Hoi, Why would it be and how does that make a difference? Thanks, GerardM
On 21 June 2017 at 22:38, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > I assume this conference will be considered a "Wikimedia technical event" > and as such it will fall under the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct ( > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct) and its Committee? > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I'm forwarding this email from > > > > Léa Lacroix to the list about the WikidataCon. > > > > Best, > > Shani. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Léa Lacroix <lea.lacr...@wikimedia.de> > > Date: 20 June 2017 at 14:34 > > Subject: Join the WikidataCon, 28-29 October in Berlin > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > Here's a general update about the WikidataCon, that will take place in > > Berlin on October 28th and 29th :) > > > > General information > > The WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017 > > > > is a conference organized for and by the Wikidata community, and > supported > > by Wikimedia Deutschland. > > If you edit Wikidata, make queries with SPARQL, build scripts, gadgets or > > external tools, reuse data from Wikidata with your software or your > > service, if you belong to an organization who wants to use or donate > data, > > if you're working on open data, datajournalism, datavizualisation, open > > knowledge, civictech... *you're welcome to the WikidataCon*! > > > > It will take place on October 28th-29th (+ social event on Friday 27th), > in > > the Tagesspiegel venue, in Berlin. Due to our international community, > the > > even will take place in English only. However, language/local meetups can > > be added to the program. > > > > We are expecting 150 persons from all around the world, to celebrate > > Wikidata's 5th birthday and *share knowledge and experience whithin the > > community*. > > > > > > Program > > With two days of talks, workshops, demos, meetups, and social events, the > > diverse and awesome people that belong to the Wikidata community will be > > able to share their experiences, their favorite tools, learn from the > > others, discover new ways to create, enrich, reuse data from the free > > knowledge base. > > > > The program is currently being build via a *call for projects > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program>, > running > > until July 31st.* Feel free to support your favorite topics or propose a > > project. A social event on the Friday evening and a birthday celebration > > will also take place to bring the community together. > > > > > > Attend > > *Registration is now open > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Attend/Register > >, > > until October 1st. *Registration is mandatory for everyone, including > > speakers, WMF and WMDE employees, volunteers... > > > > Important thing you need to know: the ticket is free of charge, and > > includes the access to the conference, meals, drinks and goodies, but > *does > > not include travel and accommodation*. The attendees have to book these > by > > themselves. > > If you plan to come, don't wait... Berlin is a touristic area :) > > > > > > Scholarships > > Some scholarships will be provided to help attendees to fund their travel > > and accommodation for the conference. *The application is running until > > July 16th > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Scholarships>. > * > > > > Due to the few number of scholarships we can provide, we encourage people > > to ask for support from their local chapter or user group. > > > > > > How can you help? > > - share this information with people, mailing-lists, wikis, who could be > > interested > > - if you are involved in a local chapter: ask your board if they can > > provide some support for the volunteers of you country who would like to > > join. > > - if you want to *volunteer during the event*, you're more than welcome! > > You can find more information here > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer>. > > - if you see any missing information or mistake, or you have any > question, > > feel free to contact me. > > > > > > You can follow our updates on the wiki page > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>, the facebook > > event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1358386070859989/> or the Twitter > > account <https://twitter.com/wikidata>. > > Thanks a lot for your attention, I hope I'll meet some of you during the > > WikidataCon! > > > > -- > > Léa Lacroix > > Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > > 10963 Berlin > > www.wikimedia.de > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter > > der Nummer 23855 Nz. 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