> > The survey cannot be opened (gives a permission error. Presumably its only > working if you are logged in to a WMF google account)
Fixed! 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?) For any questions, the Program Committee <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018#Program_Committee> will be monitoring the talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018>! On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Rachel Farrand Events Program Manager Technical Collaboration Team Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
