There is only one body that can make funding commitments: the WMF board of trustees. However, theoretically, Wikimania doesn't have to stand or fall with WMF funding. But from what I observed, there's a broad support for this type of decision by this committee among board members.
Contrary to popular belief, july/august 2018 is still quite far from now, so lets see how things develop in the coming months. Thanks for sharing these minutes! Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-08 16:26 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating <[email protected]>: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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