Forgive me if I’m missing something, but was there ever an announcement to this list about the initial deadline or that submissions were open?
I was surprised to return from winter holidays to hear that the deadline was being extended, but I never even know about the initial deadline or that submissions were open. Checking the archives here shows nothing announced in November or December regarding submissions. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-November/thread.html https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-December/thread.html -Andrew -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University Email: [email protected] WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:57 AM, Ginevra Sanvitale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > I'm writing to inform you that the deadline to submit a presentation > proposal for Wikimania 2016 has been extended. *The new deadline is > January 17th*. > We received some complaints about the fact that the deadline has been > anticipated with a too short notice and in a holiday period for a lot of > people. We regret this miscommunication and we hope that the new > deadline will make things better. The reason why we decided to not > reinstate the initial deadline (January 31th) is that we don't want > to be too distant from the scholarship committee timing, in order to > take into account the contribution that the participants will give to > the conference and the kind of topics which are going to be discussed > during it [1]. > We know that we are a movement of very committed and hardworking people, > who can make wonderful things in two weeks! > > Before submitting a proposal, don't forget to read more about the > structure of the programme: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme > > and about the kind of presentation formats we will have during Wikimania > 2016 [2]: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Sessions/Presentations > > For any suggestion about the user digest presentations you can refer to > the liaisons[3] or to me. > In the next month(s) we will set up the collection of discussions and > posters proposals. > > > Thank you, > > > Ginevra > General Coordinator, Wikimania 2016 Programme Committee > > > > > > [1] Just to be clear: this doesn't mean that people who are presenting > during Wikimania will automatically receive a scholarship. The Programme > Committee and the Scholarship Committee are two indipendent bodies, but > we think that the process of knowing who will come and what we will talk > about should not be too disconnected. > > [2] If you like colours, we also have some slides > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_year_to_get_your_things_done_and_present_them_at_Wikimania.pdf > > [3] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Program/Liaisons > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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