Thank you COT. I'm guessing it would be free of charge to tune in to the events, but can we pay a registration fee and get a Wikimania 2021 goodybag delivered to our physical location? :D
--Deryck On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 20:36, Iolanda Pensa <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wiki Community, > > It is with great pleasure that we - the Wikimania Steering Committee[1] - > announce that Wikimania will be hosted virtually from August 13-17th, > 2021 [2] and that the Core Organizing Team (COT) has been selected and > fully onboarded. Since 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia, > Wikimania 2021's theme is 20 years of Wikipedia and all the humans that > make it possible. We'll look back at our history and celebrate our future. > > We thank everyone who applied to the call for volunteers [3] - it was a > tough selection process given the impressive number of strong applicants we > received. However, The Wikimania Steering Committee is pleased to announce > that after due deliberation and assessment, we selected a total of 9 > individuals from our broad community who will lead the way in organizing > the first ever virtual Wikimania. > > The official Core Organizing Team members are the following: > > 1. Vanj Padilla > 2. Anna Torres (Anna Torres (WMAR) > 3. Susanna Mkrtchyan (WikiTatik) > 4. Winnie Kabintie > 5. Lea Lacroix (WMDE) > 6. Yamen Bousrih (Yamen) > 7. Gnangarra > 8. Bodhisattwa > 9. Lodewijk (Effeietsanders) > > > We trust that each COT member has the skills, dedication and willingness > to come together and bring to life our very first virtual edition of > Wikimania and to help create the necessary spaces for our community to > continue to thrive and work together. We had originally foreseen the need > for 4-6 individuals to form the COT but after such strong applications, we > decided to extend that number to 9 individuals, given the great team that > we identified could work together and flourish. > > We invite you all to participate in Wikimania 2021 and to contribute to > its content and success. The COT will be reaching out to some applicants > who marked their availability to be volunteers in their application, but we > also encourage you to let us know if you would like to be considered for > volunteer roles and opportunities for Wikimania 2021. > > With this said, as the functioning Wikimania Steering Committee, we would > like to make public our endorsement of the Core Organizing Team and our > trust that they will move forward with the great responsibility and > excitement of bringing to life Wikimania 2021. > > The COT will soon be announcing more information around Wikimania 2021 and > how you can get involved - so please stay tuned. Please save the dates in > your calendars, we hope to see you there! > > Sincerely, > The Wikimania Steering Committee > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021 > [3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Call_for_volunteers > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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