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[Wikimedia-l] Re: WikiYouthCon Update
For people who don't follow the list as often as I do, it's this
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/WTXHJKXSVNF3YERD2WZ5FBS2SXSJ2OOE/
thread I was vaguely remembering. I thought I might've been too old at 20
to actually attend the conference.

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 1:02 a.m. Clover Moss <clovermosswikipedia@gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is the same conference as mentioned in the last email awhile ago,
> right? If it is, I think it's important to mention that the age group is 18
> to 35, unless that's changed. As I said at the time, my past self (I was 16
> when I started editing) would've been surprised and disappointed that a
> conference specifically aimed at youths didn't include me but did include
> people much older.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 5:58 a.m. James Popoola <popoolaojames@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>>
>> The Wikimedia Youth Conference 2023 scheduled to be held in Spain in
>> September will be the first youth conference in the movement.
>>
>>
>> The conference grant team is eager to provide all relevant support in
>> order to ensure that the conference is successful. But in order to do this,
>> more time other than what is available will be needed. Therefore, they did
>> recommend that the conference be moved to 2024 in order to avail more time
>> to work on addressing relevant needs where possible.
>>
>>
>> We are therefore advised to keep our preparations still going. We also
>> understand that we could use this additional time to strategize more on the
>> conference planning.
>>
>>
>> We know that we had made a call for the conference subcommittees. We will
>> reach out to the selected applicants to explain how the engagement could
>> look like given this circumstance.
>>
>>
>> Beyond that, we will still be working on the conference design and
>> planning. We hope to keep you informed of all the updates as they come.
>>
>>
>> We are happy to answer any questions or concerns.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> James Popoola
>>
>> On behalf of the WikiYouthCon COT.
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> James Popoola
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