Talk:Wikimania 2009/Judging criteria

Environmental impact.

Carbon neutral?

Will the conference and the flights to it be carbon neutral? -- Jeandré, 2007-10-11t14:53z

Weight.

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)