There was some discussions between Claudia (WMAT) and Andrea (WMHU) during the PED worshop held in Budapest about hosting a joint Wikimedia Conference next year, maybe in Sopron (50mins from Vienna by train) or in Győr (1,5hrs from three major airports int the region - Budapest, Vienna and Bratislava)
Balázs 2013/8/30 Charles Andrès <[email protected]> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events/upcoming > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:[email protected] <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 > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
