I have updated the page on meta to reflect this decision. [1] Next item on the list: determine program committee. Could we agree on having James Hare as program committee lead?
Cheers, Ad [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Conference_2015&diff=10222147&oldid=9841671 2014-10-16 4:22 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>: > Hello, everyone. > > Weeks go by, and the previous conversation was throughly derailed, so out > of a profound interest in ensuring a high-value event, I am bringing this > up again: we[3] *need to make progress* with planning the > > working-meeting-featuring-Wikimedia-affiliates-and-WMF-and-the-WMF-Board-and-AffCom[4], > whatever we may end up calling it[1]. > > In the interest of moving on to focus on more substantive issues, and in > light of there being only a single bid submitted so far[5], may I > boldly *suggest > that it be accepted* and that we devote the rest of the time until the > spring to ensuring the lessons[6] of the previous years be heeded in > *significant > preparatory work* by the program team and the affiliates? > > Asaf > > [1] or whatever we may choose to rename it. The previous thread was > successfully killed by the digression into the event's name. Let's try to > keep this one on track, and discuss the name ELSEWHERE[2], shall we? > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015 > [3] yes, not all the hundreds of people on this mailing list. But this is > still the channel that reaches the greatest number of Wikimedia affiliates. > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015 > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Bids > [6] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Ad Huikeshoven Bestuurslid / Board member Wikimedia Nederland Internationaal / International Affairs Educatieprogramma / Education Program tel. (+31) (0)70 3608510 mob. (+31) (0)6 40293574 Steun vrije kennis! Kijk op wikimedia.nl <http://www.wikimedia.nl/pagina/doneren-aan-wikimedia-nederland> *Postadres*: * Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
