Lodewijk, the main reason that I can think of to have a separate event is lack of room in the Wikimania conference schedule to have a group of sessions that are targeted to North Americans.
Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wiki Project Med Foundation WikiWomen's User Group Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sydney.e.poore On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Nathan, I don't object at all to any wikiconference. I just miss the point > of having North Americans present their projects away from the > international crowd, to only their fellow-north americans. If there is > something very particular that makes these talks unsuitable for people from > other continents, I'd really like to understand that better. > > Like I said, I'm not aware of any such track or preconference in other > countries, with a few exceptions where language played a major role (I > think there was a Spanish track in both Buenos Aires and Mexico, and a > Hebrew (education?) track in Haifa). Also in an Asian context I'd have a > hard time imagining why you would make that so specific to that region - > except if it is really tied to language. > > Best, > Lodewijk > > 2016-07-06 19:33 GMT+02:00 Nathan <[email protected]>: > >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Still I wonder: what would be the kind of topics you'd like to schedule >>> there that you would /not/ want non-North Americans to participate in? >>> >>> Lodewijk >>> >> >> Lodewijk, would you object to an Asian or Indian Subcontinent >> Wikiconference that allowed people in similar geographic and cultural >> milieus to cooperate, share experiences and challenges and strengthen >> relationships? I doubt it, I'm not sure why a NA Wikiconference would be >> different. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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