I'd just like to be the bad guy and repeat my suggestion expressed in the past in this list and on wikimania-planning-l that in the future Wikimania be held every two years. The no-Wikimania years could possibly be devoted to regional conferences, smaller in scope and cheaper to produce.
Producing a very good bid for a constantly-expanding and improving conference, every time in another place, is a task we won't be able to support over time. Harel Cain Wikimedia Israel On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 21:07, Jan-Bart de Vreede <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi All, > > Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion, and in no way represents any > sentiments of the board. > > That being said > > In the past years I have seen a lot of people spend a lot of time on > different bids which never made it (even though they were pretty good). > Could this be the year that we change this procedure and try to do things > differently? I would love to explore how we can avoid a lot of people > wasting their energy... > > How about taking a little time to look at these and other imperfects of > the current system before jumping right in, and trying to see if we can > improve it? > > Jan-Bart > > > > On 23 nov. 2011, at 19:47, James Forrester wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > It's getting towards the end of November, which means it is time to > > run the Wikimania bidding process for 2013[0]. > > > > Given the traditional absence of a formal system, I'm putting myself > > forward as Jury[1] co-ordinator - a non-voting person who helps the > > Jury form and Bids get started up, sets the timeline[2], and hopefully > > makes sure everything happens smoothly. > > > > In this role, I would like to make two requests: > > > > Firstly, I'm sure the whole Wikimedia community would love to see as > > many good bids as possible. There are already a few bids[3] on Meta, > > but if you or your local community are thinking about putting one in, > > I'd urge you to get started now - there's not much time left before > > new bids will not be accepted. Making a good bid for Wikimania can be > > a lot of work, but we all benefit from there being a strong field of > > bids. > > > > > > Secondly, I would like to invite volunteers to serve on the Wikimania > > 2013 jury. There is a list of general requirements on Meta[4], but to > > summarise: > > > > * The Jury will have some from the Wikimedia Foundation's Board and > > staff alongside the community volunteers; > > * You can't be on the Jury if you're closely involved in a Bid (it's a > > conflict of interest); > > * You need to have some free time during the selection period > (January-March); > > * We want to represent the community across the different projects and > > activities; and > > * We of course want a mix of people from a diverse range of > > backgrounds, sexes, cultures and regions of the world. > > > > If you wish to be involved in the Jury, please e-mail me (off-list) at > > [email protected] - I hope we can announce the Jury in the first > > week of December, so please contact me as soon as you can. > > > > > > Please also consider passing this message on (and translating it!) for > > your wiki's community forum for those that don't read these mailing > > lists. > > > > Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. > > > > [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013 > > [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Jury > > [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Bids/Timeline > > [3] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Bids > > [4] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury > > > > Yours, > > -- > > James D. Forrester > > [email protected] | [email protected] > > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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