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==Possible events==
Upcoming/planned/hoped-for MediaWiki & Wikimedia presentations & conferences at various events.
==Users willing to help==
Please add your name if you are interested in running a stand for Wikipedia or any of the sister projects, and the ___location on which you are willing to travel to do this.
* [[User:Angela|Angela]], UK/Berlin
* [[User:Sj|+sj+]], in New England, New York, DC, Houston (with enough notice).
* [[User:Danny|Danny]], in New York and New England (notice is a good thing).
* [[user:zanimum]], within the Toronto area
* [[User:Elian|Elian]], Germany and Europe
* [[User:AlisonW|Alison]], UK
/*mark.stevenson@hotmail.com is willing to help or talk@Wikimania2008 if staged in SYDNEY Australia (although try not to clash with World Catholic (not catholic) youth conference also in Sydney)*/
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;What happens, if one is offered a stand at an event?
: Firstly, you must take into consideration the costs of the exhibition booth, and the work time of those who will run the stand. You need to consider whether it will bring any value. In addition, you must think about the goal of the event and what you want the visit to achieve.
;It is enough to simply turn up?
: No, it is not. You must be clear about your plans and about which equipment you will need, such as how many plug sockets and Internet connections are necessary, how many tables and chairs and other items you need. Computer equipment should be insured in advance.
;What material will I need?
: The minimum is business cards with the Web address on them so that people can remember the site when they get home. Even at the smallest events, you should have, at a minimum, posters and the projects' [[logos]] displayed at your stand. You should also consider printing [[promotional leaflet]]s. On [[Marketing]] you can find a list of stuff others created for such events. See also [[Events/Checklist]].
;How do I behave at the event?
:You must have people to remain at the stand and answer queries. You need to attract people to the stand. Some try this with freebies such as pens or other one "give aways", others with "Events". You need to actively address the people there. Sitting down with a laptop will not be enough! One of the most interesting ways of presenting the projects to visitors is to give them the possibility to edit pages and make changes since the project will be new to many.
;Are there any other guides to running a stand?
: See the [http://www.debian.org/events/checklist Debian checklist for a booth].
==Howto==
* Announce the event here on meta-wiki on this page and/or its local equivalent (currently [[Wikimedia auf Messen|German]] and [[Wikimédia France (manifestations)|French]])
* Gather people willing to help (Announcements on Mailinglists and Village pump, ask local people on the list of Wikipedians by region)
* Set up a preparation page for the event (which can be turned into a report after the event)
* Make sure the booth will be manned fulltime by at least two people by setting up a schedule in advance
* Organize [[Promotion]] stuff and hardware equipment (see [[Events/Checklist]])
* Turn up at the event before it starts to set up the booth, decorate it nicely
* Have fun and don't forget to eat and sleep!
* When it's over, replace the planning page by a report and list it here on "Previous events"
==Events organised by Wikimedians==
* [[Wikimania]], Wikimedia Foundation
* [[Wikipedia Academy]], Wikimedia Deutschland
* [http://www.wikipediaday.ch/ Wikipedia Day], Wikimedia CH
* [http://www.wikipediaday.ch/ Wikimedia conserentie], Wikimedia Nederland
==Reports about previous events==
* 2004: [[Golden Nica Awards 2004]], New York
* September 2004: [[Linz_cyberarts_festival_2004|Ars electronica]] in Linz, Austria
* December 2004: [[21C3]] & [[21C3/MediaWiki developer conference]] in Berlin, Germany
* February 2005: [[Southern California Linux Expo]] in Los Angeles, USA
* February 2005: [[FOSDEM 2005]] in Brussels, Belgium
* March 2005: [[Cebit 2005]] in Hannover, Germany
* March 2005: [[Leipziger Buchmesse 2005]] in Leipzig, Germany
* April 2005: [[PixelACHE]] and [[Dot Org Boom]] in Helsinki, Finland
* April 2005: [[Conference reports/FLOSS, South Africa 2005|FLOSS, South Africa 2005]]
* June 2005: [[Linuxtag 2005]]
* September 2005: [[Conference reports/FLOSS, South Africa 2005/Workshop 2|FLOSS, South Africa 2005]], in Pretoria, South Africa
* July 2005: [[ApacheCon Europe 2005]] in Stuttgart, Germany
* August 2005: [[O'Reilly Open Source Conference]] in Portland, Oregon
* September 2006: [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-September/009946.html Wikimedia Conference Netherlands 2006]
* December 2006: [[First Regional Conference of Wikimedia Serbia]] in Belgrade, Serbia
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