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[Wikimedia-l] Re: WikiYouthCon Update
Anyways, I forgot to do the survey last time. If you're still looking for
participants, I'd consider it.

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023, 1:05 a.m. Clover Moss <clovermosswikipedia@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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