Talk:Wikimania 2009/Judging criteria
Add topicLatest comment: 16 years ago by Hillgentleman in topic Weight.
Environmental impact.
[edit]Carbon neutral?
[edit]Will the conference and the flights to it be carbon neutral? -- Jeandré, 2007-10-11t14:53z
Weight.
[edit]See 2007-10 foundation-l thread. -- Jeandré, 2007-10-11t18:40z
- 01 Proximity of venue to accommodation.
- 02 More than enough rooms and room available and variety,
- 03 and pre and post events?
- 04 Venue owner's experience with handling conferences of this size?
- 05 Internet access within the venue,
- 06 accommodation,
- 07 social areas,
- 08 free access,
- 09 covered by wi-fi, and
- 10 provision of laptop rental and cost.
- 11 Availability of social areas,
- 12 open 24 hours a day,
- 13 proximity to venue and accommodation,
- 14 varied facilities available (food, drinks)?
- 15 Proximity to an international airport
- 16 Restaurants nearby?
- 17 Tourist sites for outings nearby?
- 18 Local laws, customs, attitudes, and culture: benefits or problems for attendees, and in keeping with the values of Wikimedia.
- 19 Safety.
- 20 Visas/immigration: difficulty and cost, local help?
- 21 Rotation of location for 1-2 years, for cost/ease of worldwide attendance.
- 22 Local Wikimedians (technical, networking, PR, financial, English language for communication with WMF/international communities, etc.), experience with similar events.
- 23 Organizational support from local governments, universities, venues, and NGOs.
- 24 Press: Media interest and PR opportunities: prior and expected interest
- 25 Cost of accomodation, inner city travel, food, net access after hours, phone service...
- 26 Local funding.
- 27 Travel costs from particularly countries with high numbers of Wikimedians, options available for *travel (alternatives to flying).
- 28 Carbon neutral?
01 5% 02 3% 03 0% 04 4% 05 9% 06 1% 07 1% 08 2% 09 2% 10 1% 11 2% 12 1% 13 1% 14 5% 15 5% 16 5% 17 1% 18 9% 19 9% 20 5% 21 1% 22 5% 23 4% 24 3% 25 3% 26 2% 27 2% 28 9% -- Jeandré, 2008-02-27t20:17z
- Interesting proposal. But it may be better to let individual jurors exercise their wisdom and experience to decide for themselves. For if the factors can be given a set of generally agreed weights, we may as well plug them into a formula and fire the jury. Hillgentleman 20:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)