Thanks for your question. Yes, it does, and we will have a group of volunteers who will take care of accessibility, diversity, make sure that everyone respects this code of conduct and more generally, the well-being of every attendees.
On 22 June 2017 at 08:18, Rogol Domedonfors <[email protected]> wrote: > Gerard > > It's a Wikimedia event, because it is "organized for and by the Wikidata > community". It is a technical event, because it you are welcome if you > "build scripts, gadgets or external tools" among other criteria. So it is > a Wikimedia technical event, which is the qualifying critrion for the Code > of Conduct: "It applies both within physical spaces, such as Wikimedia > technical events and Wikimedia technical presentations in other events > [...]" > > As to the difference it makes: the Code of Conduct describes expected ways > of behaviour and lays down procedures for how to deal with breaches, which > the organisers and others are required to adhere to. > > "Rogol" > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:50 PM, Gerard Meijssen < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hoi, > > Why would it be and how does that make a difference? > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > On 21 June 2017 at 22:38, Rogol Domedonfors <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I assume this conference will be considered a "Wikimedia technical > event" > > > and as such it will fall under the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct > ( > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct) and its Committee? > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Shani Evenstein < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > I'm forwarding this email from > > > > > > > > Léa Lacroix to the list about the WikidataCon. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Shani. > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > From: Léa Lacroix <[email protected]> > > > > Date: 20 June 2017 at 14:34 > > > > Subject: Join the WikidataCon, 28-29 October in Berlin > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > > > > > Here's a general update about the WikidataCon, that will take place > in > > > > Berlin on October 28th and 29th :) > > > > > > > > General information > > > > The WikidataCon <https://www.wikidata.org/ > > wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017 > > > > > > > > is a conference organized for and by the Wikidata community, and > > > supported > > > > by Wikimedia Deutschland. > > > > If you edit Wikidata, make queries with SPARQL, build scripts, > gadgets > > or > > > > external tools, reuse data from Wikidata with your software or your > > > > service, if you belong to an organization who wants to use or donate > > > data, > > > > if you're working on open data, datajournalism, datavizualisation, > open > > > > knowledge, civictech... *you're welcome to the WikidataCon*! > > > > > > > > It will take place on October 28th-29th (+ social event on Friday > > 27th), > > > in > > > > the Tagesspiegel venue, in Berlin. Due to our international > community, > > > the > > > > even will take place in English only. However, language/local meetups > > can > > > > be added to the program. > > > > > > > > We are expecting 150 persons from all around the world, to celebrate > > > > Wikidata's 5th birthday and *share knowledge and experience whithin > the > > > > community*. > > > > > > > > > > > > Program > > > > With two days of talks, workshops, demos, meetups, and social events, > > the > > > > diverse and awesome people that belong to the Wikidata community will > > be > > > > able to share their experiences, their favorite tools, learn from the > > > > others, discover new ways to create, enrich, reuse data from the free > > > > knowledge base. > > > > > > > > The program is currently being build via a *call for projects > > > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Program>, > > > running > > > > until July 31st.* Feel free to support your favorite topics or > propose > > a > > > > project. A social event on the Friday evening and a birthday > > celebration > > > > will also take place to bring the community together. > > > > > > > > > > > > Attend > > > > *Registration is now open > > > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_ > > 2017/Attend/Register > > > >, > > > > until October 1st. *Registration is mandatory for everyone, including > > > > speakers, WMF and WMDE employees, volunteers... > > > > > > > > Important thing you need to know: the ticket is free of charge, and > > > > includes the access to the conference, meals, drinks and goodies, but > > > *does > > > > not include travel and accommodation*. The attendees have to book > these > > > by > > > > themselves. > > > > If you plan to come, don't wait... Berlin is a touristic area :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Scholarships > > > > Some scholarships will be provided to help attendees to fund their > > travel > > > > and accommodation for the conference. *The application is running > until > > > > July 16th > > > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_ > 2017/Scholarships > > >. > > > * > > > > > > > > Due to the few number of scholarships we can provide, we encourage > > people > > > > to ask for support from their local chapter or user group. > > > > > > > > > > > > How can you help? > > > > - share this information with people, mailing-lists, wikis, who could > > be > > > > interested > > > > - if you are involved in a local chapter: ask your board if they can > > > > provide some support for the volunteers of you country who would like > > to > > > > join. > > > > - if you want to *volunteer during the event*, you're more than > > welcome! > > > > You can find more information here > > > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017/Volunteer>. > > > > - if you see any missing information or mistake, or you have any > > > question, > > > > feel free to contact me. > > > > > > > > > > > > You can follow our updates on the wiki page > > > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017>, the > > facebook > > > > event <https://www.facebook.com/events/1358386070859989/> or the > > Twitter > > > > account <https://twitter.com/wikidata>. > > > > Thanks a lot for your attention, I hope I'll meet some of you during > > the > > > > WikidataCon! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Léa Lacroix > > > > Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > > > > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 > > > > 10963 Berlin > > > > www.wikimedia.de > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. > V. > > > > > > > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > > > unter > > > > der Nummer 23855 Nz. 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