On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 1:09 PM, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> wrote: > There have also been threads on Meta > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa > > However rather than rehashing the decision to hold Wikimania in Israel > during Ramadan, or even trying to send out some last minute > invitations, may I suggest that we start focussing in on some of the > lessons to be learned from this? > > I'd particularly like to see a commitment that future Wikimanias won't > clash with Ramadan or certain other "culturally sensitive" dates. It > will be difficult to list which ones we can't clash with and which we > can accommodate by having two hours break in a sports bar (Gdansk > clashed with some sort of sporting event). But we should at least try. > > Oh and I think there is still time to get more virtual involvement. > > WereSpielChequers >
It was the World Cup. Like anything, decisions have to be made about which accommodations are reasonable and which are not. Ramadan for a Wikimania in the Middle East might make sense... Ramadan for a Wikimania in North America or Western Europe may not (it is, after all, not 2 hours but a full month). Wikimanias are typically held in July and August, and Ramadan will conflict with that timeframe for at least several more years. _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
