Comité de pilotage du Wikimania (2024)

Wikimania est un effort communautaire depuis sa création en 2005.

Pour permettre à la conférence de se développer de manière plus fluide, il semble judicieux de regrouper les années d’expérience acquises dans un organisme qui supervise le processus du Wikimania, du début à la fin. Le Comité de pilotage de Wikimania (SC — steering committee) supervise le processus de soumission et de sélection des villes ou des équipes hôtes, et travaille avec la WMF et l'équipe organisatrice pour aider à obtenir une excellente conférence chaque année.

Objectifs du comité

Pour s'assurer que la transmission de la connaissance est effectivement et efficacement passée aux mains des équipes organisatrices et pour assurer un Wikimania en souplesse et avec succès.

Ceci inclut :

  • la mise en place de la politique du Wikimania
  • Solliciter et examiner les propositions d'accueil
  • Pilotage de la conférence et revue
  • Développement des meilleures pratiques

Les rôles du comité, les responsabilités et sa participation sont exposés dans la Charte du comité Wikimania.

Membres

Membres actuels (2025)

'Term ends' refers to the last full year that their terms includes. In December of that year, or January of the next, terms end or can be renewed (see Charter for details).

Wikimedia Foundation supporting staff: Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska, Lisa McCabe, and Mayur मयूर. Pour contacter le comité, contactez wikimania-com@lists.wikimedia.org.

Anciens participants

Thanks to all previous members of the Wikimania Committee: Iolanda Pensa (representing WM 2016 and chair 2017-2025), Yamen Bousirh (from WM 2021), James Forrester, Carlos Barcenilla, Jeromy-Yu Chan (representing WM 2013), James Hare (representing WM 2012), Orsolya Virág Gyenes (representing WM 2010), Deror Avi (representing WM 2011), Edward Saperia (representing WM 2014), Manuel Schneider, Romaine, Muhammad Yahia.

Thanks to all previous Wikimedia Foundation supporting staff, among them Giselle Bordoy and Mehrdad Pourzaki.

Processus de la future conférence

For information on how to propose a future Wikimania and the current call, see the call for expressions of interest page, which outlines what the committee looks for and lists community proposals/expressions of interest for future years (generally 2 years out).

Wikimania is produced by a Core Organizing Team (COT) that is specific to each year's Wikimania. The COT works closely with a team of WMF staff that does much of the logistical work to produce the conference. The team is advised and supported by the Wikimania Steering Committee throughout the process.

The general process for proposing and hosting a Wikimania is as follows:

  • First, gather your community. Wikimania is generally run by established communities or regional collaborations of editors and affiliates. Qui veut héberger Wikimania ? Disposez-vous d'un support local et régional ? What experience do you have with hosting Wikimedia gatherings?
  • Discutez votre proposition. Why do you want to bring Wikimania to your region? How would having Wikimania in your region help both your community and the Wikimedia movement?
  • Faites une proposition. Cherchez un appel d'expressions d'intérêt. Notez que vous n'avez PAS besoin de préciser tous les détails logistiques à ce stade. Mais expliquez qui est impliqué et pourquoi vous faites cette proposition. Les EOI sont acceptés 2 ans plus tard, car nous avons actuellement un cycle de planification de deux ans pour les Wikimania. Si vous êtes potentiellement intéressé par plusieurs années, vous pouvez le dire.
  • Discutez avec le comité de pilotage. Le comité de pilotage de la Wikimania contactera les postulants à propos du calendrier publié dans l'appel d'expression d'intérêt. Note this may be several months after the proposal is made, particularly for proposals for several years in the future. In this initial round of review, the SC may ask questions or advise proposers on whether their proposal is feasible to move forward, as well as offering advice for improvement. Community review and comments on proposals are also welcome in this phase.
  • Conversation ultérieure et revue. For proposals that are feasible to move forward, the SC may invite further presentations and meetings to learn more about the proposal. The WMF conference staff will also conduct a review of issues such as participant trust and safety and visa/travel feasibility for the proposed location. Other information or review may also be required. At this point, the conference should have a clearly defined core organizing team (COT) who can address questions and be in communication with the SC.
  • Sélection. Selection is done by the SC on a two-year basis. After review by WMF, committee discussion and review of the options, and a formal vote, the SC will contact the selected location to formally offer hosting of the conference and plan next steps and public announcement timing.
  • Mise en place du calendrier The formal planning of the conference begins after selection, with a meeting between the WMF conference staff and the COT. The COT will work with WMF conference staff on initial site visits and contract planning. Note that the financial planning and contracts may happen outside of the affiliate/WMF annual plan cycle, as Wikimania is on a two year cycle. The SC will also meet with the COT to offer advice and appoint an official SC liaison to the planning team, and will continue to meet with the team throughout the planning process. The COT will also begin formal planning meetings with their community and volunteers, and will be put in touch with the current year's COT to shadow and learn.

For questions about the timeline or process, contact the steering committee. We are happy to offer informal feedback on ideas and proposals as well.

Liens actuels sur la conférence

Notes de réunion

The Wikimania Steering Committee meets in general every month on Wednesdays. Agenda of meetings and available minutes.
The Core Organizing Team (COT) for the current Wikimania generally meets weekly.

Mises à jour

Les mises à jour du comité à partir de 2017 sont référencées dans le tableau suivant.

Documents complémentaires