[Engineering] [Wmfall] Community building through in person events / Rock-Star event organizers?

Thu Oct 19 19:54:04 UTC 2017

Rachel,

When do you need names and contact info? As the conference grant program
officer I've got a bunch of ideas to share, but I'm on my way to WikiArabia
in Cairo tomorrow.

I suggest reaching out to Marti Johnson, Alex Wang and Morgan Jue to learn
about other grantees who have planned hackathons and other series of events.

I look forward to working with you on this!

Kacie

On Oct 19, 2017 11:26 AM, "Amanda Bittaker" <abittaker at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> The CEE group
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Central_and_Eastern_Europe>
> does a great job of this, their annual meeting
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2017> always
> includes planning regional programs that run the rest of the year.
>
> Cheers,
> Amanda
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Rachel Farrand <rfarrand at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi WMF,
>>
>> If you have ever been to an event that you believe did a great job of
>> engaging its participants either before and / or after the event and
>> building community that lasted beyond the event I would love to hear about
>> it.
>>
>> I am doing a research project on this topic and in the phase of putting
>> together a list of event organizers to interview.
>>
>> Bonus points if this was a technical event or an open community and even
>> more bonus points if you have the name and contact of the organizer.
>> Also I am specifically looking for events that try new ideas and / or
>> have significantly changed for the better over time, but any event that
>> brings an online community into a physical space will be great.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> *Background: *
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176853
>> https://github.com/rfarrand/Pre-and-Post-Event-Engagement
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rachel Farrand
>> Events Program Manager
>> Technical Collaboration Team
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
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