On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:07 PM Devouard (gmail) <fdevou...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I think it is a very good move.
>
> Berlin conference has a big default, which is that, contrariwise to our
> mouvement, it is not inclusive. This is a closed conference where only
> specific people may go. That naturally let out a whole lot of people.
> All those who do great things, but who are not representative of an
> affiliate.
True. But:
> Berlin has become so big that increasingly, many decisions
> are made over there, in a closed environment. And those who are not part
> it are missing opportunities to weight in.
I have been to every Wikimedia Conference since 2009, and I disagree with
this characterization. I am hard-pressed to think of *decisions* made at
WMCON. I remember discussions, feedback-gathering (e.g. the recent
strategy work), but not *decisions*. The only *decisions* I can think of
actually made at the Wikimedia Conference are either: 1. committee
decisions (e.g. AffCom), using the conference for a face-to-face meeting
and making the same kinds of decisions they otherwise make online, or 2.
decisions between a group of volunteers to collaborate on something (i.e.
individuals inspiring each other into undertaking a volunteer project, e.g.
WLM).
Characterizing this conference as a secretive decision-making cabal is
untrue and unfair, and may give people who've never been to it a very wrong
impression.
A.
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