Hello folks Wikimania serve as a bridge that connect beautiful people from different parts of the world to come together and share experiences, knowledge, culture, skills and many more which I can't wait to find myself among of them. Hopefully one day one time I will be part of the of journey, also when the Wikimania will be hosted in Africa.
On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, 23:44 Evelin Heidel, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > El lun, 20 mar 2023 a las 17:54, phoebe ayers (<[email protected]>) > escribió: > >> >> For folks who are newer to Wikimania, one core principle we do have is to >> make sure the conference goes to different parts of the world, precisely >> because we have community members everywhere and we don't want it to always >> be an extra-long journey for the same people. Of course rotation by itself >> isn't enough: we also need a group or collaboration that is excited to host >> the conference, as well as a location that will work well for a global >> conference. But these factors together hopefully result in a Wikimania that >> moves around. We got some great expressions of interest for Wikimania, and >> I find it exciting that after the lull of the pandemic there is lots of >> interest in hosting Wikimania going forward from so many groups. >> > > I'd argue that based on that criteria ("a location that will work well for > a global conference") unfortunately the only good place to ever do it is > Europe (both for convenience of travel & because it's an international > flying hub), and we'd probably all agree that's a very bad idea. However, > out of 18 Wikimanias so far, most of them have been in Europe nevertheless. > > This is not a critique to Wikimedia Polska -- I'm very happy for them and > I have no doubt they deserve this, but there's a need to review the whole > model with some type of community discussion that goes well beyond a > session on Wikimania about the "Future of Wikimania", some discussions on a > mailing list, and the steering committee. Maybe it's time to do a committee > that focuses specifically on "re-imagining the future of Wikimania" that > can focus on doing several needed things -- like analyzing all the reports, > learnings & surveys from previous years, running a community survey, and > actually advocating more time to run a community conversation on what > things are important; including how the WMF can (or cannot) support this > event. > > I'm saying this too because one can personally find some arguments > compelling (i.e. sustainability) but then others in the movement might find > other arguments more important, and it's always good to know that. > > cheers, > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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