AHEM .... it is *NOT* easy to create a user group, especially if a chapter is
against it. Look at how long the Wiki Borregos application has been left in
limbo by Aff Comm and Ive saved some real doozies of emails from several
members of said committee.
Just a small taste... one of the first objections they had to our application
was that the term "Borregos" ("ram" in Spanish) was a trademark of the Tec de
Monterrey... and we are a group of students and faculty from the same
institution!
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:26:24 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2015
>
> I'm with James and Isarra here. Only a small minority of Wikimedians are
> part of chapters and affiliated groups; being a member of an organized
> group has nothing to do with being a Wikimedian, or even directly with
> Wikimedia itself. This is an exclusionary conference - not only do you
> have to be a member of one of these groups (or otherwise receive an
> invitation based on role within the WMF structure or as a speaker) to
> attend, but the conference isn't even open to all members of those groups.
>
> Please do not call it "the" Wikimedia conference. It may be many things,
> but it's not that. "Wikimedia Affiliates Conference" will do fine.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
> On 11 September 2014 15:12, Ilario Valdelli <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 11.09.2014 20:48, Isarra Yos wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I'm part of the Wikimedia movement, but there are no chapters nearby, nor
> >> are there any user groups that I know of relevant to my interests as yet.
> >> Thus there is nobody to represent me but myself.
> >>
> >> If this is Wikimedia, why can't I go to a Wikimedia conference?
> >>
> >> -I
> >>
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> > You may create your own user group and participate.
> >
> > I suppose that all people participating in Wikimedia conference don't
> > represent their own (personal) interests (or they should not).
> >
> > If you participate in a project it's not so hard to create an user group.
> > All projects are based on collaboration of individuals, so it should be not
> > hard to find other members sharing the same interests.
> >
> > Wikisource created its own, for instance, and they don't need a single
> > chapter to represent their position.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Ilario Valdelli
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> >
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