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The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is 13 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 68 people have requested an invitation.
• 19 of them have requested travel sponsorship as well.

Join us! The deadline to request travel sponsorship is Monday, October 24th.

PROPOSALS

• 8 proposals submitted
  • 1 in backlog
  • 2 in Unconference
  • 2 missing basic information
  • 3 to be pre-scheduled

Call for participation. The deadline for submitting new proposals is Monday, October 31.

MAIN TOPICS

Program

On track:

• A plan for the Community Wishlist 2016 top results
• Building on Wikimedia services: APIs and Developer Resources
• How to manage our technical debt

Missing basic information

• A unified vision for editorial collaboration
• Building a sustainable user experience together
• How to grow our technical community

Missing two facilitators

• A unified vision for editorial collaboration
• How to grow our technical community

Missing one facilitator

• Handling wiki content beyond plaintext
• Building a sustainable user experience together
• Artificial Intelligence to build and navigate content

ORGANIZATION

• Meet the Program committee.

(Yesterday and today I am in a full-day training. I plan to send the Weekly either tonight (Tuesday) or tomorrow morning. Sorry for the delay!)

2016-10-17

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is 12 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 50 participants confirmed.
• 42 more people have requested an invitation.
• 29 of them have requested travel sponsorship as well.

Join us! The deadline to request travel sponsorship is Monday, October 24th.

PROPOSALS

• 13 proposals submitted
  • 0 in backlog
  • 4 in Unconference
  • 3 missing basic information
  • 3 missing active discussion
  • 3 to be pre-scheduled

Call for participation. The deadline for submitting new proposals is Monday, October 31.

MAIN TOPICS

Program

On track:

• A plan for the Community Wishlist 2016 top results
• Building on Wikimedia services: APIs and Developer Resources (T147593)
• How to manage our technical debt (T147937)

Missing basic information

• A unified vision for editorial collaboration
• Building a sustainable user experience together
• How to grow our technical community (T147406)

Missing two facilitators

• A unified vision for editorial collaboration
• How to grow our technical community

Missing one facilitator

• Handling wiki content beyond plaintext (T147602)
• Building a sustainable user experience together
• Artificial Intelligence to build and navigate content (T147708)

ORGANIZATION

• Promote the Wikimedia Developer Summit beyond the usual circles.

2016-10-31

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is 10 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 60 participants confirmed.
• 111 more people have requested an invitation.
  • 81 of them have requested travel sponsorship as well.

Join us!

PROPOSALS

• 58 proposals submitted
  • 8 in backlog
  • 10 in Unconference
  • 6 missing basic information
  • 27 missing active discussion
  • 3 to be pre-scheduled
  • 4 invalid

Call for participation. The deadline for submitting new proposals is Monday, October 31.

MAIN TOPICS

Program

On track:

• A plan for the Community Wishlist 2016 top results
• Building on Wikimedia services: APIs and Developer Resources (T147593)

Missing basic information

• Building a sustainable user experience together

Missing one facilitator

• Handling wiki content beyond plaintext (T147602)
• Building a sustainable user experience together
• Artificial Intelligence to build and navigate content (T147708)
• How to grow our technical community  (T147406)
• How to manage our technical debt (T147937)

Cancelled

• A unified vision for editorial collaboration (related proposals are welcome)

ORGANIZATION

• Promote the Wikimedia Developer Summit beyond the usual circles
  • A successful promotion brought more scholarship requests than in the previous three Summit editions combined.
  • Pageviews peaked at 363 on one of the outreach days
  • Twitter saw 22,737 ‘impressions’ on this tweet, shared by WMF Comms and others and 12,601 for this one.
• Wikimedia Developer Summit Scholarships
  • A new committee is reviewing candidates as we speak.

2016-11-10

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is less than 9 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 111 participants confirmed.
  • 12 of them have been sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland's Software Development department.

Registration is still open. Join us!

PROPOSALS

• 70 proposals open
  • 2 in backlog
  • 12 in Unconference
  • 19 missing basic information (deadline on Monday, November 14)
  • 33 missing active discussion
  • 1 on track
  • 3 to be pre-scheduled

Check the selection process timeline.

MAIN TOPICS

No significant news. We hope to have all the wiki pages up to date next week.

Check the Program.

ORGANIZATION

• The Travel Sponsorship committee reviewed 92 requests and decided on 12 based on budget available.
• The Program committee met officially for the first time (meeting logs and summary).

2016-11-17

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is less than 8 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 111 participants confirmed.
  • 12 of them have been sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland's Software Development department.
• 8 more people have requested an invitation.

Registration is still open. Join us!

PROPOSALS

• 67 proposals open
  • 0 in backlog
  • 18 in Unconference
  • 45 missing proven interest (deadline on Monday, November 28)
  • 1 on track
  • 3 to be pre-scheduled

Check the selection process timeline.

WE NEED YOU

Time to prove your interest in Summit proposals.

Check the Program.

ORGANIZATION

• Backstage work visiting the venue and discussing logistics (WiFi, catering, rooms).
• Program committee heading towards the pre-selection of active discussions with proven interest.
• Also working on a couple of sessions with invited guests.

2016-11-24

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is less than 7 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 111 participants confirmed.
  • 12 of them have been sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland's Software Development department.
• 25 more people have requested an invitation.

Registration is still open. Join us!

PROPOSALS

• 69 proposals open
  • 0 in backlog
  • 18 in Unconference
  • 45 missing proven interest (deadline on Monday, November 28)
  • 1 on track
  • 5 to be pre-scheduled

Check the selection process timeline.

WE NEED YOU

Time to prove your interest in Summit proposals.

Check the Program.

ORGANIZATION

• Program committee heading towards the pre-selection of active discussions with proven interest.
• Also working on a couple of sessions with invited guests.
• We sent an email to all registered participants asking them to show their support to proposals.
• Improve remote participation.
• Create a schedule table for sessions in a grid format. (UX review / help welcome!)

2016-12-02

The Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 is less than 6 weeks away!

PARTICIPANTS

• 107 participants confirmed.
  • 12 of them have been sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland's Software Development department.
• 57 more people have requested an invitation.

Registration is still open. Join us!

PROPOSALS

• 72 proposals open
  • 0 in backlog
  • 33 in Unconference
  • 34 on track (active discussion is especially welcomed here!)
  • 5 to be pre-scheduled

Check the selection process timeline.

WE NEED YOU

Time to prove your interest in Summit proposals.

Check the Program.

ORGANIZATION

• The Program committee is working on a draft schedule to be published on Monday, December 12.
• Also working on a couple of sessions with invited guests.
• We are planning an online session before the Summit.

In the last weeks we are sending an email to all registered participants, which serves as weekly update too. See Wikimedia Developer Summit/2017/Email1.

More updates sent:

Wikimedia Developer Summit/2017/Email2

Wikimedia Developer Summit/2017/Email3