For work groups experience tells a first meting IRL to get to know each
other is necessary, but after that video conference works well.
For big events, why not have groups (40-50 persons) get together on
local level with excellent on-line facilities (wide screens etc) that
connects to all other sites.
and where is this discussed in the strategy? Are we missing something
that will be critical for our volunteers in 2030
Anders
Den 2019-09-23 kl. 13:52, skrev Rebecca O'Neill:
Is it, perhaps, that the value a lot of people derive from these events is
not just the conference itself, but the ability to meet fellow Wikimedians
face-to-face and make meaningful contacts and even friendships that may
never otherwise have come about? I'm all about virtual, but there is value
in physical events, and I would say that we should make time and space for
both.
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 12:54, Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes
We dont give all scholarships for that reason while for regional Wikicon we
receive more requests and we fill the amount immediately.
It's not an opinion that in our events people prefer to arrive by train and
not by flight. We see it as soon we receive the expenses report and when we
ask the reason the answer is the climate change.
Kind regards
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, 13:25 Gabriel Thullen, <gabr...@thullen.com> wrote:
I am a Swiss member, and I did go to Wikimania (and did a small
presentation).
I think that you need to clarify you statement:
"In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because people
would not do long trips."
When looking up what was sais for Wikimania 2019 I read:
"Wikimedia CH offers scholarships for active Wikimedians. They cover
transportation, hotel (max 3 nights) from the 16th to the 18th, and
registration fees. To check your eligibility, you can consult conditions
of
eligibility on this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CH/Policies/Scholarships>."
Best regards
Gabe
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 1:14 PM Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Anyways this is perceived by the community.
In Wikimedia CH we cannot give scholarships for Wikimania because
people
would not do long trips.
IMHO the problem is these big events.
For this reason we prefer to give more scholarships for regional
wikicon
than to Wikimania.
This is the reason why you dont see more Swiss people at Wikimania.
Kind regards
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019, 00:51 Samuel Klein, <meta...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM Robert Fernandez <
wikigamal...@gmail.com
wrote:
I think we could drastically lower our carbon footprint by not
using
community digital resources to beat the same dead horse for a
billionth
time.
I laughed out loud.
AND. I love that the WMF joined the strike, and have some practical
thoughts.
a) Reach out to Stripe
<https://stripe.com/gb/blog/negative-emissions-commitment>, which
has
a
through self-assessment and a negative-emissions program, and the
Long
Now,
to coordinate efforts.
b) Evaluate the community-wide carbon footprint, which is dominated
by
b.1) How we run conferences [*mostly in person*]
b.2) How we choose partners, communicate climate imformation, and
prioritize related policies [*fairly ad-hoc*]
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