Thanks Marc. So - has the WMF committed to fund a 2018 Wikimania? If they haven't, then how is one going to happen?
And while I wasn't entirely sure what to make of the WMF's consultation about the future of Wikimania, I can also see some methodological flaws in conducting a consultation among the group of people who come to the "future of Wikimania" session at Wikimania. Regards, Chris On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Marc-Andre <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2016-07-08 10:01 AM, Chris Keating wrote: > >> Interestingly, I couldn't see any sign of the Committee's decision being >> informed by the WMF's consultation on the future of Wikimania, or anyone >> from the WMF's community engagement department being present. >> > > Wikimania is, and always was, a community led and organized event. The > WMF, as its traditional biggest sponsor[1], has a great deal of influence > in the matter - but ultimately no decision power beyond "fund and resource > or not". > > The committee's decision has indeed taken into account the consultation > you refer to - as well as the roundtable discussion on the "Future of > Wikimania" that took place earlier[2]. Our evaluation, which is reflected > in that resolution, is that the consultation was clearly flawed and that > its conclusion does not reflect consensus - neither of the community > members who organize nor of those who attend Wikimania. > > -- Coren / Marc > > [1] Although "underwrite" might be a better term - the WMF has pretty much > shouldered the vast majority of the costs and given the most logistical > support year in and year out. > > [2] Where the consensus was to overwhelmingly reject that consultation's > conclusion in favor or continuing with Wikimania as a yearly even given its > irreplaceable role in our movement. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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