I agree to the Handbook, but I would suggest adopting some kind of yearly "editions" (or something like that), not just to update the information, but to reflect how things, ideas and overall organizations change over time. As it is right now, the Handbook might give the idea that there is only one way of organizing Wikimania when even our small discussion here hinges on the opposite fact.
I believe that doing this will simultaneously help the current organizing team in their effort, and the community in many of these "What is the essence of Wikimania?" questions. On 5:50PM, Tue, Jul 12, 2016 Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > Although our planning in '15 had a different structure, for me was very > useful have a one-two hour recap with Ed after Wikimania 2014, because at > that point he had a more clear image of what functioned and what not, and I > understood his planning into several areas. > > I'm agree with Nick, all these plans and models should be present into the > Handbook. > > 2016-07-12 17:33 GMT-05:00 Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <[email protected]>: > >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Andy Cruz y Corro <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > [...] >> > So in general there's not enough communication between Wikimania >> organizers >> > for things like this. Why don't we organize some sort of Brain Trust >> with >> > former organizers to give opinions and advice **in a timely manner** to >> > whoever is the current organizing team? It can be a really easy setup >> (maybe >> > nothing more than a small mailing list and/or skype chat) where the >> current >> > team can ask "Hey, X: you dealt with this before. How did you do it?" >> Any >> > former organizer who is interested can just throw their name in the hat >> with >> > his/her area of expertise and that's it. Even more, since the proposed >> Trust >> > is just an advisory team (meaning that the current organizers don't >> > necessarily have to act upon the advise in the exact described way) this >> > communication can even become private and informal. >> > >> > I think something like this is needed to improve future Wikimanias >> without >> > compromising on those small things that make it a non-generic event. If >> we >> > can manage a solution like this, sign me up. >> > >> >> Sounds like a good idea, as long as the answers that ought to be >> recorded for posterity are added at >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Handbook and subpages, which >> should be the primary set of opinions and advice and checklists. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > -- > *Iván Martínez* > > *Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid * > > // Mis comunicaciones respecto a Wikipedia/Wikimedia pueden tener una > moratoria en su atención debido a que es un voluntariado. > // Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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