[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] The Wikimania of my dreams

Thu Aug 14 11:19:24 UTC 2008

The mania of my dreams has voice-montages from the public speeches of
various wikimedians to announce the end of sessions / meals /
coffee-times.   A 90-min panel on article quality with  John Seigenthaler,
Ryan Jordan, Larry Sanger and Mathias Schindler, moderated by Lord
Emsworth.  And various covers of the chipmunk-voiced wiki-section of "Jam On
It" as musical theme.

my dreams are troubled dreams.

SJ

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Mohamed Sanad <mohameds.sanad at gmail.com>wrote:

> I wanna add one more point:
>
> - It would have someone who can drive really fast like crazy to handle the
> "needed right now" stuff and urgent situations :)
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I woudl like to dedicate this thread to the Wikimania of your dreams.
>>
>> No argument, no debate, just ideas, a giant brainstorming of what the
>> Wikimania of your dreams would be. Please throw your stuff in, and try
>> to make it only positive things (ie.write  "something that's green"
>> rather than "something that's not blue or red".)
>>
>>
>> here is the Wikimania of my dreams:
>>
>> -It would be in a city easy to reach, with a big airport and cheap
>> flights incoming because it's a huge hub, or it would be next door
>> (Frankfurt airport ;-) )
>> - It would be in a top-notch conference facility, with tons of plugs
>> everywhere, air conditionned if needed, modular conference rooms, all
>> in one place and close to the accommodation building (a mix of
>> Cambridge, Alexandria for the conference facility, Taipei and
>> Frankfurt for access).
>> - It would have a great outdoor and indoor community area, with wifi
>> that works all the time, with comfy couches as well as ground mats for
>> the yoga-types, with coffee, cookies, juices and fresh water available
>> at all times. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei)
>> - It would have all the accommodation in one place, close to the
>> conference grounds, or even actually _on_ the conference grounds, and
>> it would be cheap but practical, clean and modern accommodation, with
>> different possibilities - share a room, not share a room, share a dorm
>> etc. (a mix of Frankfurt and Taipei)
>> -It would have an amazing range of food for lunches, which would be
>> served in a big room where annoucements and meetings can take place (a
>> mix of Taipei and Cambridge).
>> - It would take place in a really "wow" place so that we get speakers
>> to *want to come* to speak (Harvard or Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
>> - It would be close to sightseeing stuff for social evenings as
>> "discovery trips".
>> - It would have an amazing party location and an amazing party with
>> dancers with rotating hat-thingies (just like Alexandria!)
>> - It would host up to 500 people, not more, so I can get to meet
>> almost all of them. :-)
>> - And finally, to steal Sj's idea, it would have a giant rotating
>> Wikipedia globe that people could get into and make roll around like a
>> hamster wheel, just for the fun of it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Delphine
>>
>> --
>> ~notafish
>>
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