On 20 July 2011 18:26, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
(I suspect WereSpielChequers knew it was the World Cup and was being facetious. ;-) ) I agree, avoiding Ramadan isn't really feasible. Wikimania is always held in the summer, and I don't think we should change that. Holding it in the summer but not in Ramadan gives us very little flexibility (at least for the next few years - as you say, Ramadan will have moved out of the usual Wikimania period after that). _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
