Let's spin-off the topic about Summit participants.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Eran Rosenthal <eranro...@gmail.com> wrote:

> So the capability limit can be soften a bit - this could be a simultaneous
> event in multiple different locations where the main part take in SF, but
> Wikimedia chapters may organize in the same time smaller scale events (it
> could be even 1 room +pizza ++beer).


The capacity limit for 200 is actually a more flexible number, yes. This
number is related to these expectations:

* size of the main room so everyone can fit
* catering so everyone is fed
* social events at night
* accommodation booked by the organizers

While many participants basically "live" at the Summit using all of its
services from beginning to end, others may be interested in participating
without challenging the expectations mentioned, i.e. attending only some
days / sessions, not requiring accommodations, etc. This is something that
can be discussed.

The idea of remote participation needs to be better explored, but at least
for the Summit I would start looking at the case of individual contributors
willing to participate in specific discussions. The Summit is more about
discussing that about hacking.

The idea of complementary locations organized by chapters sounds like a
better fit for the hackathons. There is the aspect of timezones too. In any
case, if a chapter wants to try, we are happy to experiment (WMDE sounds
like a good candidate for experimentation, since they send a good number of
people to the Summit but many more are "left" in Berlin).

-- 
Quim Gil
Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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