On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Pine W wrote:
> Thanks Ellie.
>
> On the topic of event safety, I am wondering if there is a standard
> checklist that WMF uses when narrowing potential sites for Wikimanias and
> if you could make that checklist public. Perhaps it is public already but I
> don't
Did I miss something or why are we now discussing solutions to problems
that we haven't even started to discuss yet? Have we or the "committee"
come up with any ideas on what and who Wikimania should be for before
rushing headlong into planning 2018?
On 18 October 2016 at 00:10, Pine W wrote:
>
Thanks Ellie.
On the topic of event safety, I am wondering if there is a standard
checklist that WMF uses when narrowing potential sites for Wikimanias and
if you could make that checklist public. Perhaps it is public already but I
don't know where to find it.
Regarding Wikimania goals and strate
Yes we are doing a review and I can vouch that issues like this will always
be a part of the criteria when selecting a venue. In most of the recent
Wikimanias the selection committee and WMF have included the security of
our LGBT community as one of the criteria when considering bids.
Another cri
Bangkok is not only an excellent geo location for a conference, the cost of
living here in this ultra modern city is only one sixth of that of the Western
and Westernised world (that will raise a smile for the WMF), and it is, due to
Thailand's very old and very special 3-gender culture, possi
We talked about this in the LGBT meetup in Wikimania several times. As far
as I remember it is a huge concern for coordinators and Wikimania committee
when considering a bid for Wikimania. IIRC, there are several examples that
situation of LGBT laws was a reason to reject a bid.
So I assure you Wi
Hi Pax,
My understanding is that WMF is doing a strategic review of Wikimania. If
that is correct, considerations like the ones you raise about location
could be included in the scope of that review. I'm pinging Ellie with the
hope that she can provide information about the status of WMF's thinkin
