Wikimania Committee/Minutes/2018-01-06

Participants

Attendance

• Iolanda Pensa, Chair
• Andrew Lih
• Phoebe Ayers, Vice Chair
• Manuel Schneider
• Florence Devouard
• Romaine
• Deror Lin
• Ellie Young

Agenda

• Minutes of the Previous Meeting: Wikimania Committee/Minutes/2017-10-23
• Agenda (from email sent by Ellie - see Discussion below each item):

Proposals to Host Wikimania 2019

Discussion about the criteria and the proposals.

Four confirmed as interested are:

• Prague, Czech Republic
• Sweden,
• Armenia,
• Perth, Australia

The Wikimania Committee selected a proposal to recommend. A communication will follow.

Update on Wikimania '18

Postponed to a meeting end of January or beginning of February.

Decisions and Next Steps

• Done Next meeting end of January or beginning of February about Wikimania 2018
• Organizing a meeting to update the selection criteria and discuss the issue of rotation. Done At Wikimania Cape Town 2018 informal discussion.
• Recommendation by the Wikimania Committee for Wikimania 2019. Done At Wikimania Cape Town 2018 informal discussions with the team of Wikimania 2019