And/or changing the character of the event in discussion. Some other FLOSS community/project have more mutual communication-oriented events I heard. For example, Mozilla Summit: they, so I heard, gather less frequently than us (once some years) and spare more time just to interact themselves offline, it's more like to sort of retreat as far as I imagine hearing from those who attended.
Just my 2 cent. Cheers, On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Harel Cain <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
