Hey all, a quick reminder: The deadline for nominations for the Wikimedia Technical Conference (Portland, USA, October 22-25, 2018) is tomorrow, *Thursday June 14, 2018. *So if you are a volunteer (or staff member) and think you (or the person you nominate) might be able to provide valuable feedback for the program, please use this form: https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 to nominate yourself or someone else.
You can find more information on the nomination process in the FAQ: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/FAQ If you haven't heard about the conference at all by now, please see: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 for more information. Questions are very welcome on the talk page there: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 Thanks to everyone who already has taken the time to nominate someone - your support is much appreciated :-) The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team 2018-06-02 1:36 GMT+02:00 Rachel Farrand <[email protected]>: > 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 -- Birgit Müller Community Communications Manager Software Development and Engineering Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. 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