Hi all,
As some of you already noticed, we were talking on Saturday not only
about Wikimedia Summit, but also about plans concerning Wikisource
Conference sequel. The first Wikisource Conference took place in Vienna
in 2015. Maybe, five years later, it is good time to organize the next
event?
The only way for this to happen is to receive a grant from WMF.
Recently, I have got a confirmation from my chapter that Wikimedia
Polska is willing to help us to apply for the grant and to organize
Wikimedia Conference in Warsaw as a fiscal sponsor
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Fiscal_sponsorships>. (AFAIK
this is the same procedure that was applied to the conference in Vienna).
What they need from us? We need:
* to organize various commitees (Organizing Commitee, Program
Commitee, Grant Comission, etc); the discussion on Saturday showed
that there are people among us who want help in theese. Of course
the more people, the better
* to decide *when we want the Conference*. There are two possible
dates: Autumn 2020 (likely September) and Spring 2021 (likely May);
we need to decide which one is preferred and the decision is a bit
urgent as for the near term the deadline for grant application is 10
February (however it is a realistic plan). At the moment this
question is crucial
* to estimate how many people wish to participate in the Conference
The person supporting us from WMPL is Natalia.
We have prepared a short survey that should help us to find response to
the above questions. The survey is here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-0WGvjrt1UcHhAl-CMtNps85m28R22a6CFkai_cH86k44rw/viewform
Please, fill it if you are interested in participating the Conference.
Best,
Ankry
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