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Some ways to help

 * Community
 * Students: ideas for working w/ uni, high school, and younger students
 * Wiki communities: liaising w/ major wikiprojects, chapters, and the wmf
 * MIT community: engagement w/in the venue + on campus (see SJ, Sarah, Phoebe)
 * Credibility + journalism communities:


 * Program
 * Program: help w/ workshops, tracks, and hackathon;
 * Speaker support: rallying + tending to speakers


 * Virtual conference
 * Remote participation for people across N. America (and the world)
 * Connecting local wikimedians in the other 22 countries; language + networking issues (see Global Voices)


 * Partners + sponsors
 * Sponsors+partners: institutions, foundations, companies, and in-kind sponsors
 * Local partners: food, drink, venues, and city partnerships
 * Handling submissions + final format of talks


 * Quality of conf
 * Food: local catering (see Antonio + J8)
 * Parties: organizing opening + closing (+ other optional) parties
 * Lodging: couchsurfing and room shares for visiting students (hotels: see Antonio)


 * Website + publicity
 * Maintaining the site + imagery
 * Announcements, dealing w/ press


 * Logistics
 * Registration: online + in-person reg, total event-size management
 * Other logistics: Help organizing local volunteers, manning tables

Tradition

 * Ward Cunningham, Erin McKean
 * JI/Z

Non-wm speakers

 * Trad news publishing: AG Sulzberger, ?
 * Trad social news platforms: ?
 * Reliable source vetters: ?
 * Collab news sources: WikiTribune, GlobalVoices (in en, es, fr)
 * Someone from PRSA or similar type of organization who can discuss ethical engagement in Wikipedia for PR professionals.

= Ideas for the 2019 conference=

General structure

 * Theme: Credibility + Incredibility (co-planned w/ CredCo)
 * Dates: November 9-11 (Sat-Mon, a long weekend)
 * November 8 for satellite events, in nearby spaces (a few 20-50-person gatherings)
 * Venue: We currently have most of the Stata Center reserved, w/ spaces on the 1st + 4th floors.  Looking for spaces for satellite events, dinners, parties.
 * Lodging: We're looking for inexpensive options for visiting students.  Perhaps we have enough locals to support couchsurfing for some?

Art

 * A Hatnote installation w/ delicious acoustics
 * A related dynamic world-map... (of people and bots, data / images / minor edits / major edits / new pages / new accounts)

Potential subthemes

 * WikiCite (possible on the satellite day)
 * News crediblity (hello CurrentEvents, Wikinews, Wikitribune, Civil? The Correspondent?? FB local news???) (possibly on the satellite day)
 * Disinformation and AI (ORES, other mechanisms, non-wiki approaches)
 * Education (WikiEdu is often a sponsor, hopefully again this year)
 * Librarianship and curation
 * Experimentation and unreliable drafts (importance of simplicity + all-can-edit!)
 * Wikipedia and international students and/or English language learners

Potential events / fun sessions

 * Sockpuppet Theatre (reprise, for all ages)
 * Sessions for high-school and younger students
 * Web 2.0 Elevator Pitch Contest (reprise)
 * Creative childcare (for attendees w/ kids)
 * Wikipedia edit-a-thon or chapter sticker or button exchange
 * Wikipedia PR sharing table: with posters for events, other materials created for PR

Potential wiki moments (just dreaming here...)

 * Get Ward C + some Meatballers to join
 * A vigorous Federated-MediaWiki/Federated-WD/
 * A vigorous WN/WTrib/CurrentEvents showdown
 * A vigorous Wikiversity/Wikieducator/OCW/EdX showdown

Call for Proposals
When do you anticipate sending out a call for proposals? I am interested in presenting some research I've done this year. Additionally, I'll add my name to the list of volunteers. I have lots of experience with planning programs, but I wonder if this is a COI if I also want to submit a proposal to speak?