For anyone in the UK (or willing to visit the UK ;-) that hasn't seen the below, please take a look. Apologies for the cross-posting. This event is also hosting Wikimedia UK's AGM, so it is fairly important. ;-) Please distribute it to anyone else that you think might be interested.
Thanks, Mike Begin forwarded message: > From: joseph seddon <life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk> > Date: 25 February 2010 12:01:55 GMT > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Knowledge Conferece - Wikimedia Track > (Call for Participation) > Reply-To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > This year Wikimedia UK is partnering with the Open Knowledge > Foundation in the organisation of the 2010 Open Knowledge > Conference ("OKCon"), an interdisciplinary conference that brings > together individuals from across the open knowledge spectrum for a > day of presentations and workshops. > > > At this year's conference, Wikimedia UK will be supporting and > organising a track dedicated to the projects and communities > central to Wikimedia. > > > We need your help to create an exciting and interesting track that > will inspire and challenge Wikimedians and others alike. Could you > give a presentation or host a discussion on a Wikimedia theme? Any > subject relevant to the Wikimedia communities, free content or > Wikimedia UK are welcome. > Timeline > February 25 (Thursday): Submissions will open > March 28 (Sunday) 23:59 UTC: Closure of submission dates > April 7 (Wednesday): Notification of acceptance of submission > April 24 (Saturday): Open Knowledge Conference 2010 > > If you wish to participate but with good reason cannot meet one of > the above deadlines please email conferen...@wikimedia.org.uk > before the deadline as it may be possible to accomodate late > submissions Themes Submissions should address one or more of the > following themes: > > > Wikimedia Communities - Interesting projects and characteristics > within the communities; policy creation; conflict resolution and > community dynamics; reputation and identity; multilingualism, > languages and cultures; the development of Wikimedia UK. > Free Content - Open access to information; ways to gather and > distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in > education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality > and usability; copyright laws and their interaction with Wikimedia > projects. > Culture and Heritage - Ideas for potential partnerships, building > on previous partnerships and the legal, technical and resource > issues that are barriers to such partnerships. > Technical infrastructure - Issues related to MediaWiki development > and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; the Toolserver; the > Usability Project; new ideas for development (including Usability > case studies from other wikis or similar projects). > Submission Guidelines Please email submissions to > conferen...@wikimedia.org.uk. Please email the following details, > all in English: > Title: > Theme: Closest category from above for your submission. > Abstract: 50-100 words summarising the topic > Summary: Detailed description of the topic - 300 words or more. May > contain a link to a more details. > Contact information: Email/Telephone and whether we may publish > these details > Additional Information: > 1-3 sentence biography of the author(s). > any special requirements (e.g. flipchart; OHP. A digital > presentation will be assumed as standard) > whether you will attend the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference (a) > definitely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org