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

Thu Aug 14 19:04:10 UTC 2008

A 100% free software Wikimania.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Mary Murrell <mary_murrell at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Wikiawards to recognize outstanding members of the community
>
> --- On Thu, 8/14/08, Finne Boonen <hennar at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Finne Boonen <hennar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] The Wikimania of my dreams
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 7:15 AM
>
> * involves some techy subjects that talk about what's new and
> exciting, rather then project managment around them
> * water if it's hot, thee/coffee if it's cold
> * lot's of breakout spaces to sit&talk all hours of the night and day
> * brainstorming sessions to get people involved rather then just
> watching a presentation
> * new topics/presenters
> * easy get involved/get to know people
>
> Finne/henna
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >>>
> >>> NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Your emails will
> get
> >>> lost.
> >>> Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org
> >>>
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