http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
It's the annual "poke TBL" game! Is there a term limit for # of
consecutive times one can be invited to keynote wikimania? Bonus
points for finding more than three different ways to poke him.
SJ
ps - Please note : he may show up incognito even when he declines to speak.
On Feb 5, 2008 5:55 PM, phoebe ayers <brassratgirl@...> wrote:
> Note that everyone is very welcome to contribute program and speaker
> ideas; we are especially looking for excellent speakers from the
> Middle East & Africa.
>
> There's a page to brainstorm ideas here:
> http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas
>
> And more volunteers are always welcome to help out. That said, it's
> generally prudent to try and coordinate formal invitations to the
> conference, which is just one of the many tasks of the Wikimania
> program committee :)
>
> best,
> Phoebe
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2008 12:33 PM, Cary Bass <cbass@...> wrote:
> > Simon,
> >
> > While we appreciate your efforts, please note that you are not
> > authorized to send mail out on behalf of the Wikimania organizers.
> >
> > Please, discuss emails like this with the committee before you send them
> > in the future.
> >
> > I am copying Mr. Berners-Lee to ask him to kindly please disregard your
> > email.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Cary Bass
> > Volunteer Coordinator
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> > simonpedia wrote:
> > > Dear Tim (Berners-Lee),
> > >
> > > I'm writing to you on behalf of the organising committee for Wikimania.
> > > This is the annual conference for the Wikimedia Foundation. Don't think
> > > I need to tell yo what they do.No.8 on Alexa's top 500.
> > >
> > > Yes, please; a talk. Just half an hour at most. We'd (all right, I)
> > > would really like some insight into what you where thinking when you did
> > > the first prop to CERN's management about your "Information Management"
> > > idea in . And what prop you would offer them today.
> > >
> > > The audience is WMF's universe, which is just starting to grow now as
> > > their Head Office have, literally, just moved to San Fran and employed a
> > > whole bunch of new recruits. So they are really looking for some ideas
> > > about what should be their next steps.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alexandria's a long way, but please don't let that stop you. I'm sure we
> > > could organise a link between your present (Uni) home and Egypt's new
> > > National Library's auditorium. In fact I'd like to encourage it as it
> > > might help to get the information centric to reconsider their
> > > communication's networking. I'm trying to see of we could strap together
> > > a mini-megaconference. http://digitalunion.osu.edu/megaconference/
> > >
> > > And to be quite blunt, we need a headline act. (no guitar required)
> > >
> > > If you are interested, these are some other ideas floating around the
> > > WMF traps. http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas
> > >
> > > We could see about a global workshop if you wanted to suggest something
> > > interesting.
> > >
> > > Appreciate your interest, and your time. If you'd like to say yea or
> > > nay, just a reply on this list would encourage people who don't believe
> > > God's talk.
> > >
> > > Obsequiously yours,
> > >
> > > Simon Fenton- Jones
> > >
> >
> >
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