yes I am also not a big fan of moving Wikimania to every two years. Meeting
once a year on a global scale is important. I could see possibly keeping it
smaller / capping funding.
--
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
Interestingly, having them every other year would make it potentially
viable for an entirely new community group to start putting on their own
wikimanias, essentially forking the process.
On 09/02/16 07:01, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
I positively HATE the notion that Wikimania will be once ev
Hoi,
I positively HATE the notion that Wikimania will be once every other year.
It is easy enough to get in contact with local heroes. What Wikimania does
is bring people from the whole world together. Without Wikimania our
community is parochial. This is where our projects are weak in having a
glo
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