I'm actually at another conference right now - so I am limited in how much I can answer right now. :)
I do not think there are answers to who is coordinating it - beyond that the programme committee has been tasked with making sure it happens. As far as how it fits into the larger scheme of things - I think the Hackathon at Wikimania has become the main developer hangout and working part of the conference. Also our best chance to do hands on with newbies, meet in person to discuss complex projects, and spend a few hours collectively hammering out code. I don't think it will matter where the folks organizing it are from - the folks organizing last year were not in the DC area (although many of us were out there several times beforehand anyway - so there was certainly familiarity. As for me - I'm once again serving on the Wikimania programme committee - so basically doing my part to make sure the Hackathon comes together and that developers have good representation in workshops, etc. :) So I'm in a position to help whomever is running it, but I like the idea of mixing up who the primary people are so we can get variety in Hackathon programming - although maybe folks would prefer consistency. I'm open to thoughts on that, obviously. :) I don't personally think it matters if the Hackathon coordinator is involved with other parts of Wikimania, is local, is staff or volunteer, or is a Borg queen - I think the main qualifier is a developer that can organize and willing to lead conversations on coordinating the event, and then helping make sure things run smoothly the day of. We had volunteers, staff, and a consultant helping with it last year. Okay - so that was more info than I thought I'd have time to share. :) -Greg aka varnent PS. God help us if we ever find a varnent in Hong Kong or elsewhere. As my partner can attest to - one of me is one too many already. ___________ Sent from my iPad. Apologies for any typos. A more detailed response may be sent later. On Jan 24, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On 01/23/2013 10:46 PM, Gregory Varnum wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> Wikimania is six months away - and in terms of planning - that means >> it is right around the corner. >> >> As such, folks involved with programme and Hackathon organizing are >> very interested in any ideas that WM developers may have for this >> year's Hackathon. >> >> Please contribute them on-wiki - >> https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Brainstorming >> >> Or if that is just too much wiki for today - feel free to email me >> and I'll make sure it gets posted. :) >> >> Thank you! -greg aka varnent Wikimania 2013 Programme Committee / >> geek helping with Hackathon > > Thank you! > > Before jumping to the Wikimania website, could you share your own thoughts > and lessons learned from last Wikimania Hackathon? Feedback from any other > participants is welcome as well. > > URLs with feedback are welcome too! There are the valuable > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-July/062065.html > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-July/062066.html > > As an outsider (not for long) the main concerns I see are: > > * No local tech contact specifically interested in the Hackathon found so > far. Who is the varnent of Hong Kong 2013? And what is your role this year, > by the way? Good to see you involved! > > * Personally no idea about the Hong Kong Wikimedia tech / MediaWiki community. > > * Far from US & Europe, unclear how many usual suspects of this community > will make it. > > * Unclear (to me, still) actual purpose, goal and fit with the rest of > Wikimania. > > Before having this framework more clear, it is difficult to jump to specific > ideas at the Wikimania website, other than wlan should work well, we need > plugs in each table and so on. :) > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
