It's the annual "poke TBL" game! Is there a term limit for # of consecutive times one can be invited to keynote wikimania? Bonus points for finding more than three different ways to poke him.
SJ ps - Please note : he may show up incognito even when he declines to speak. On Feb 5, 2008 5:55 PM, phoebe ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note that everyone is very welcome to contribute program and speaker > ideas; we are especially looking for excellent speakers from the > Middle East & Africa. > > There's a page to brainstorm ideas here: > http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas > > And more volunteers are always welcome to help out. That said, it's > generally prudent to try and coordinate formal invitations to the > conference, which is just one of the many tasks of the Wikimania > program committee :) > > best, > Phoebe > > > > On Feb 5, 2008 12:33 PM, Cary Bass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Simon, > > > > While we appreciate your efforts, please note that you are not > > authorized to send mail out on behalf of the Wikimania organizers. > > > > Please, discuss emails like this with the committee before you send them > > in the future. > > > > I am copying Mr. Berners-Lee to ask him to kindly please disregard your > > email. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Cary Bass > > Volunteer Coordinator > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > simonpedia wrote: > > > Dear Tim (Berners-Lee), > > > > > > I'm writing to you on behalf of the organising committee for Wikimania. > > > This is the annual conference for the Wikimedia Foundation. Don't think > > > I need to tell yo what they do.No.8 on Alexa's top 500. > > > > > > Yes, please; a talk. Just half an hour at most. We'd (all right, I) > > > would really like some insight into what you where thinking when you did > > > the first prop to CERN's management about your "Information Management" > > > idea in . And what prop you would offer them today. > > > > > > The audience is WMF's universe, which is just starting to grow now as > > > their Head Office have, literally, just moved to San Fran and employed a > > > whole bunch of new recruits. So they are really looking for some ideas > > > about what should be their next steps. > > > > > > > > > > > > Alexandria's a long way, but please don't let that stop you. I'm sure we > > > could organise a link between your present (Uni) home and Egypt's new > > > National Library's auditorium. In fact I'd like to encourage it as it > > > might help to get the information centric to reconsider their > > > communication's networking. I'm trying to see of we could strap together > > > a mini-megaconference. http://digitalunion.osu.edu/megaconference/ > > > > > > And to be quite blunt, we need a headline act. (no guitar required) > > > > > > If you are interested, these are some other ideas floating around the > > > WMF traps. http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas > > > > > > We could see about a global workshop if you wanted to suggest something > > > interesting. > > > > > > Appreciate your interest, and your time. If you'd like to say yea or > > > nay, just a reply on this list would encourage people who don't believe > > > God's talk. > > > > > > Obsequiously yours, > > > > > > Simon Fenton- Jones > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
