Lodewijk Gelauff is a bachelor student in chemistry and board member of the 'Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland', the local Dutch chapter. He also organized the local Wikimedia Conference in the Netherlands in september 2006, and is also member of the committee organizing the conference in 2007. He joined the nl.wikipedia in february 2005 and is since july that year sysop there. He attended Wikimania'06 in Boston with a BoF on the centralization of Wiki's, and became steward in december 2006.
Abstract
A discussion about Wikimedia conferences worldwide. We have Wikimania, national Wikimedia conferences and regional events. How can these be coordinated, how can we make sure they do not interfere. How can the conference be used optimally to strengthen communities, to transfer maximal knowledge, and skills. What are the problems you will face as organizer, what are the opportunities? The central theme will be the coordination among the different events.