Dear Mr. Parker, Welcome to the list -- and, your vote of confidence in a west coast wiki conference is very encouraging. I'm very glad to hear the idea appeals to you!
Judging from past RCC efforts, the first important step is to build some consensus for a vision, including a strong local volunteer base in a specific city, venue ideas, event format, etc. If you have ideas around that, please jump in with them! Or, if you're purely interested as a potential funder, that is very welcome news; but it will take a little time before we have a coherent proposal to bring to you. We will certainly get back in touch if and when plans start to firm up! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] on English Wikipedia Principal, Wiki Strategies www.wikistrategies.net +1 503-383-9454 On Jan 29, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Sean Parker wrote: > I would be open to provide financing for a West coast event > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; San > Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat Jan 28 18:23:21 2012 > Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Time for a wiki conference on the west coast? > > Hey all, > > Recently, the idea of a RecentChangesCamp in Portland, San Francisco, > Seattle, or elsewhere on the west coast has popped up on the RCC-planning > mailing list. > > For those who don't know, RCC is one of the longer-standing wiki conferences, > and has been held in Portland more than anywhere else. The last Portland one > was in 2008; it's also been held in Montreal (x2), Camberra, Australia (x2), > Boston, and Palo Alto. > > I think it's fantastic that this community remembers Portland so fondly, and > is so interested in having a conference there. And there's clearly a very > fertile soil in SF as well. From past experience, this conference only > happens if there is strong local will to pull it off. But if that exists, > there is a good core, international group of volunteers who will help out, > and provide insights from past events. > > At the same time, it seems to me that the wiki world has evolved since RCC > was first held. There are now several similar models, including the > WikiConference (the Wikimedia movement's name for regional conferences; one > was held last year in San Francisco); WikiSym (an academic conference about > online collaboration, which has grown to include an Open Space component like > RCC). Also, the PortlandWiki grown up since the last one, and has found some > solid allies and beneficiaries in independent groups like Occupy and Portland > Afoot. > > So, my question is: do people feel like putting together a wiki conference in > 2012? And is RCC a good model for doing that? > > I'd highly recommend joining the RCC-planning email list and discussing > there, so that we don't get separate discussions going. > https://groups.google.com/group/rcc-planning > > -Pete > > p.s. As an aside, I recently set up an IRC channel : #wikimedia-westcoast. > While I know that many of you are more "wiki" people than "Wikimedia" people, > I hope this is a useful tool for networking -- if you're an IRC user, please > join us and say hi sometime! > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf Pete Forsyth [email protected] 503-383-9454 mobile
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