I share the questions of Lodewijk On Mon, Oct 23, 2017, 19:22 Cornelius Kibelka, < cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Of course, I meant: > > "The registration process will start on November 24, *2017* and will end > sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018." > > Thank you > Cornelius > > -- > > Cornelius Kibelka > > Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) > for the Wikimedia Conference > > > > Am 23.10.2017 18:04 schrieb "Cornelius Kibelka" < > cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de>: > > > Dear Wikimedians, dear representatives of Wikimedia affiliates, > > > > A few weeks ago, we announced that the next Wikimedia Conference will > take > > place from April 20 to 22, 2018 at the Mercure Hotel in Berlin-Neukölln > > (same location as in 2017). This email contains information about the > > program themes and the Eligibility Criteria for invited affiliates > > including the relevant reporting deadlines. > > > > == Program Themes == > > > > As in the previous editions of the conference, the Wikimedia Conference > > 2018 will again focus on three core themes. > > > > - > > > > Movement Strategy: In November 2017, phase 2 of the Wikimedia Movement > > Strategy Process will start. Its main goal will be to answer the > question > > "How do we implement the strategic direction", which means > identifying the > > roles and resources needed for execution, and the activities it > involves. > > In order to ensure participation from the organized part of the > movement in > > this next phase, we will again host a three-day track on movement > strategy. > > This track will be designed together with the Wikimedia Foundation. > > - > > > > Partnerships in the Wikimedia Movement: Wikimedia organizations and > > groups have a wide variety of experiences and knowledge in working > with > > partners to achieve our mission. Based on the conversation at the last > > Wikimedia Conference, Wikimania, and regional Wikimedia conferences, > we aim > > to continue to offer a space for conversations, experience sharing and > > learning around partnerships within and outside the Wikimedia > movement. > > This track will be designed together with the Wikimedia Foundation’s > Global > > Reach & Partnerships team, WMDE’s Partnerships & Development team and > the > > volunteer “Partnerships group”. > > - > > > > Capacity Building & Learning: The Wikimedia Conference currently is > > one of the main spaces for learning and sharing among Wikimedia > affiliates. > > Again, we will host a track with sessions that are designed according > to > > the participants’ needs, wishes and experiences. This track will be > > designed in close consultation with WMF’s Learning & Evaluation team, > and > > will complement the pre-conference Learning Days. > > > > > > == Eligibility Criteria == > > > > The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Conference > > 2018 are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia > > Foundation. > > > > Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs of > > recent activity (within the last six months) and be up-to-date on their > > reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 15, 2017). Moreover, > > affiliates need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia > > Foundation before April 19, 2017. > > > > == Participant number regulation == > > > > - > > > > Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups may send two > > delegates. Chapters and Thematic Organizations which employ at least > 0.5 > > FTE by Sep 1, 2017, may send one additional delegate who is a paid > staff > > member. > > - > > > > Allied organizations may send two delegates. > > - > > > > The biggest ten language/project communities (by numbers of active > > editors [>5 edits/month]) that are not represented by any affiliate, > or > > have an affiliate, which is not eligible because it was recognized > after > > April 19, 2017, may send one delegate. > > - > > > > As per September 2017, the biggest communities without an > > (eligible) affiliate representation are the Japanese, Vietnamese, > Tamil, > > Bengali, Slovak, Croatian, Hindi and Malay, Wikimedia Commons and > > Wikivoyage communities. > > - > > > > The user groups West Bengal Wikimedians User Group (for the Bengali > > community), Hindi Wikimedians User Group (for the Hindi > community), Wikimedia > > Community User Group Malaysia (for the Malay community), as well as > > the Commons Photographers User Group (for the Wikimedia Commons > > community) and the Wikivoyage Association (for the Wikivoyage > > communities) may send one delegate. For the language communities > (Japanese, > > Vietnamese, Tamil, Slovak, Croatian), decision finding and making > process > > on who will be the one person sent to the conference, need to be > made in > > the public (on-wiki). > > > > > > == Registration timeline == > > > > The registration process will start on November 24, 2018 and will end > > sharply (no exceptions), on January 15, 2018. The link will be provided > on > > Meta.[1] > > > > If you have any questions regarding the registration process or the > > Wikimedia Conference, please > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Conference,+please&entry=gmail&source=g> do > not hesitate to send us an e-mail to > > wm...@wikimedia.de. > > > > Warm regards, > > > > Daniela Gentner & Cornelius Kibelka > > > > Wikimedia Conference team > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018 > > > > > > -- > > Cornelius Kibelka > > Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) > > for the Wikimedia Conference > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > > http://wikimedia.de > > > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. 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