I'm with James and Isarra here. Only a small minority of Wikimedians are part of chapters and affiliated groups; being a member of an organized group has nothing to do with being a Wikimedian, or even directly with Wikimedia itself. This is an exclusionary conference - not only do you have to be a member of one of these groups (or otherwise receive an invitation based on role within the WMF structure or as a speaker) to attend, but the conference isn't even open to all members of those groups.
Please do not call it "the" Wikimedia conference. It may be many things, but it's not that. "Wikimedia Affiliates Conference" will do fine. Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 15:12, Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11.09.2014 20:48, Isarra Yos wrote: > >> >> I'm part of the Wikimedia movement, but there are no chapters nearby, nor >> are there any user groups that I know of relevant to my interests as yet. >> Thus there is nobody to represent me but myself. >> >> If this is Wikimedia, why can't I go to a Wikimedia conference? >> >> -I >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > You may create your own user group and participate. > > I suppose that all people participating in Wikimedia conference don't > represent their own (personal) interests (or they should not). > > If you participate in a project it's not so hard to create an user group. > All projects are based on collaboration of individuals, so it should be not > hard to find other members sharing the same interests. > > Wikisource created its own, for instance, and they don't need a single > chapter to represent their position. > > Regards > > -- > Ilario Valdelli > Wikimedia CH > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich > Tel: +41764821371 > http://www.wikimedia.ch > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
