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done Wikimedia CH step in for the Hackathon in 2014 and for the Wikimedia Conference 2015 sincerely Charles ___________________________________________________________ I use this email for mailing list only. « Je donne mon avis non comme bon mais comme mien. » (Michel de Montaigne) Charles ANDRES "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – www.wikimedia.ch Skype: charles.andres.wmch IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch Le 30 août 2013 à 18:39, Ziko van Dijk <vand...@wmnederland.nl> a écrit : > Hello, > Another coincidence: WMNL is very much interested in hosting a big > international GLAM event in 2015. How about if there is a page on Meta > where we collect the intentions and plans for the following years, with > regard to the major conventions: > * Wikimania > * WM Conference, the former chapters meeting > * GLAM event > * Hackathon > * Education event? > Kind regards > Ziko > > > > Am Freitag, 30. August 2013 schrieb Nicole Ebber : > >> Hey, what a coincidence. Minutes ago I posted a suggestion to >> chapters-l and copied it to the talk page of the "Future of the >> Wikimedia Conference" page. Glad the we bring the discussion to the >> next level now. Thanks, Asaf! :) >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Coming_up_with_a_location_first >> >> Cheers, >> Nicole >> >> On 30 August 2013 16:45, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> Hello All: >>> >>> Following our most recent, successful, community gathering in Hong Kong >> - A >>> BIG thank you, again, to everyone who made it such an event to remember - >>> we are looking ahead to the annual Wikimedia Conference (AKA Chapters' >>> Meeting.) >>> >>> As many of you know, we typically await the offer of a specific group to >>> host the event each year. While this process has more or less worked in >>> the past, we are increasingly aware that waiting until close to the >>> gathering to decide on the date and the location creates an unnecessary >>> inconvenience to those planning to attend and results in higher fees for >>> travel and lodging that could be avoided if we worked together to plan >>> further ahead. >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland had helpfully started a conversation about the >> future >>> of the Wikimedia Conference, on Meta[1], including the question of >> settling >>> the host group. Regrettably, there has been practically no engagement >> with >>> that page so far. (For my part, I have deliberately been waiting for a >> few >>> movement groups to speak first, as I wanted to avoid "priming" the >>> conversation with the (perceived) weight of WMF's voice.) >>> >>> It has occurred to us that two of the reasons that we are not able to >> plan >>> further ahead may be 1. the somewhat vague nature of the planning process >>> and 2. that groups who may want to host hesitate because of an >> uncertainty >>> regarding the costs involved in hosting such a large event. >>> >>> Therefore, we would like to provide some basic information about the >>> Wikimedia Conference and begin a community conversation regarding how me >>> might work together to set the date and location by, say, November of the >>> year preceding the event; thus giving those who want to attend plenty of >>> time to plan and saving the movement and each of the groups the higher >> cost >>> of last minute lodging arrangements and airline ticket purchases. >>> >>> Additionally, planning ahead will allow all of the chapters who wish to >>> send participants to contribute to the agenda for the gathering; thus >>> making sure that all of the issues that the participants would like to >>> discuss are addressed at this annual conference. >>> >>> *==First a bit about the purpose of the Wikimedia Conference==* >>> *An opportunity for Wikimedia movement organizations to meet face-to-face >>> and share ideas about projects and practices and to discuss any >> unresolved >>> issues that may have come up during the past year. >>> *A venue for one of the quarterly Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees >>> meetings and an opportunity for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of >> Trustees >>> and Wikimedia movement organizations to meet and talk. >>> *A venue for the Funds Dissemination Committee to meet to assess the >>> funding proposals for Round 2 of the current year and provide >>> recommendations on those proposals to the WMF Board. >>> >>> We thought that beginning a discussion regarding "hosting requirements" >>> i.e. venue size, accessibility of lodging near the venue, handicapped >>> accessibility, ease of air and ground transit in and out of the venue >>> location, visa application process, Internet access, catering >> capabilities, >>> and chapter and volunteer support available to organize the conference >> and >>> to provide support during the conference itself, would be helpful. >>> >>> To help facilitate the discussion, we have provided some information >>> regarding past chapter meetings that may be useful for chapters >> considering >>> the possibility of hosting for 2014 and beyond. For those who have >> hosted >>> in the past, some of this will be repetitive (and you may have input to >>> add) for those who have not, please feel free to send along any questions >>> you may have that are not covered in the information provided >>> >>> *==Logistical Needs for the Annual Wikimedia Conference==* >>> *A meeting venue that can accommodate a group of 200 - 250 attendees >>> *Lodging either at the meeting venue or nearby to accommodate 200 - 250 >>> attendees >>> *Smaller meeting rooms at the venue to accommodate the Board Meeting and >>> the FDC deliberations (rooms to hold approximately 15 people). >>> *Reliable Internet access at both the venue and the lodging facilities. >>> *Adequate either staff or volunteer support to secure the facilities, >>> coordinate the conference -- >> Nicole Ebber >> International Affairs >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin >> Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 >> >> http://wikimedia.de >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg >> unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das >> Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> >> ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Ziko van Dijk > voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland > > Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland > Postbus 167 > 3500 AD Utrecht > http://wikimedia.nl > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>