The FAQ answers some of these questions, though not all: https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/FAQ
בתאריך יום ו׳, 1 ביוני 2018, 19:58, מאת Brian Wolff <[email protected]>: > The survey cannot be opened (gives a permission error. Presumably its only > working if you are logged in to a WMF google account) > > Additionally, I wish there was more information about what basis we are > supposed to be nominating people on. Its not even clear under what category > of person we are nominating people for (people with skills (what type of > skills?) who are going to be "selected by the comittee" or are we > nominating for the 17 volunteers? (What type of volunteers? Wikipedians > (aka users)? Volunteer devs? How do third parties fit into that?) > > -- > Brian > > On Friday, June 1, 2018, Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! > > > > As per the email below we are now opening up the nomination process for > the > > Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTechConf), to be held in Portland, OR, > > USA on October 22-25, 2018. > > > > *Please fill out the survey using this link to nominate yourself or > someone > > else to attend: *https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 This nomination > > form will remain open between June 1 and June 14, 2018. > > > > This survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may make it > > subject to additional terms. For more information on privacy and > > data-handling, see this survey privacy statement: https:// > > > wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference_Survey_Privacy_ > > Statement > > > > *If you have any questions, please post them on the event's talk page > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > >. > * > > Thanks! > > > > The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Deborah Tankersley < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> *Hello,We recently announced the new Wikimedia Technical Conference > >> (TechConf) during the closing session of the Barcelona Hackathon on May > 20, > >> 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and > >> organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process > will > >> work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical > Conference > >> will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as > >> mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this > >> conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called > >> Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context as > we > >> go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for diverse > >> stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make > >> informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need > people > >> who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually > make > >> decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this > week, > >> we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the > >> nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself) to > >> attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or > >> backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa > >> application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will be > >> June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you have > any > >> questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] > >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html > >> < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html > > > >> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018- > >> April/089738.html > >> < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html> > >> [3] https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > >> <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> [4] > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > >> < > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> > >> * > >> > >> *Cheers from the Program Committee:* > >> *Kate, Corey, Joaquin, Greg, Birgit and TheDJ* > >> > >> -- > >> > >> deb tankersley > >> > >> Program Manager, Engineering > >> > >> Wikimedia Foundation > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rachel Farrand > > Events Program Manager > > Technical Collaboration Team > > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
