Full disclosure: I’m a member of the Wikimania Committee but I am not speaking on behalf of that body in this mail.
The current custom is that Wikimania happens every year and that while the selection is made by the Wikimania Committee, the WMF has final approval over the selection and the operational parameters around its execution. There was a consultation and discussion in 2015 about the future of Wikimania, and subsequent followup with in-person discussions at Wikimania 2016, Esino Lario, where there was overwhelming support for continuing the yearly model. You can read more about the consultation and followups in these links. Thanks. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/The_future_of_Wikimania https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimania2016-discussion7b -Andrew On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:07 AM Philip Kopetzky <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ellie, > > is there an official statement by the WMF that explains why Wikimania 2020 > is happening and that the funding for this event is secured? Wikimania does > cost quite a lot of money and I was under the impression that it was > unclear as to if, how and why Wikimania should take place 2020. But maybe > I'm also mistaken on that point. > > Best, > Philip > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 18:53, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No. We are looking more at rotating regions if we can, and excellent > > proposals/teams. > > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:31 AM Joseph Seddon <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello Ellie, > > > > > > Is Wikimania still on its programme of "1 EU/US Wikimania" followed by > an > > > "Away Wikimania"? > > > > > > Seddon > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 11:44 PM Ellie Young <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > The Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation are seeking > > > > expressions of interest from interested parties for > > > > hosting > > > > Wikimani > > > > a 2020. > > > > > > > > Please see the following for more information: > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2020 > > > > > > > > If you are interested in discussing the possibilities and working > with > > > the > > > > WMF Events Manager in preparing a proposal to host and organize > > Wikimania > > > > 20 > > > > 20 > > > > , please contact eyoung at wikimedia.org > > > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> by > October > > > > 15th. Also, if you > > > > know of an individual or group that we should approach about hosting, > > we > > > > encourage nominations as well. The Steering Committee and WMF expect > > to > > > > make a decision by early > > > > 2019. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Ellie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > > Ellie Young > > Events Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > c. 510 701 8649 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- -Andrew Lih Author of The Wikipedia Revolution US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016) Knight Foundation grant recipient - Wikipedia Space (2015) Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM Previously: professor of journalism and communications, American University, Columbia University, USC --- Email: [email protected] WEB: https://muckrack.com/fuzheado PROJECT: Wikipedia Space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
