Hello all,
Thanks so much for all of the responses to our call for nominations to attend the Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTC) ! We have made our decisions, and based on your fabulous inputs, we have reached out to all prospective attendees. All folks that accepted have been sent a registration form which will get the ir travel arrangements started. If you’d like to know more about how we decided on attendees , and the nomination process in general, you can read about it here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/FAQ If you’ll be an attendee , please keep an eye on the wiki page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 for updates . Questions a re always welcome on our talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 Thanks again to everyone that took the time to write up nominations and thanks to all that accepted — we’re looking forward to seeing you all and having many brilliant conversations about platform evolution. Cheers, The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team -- deb tankersley Program Manager, Engineering Wikimedia Foundation On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 7:32 PM Birgit Müller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > a quick reminder: The deadline for nominations for the Wikimedia Technical > Conference (Portland, USA, October 22-25, 2018) is tomorrow, *Thursday June > 14, 2018. *So if you are a volunteer (or staff member) and think you (or > the person you nominate) might be able to provide valuable feedback for the > program, please use this form: https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 to > nominate yourself or someone else. > > You can find more information on the nomination process in the FAQ: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018/FAQ > > If you haven't heard about the conference at all by now, please see: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 for > more > information. > > Questions are very welcome on the talk page there: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > > Thanks to everyone who already has taken the time to nominate someone - > your support is much appreciated :-) > > The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team > > > > > > 2018-06-02 1:36 GMT+02:00 Rachel Farrand <[email protected]>: > > > Hello! > > > > As per the email below we are now opening up the nomination process for > the > > Wikimedia Technical Conference (WMTechConf), to be held in Portland, OR, > > USA on October 22-25, 2018. > > > > *Please fill out the survey using this link to nominate yourself or > someone > > else to attend: *https://goo.gl/forms/MKF682BE1OVI0pe63 This nomination > > form will remain open between June 1 and June 14, 2018. > > > > This survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may make it > > subject to additional terms. For more information on privacy and > > data-handling, see this survey privacy statement: https:// > > wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_ > > Conference_Survey_Privacy_ > > Statement > > > > *If you have any questions, please post them on the event's talk page > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > >. > > * > > Thanks! > > > > The Wikimedia Technical Conference Team > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Deborah Tankersley < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *Hello,We recently announced the new Wikimedia Technical Conference > > > (TechConf) during the closing session of the Barcelona Hackathon on May > > 20, > > > 2018. We are sending this email to give an update on the planning and > > > organization, and to also let everyone know how the nomination process > > will > > > work for those interested in attending. The Wikimedia Technical > > Conference > > > will take place in Portland, OR, USA on October 22-25, 2018. And, as > > > mentioned in previous emails [1][2] and on the wiki page [3], this > > > conference will be focused on the cross-departmental program called > > > Platform Evolution. We will be providing more information and context > as > > we > > > go along in the process.For this conference, we are looking for diverse > > > stakeholders, perspectives, and experiences that will help us to make > > > informed decisions for the future evolution of the platform. We need > > people > > > who can create and architect solutions, as well as those who actually > > make > > > decisions on funding and prioritization for the projects.Later this > week, > > > we will send out a form to provide more detailed information on the > > > nomination process and how to nominate people (or it can be yourself) > to > > > attend this conference, along with the skills, experiences, and/or > > > backgrounds that we are looking for. Due to the time needed for visa > > > application and other constraints, the deadline for nominations will be > > > June 8th. Please make sure that you don’t miss the deadline!If you have > > any > > > questions, please post them on the talk page [4][1] > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-April/047367.html > > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018- > > April/047367.html> > > > [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018- > > > April/089738.html > > > < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-April/089738.html > > > > > > [3] https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > > > <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018> [4] > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > > > < > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Technical_Conference/2018 > > > > > > * > > > > > > *Cheers from the Program Committee:* > > > *Kate, Corey, Joaquin, Greg, Birgit and TheDJ* > > > > > > -- > > > > > > deb tankersley > > > > > > Program Manager, Engineering > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rachel Farrand > > Events Program Manager > > Technical Collaboration Team > > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > -- > Birgit Müller > Community Communications Manager > Software Development and Engineering > > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. 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