On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:46 PM James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Wikimedia Conference is "closed" in that only those who are invited are > allowed to attend. Wikimania is an open conference meaning basically anyone > can attend, including those currently outside the movement. This is a great point – in fact, not only has the mission of the Wikimedia Summit narrowed, the number of invite-only participants has shrunk as well to a basic allocation of one individual per affiliate, with the aim of having a maximum of 200 participants. While I can understand the rationale of Cornelius Kibelka and the WMCON/WMSUMMIT team for this decision, and can endorse its direction, the fact remains that Wikimania being open to all and uncapped is a unique cornerstone for sustaining the community. -Andrew _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
