[Wikimania-l] Fwd: Welcoming expressions of interest for 2024 Wikimania and beyond

[Iolanda Pensa]

Dear all
We just announced the call for expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024, 205 
and beyond.

Please find below further information and do not hesitate to forward the 
message to those who might be interested.
My very warm regards and looking forward to further great wikimanias :)
Iolanda on behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee


> Inizio messaggio inoltrato:
> 
> Da: Iolanda Pensa 
> Oggetto: Welcoming expressions of interest for 2024 Wikimania and beyond
> Data: 2 novembre 2022 11:06:35 CET
> A: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee, the stewards of our movement’s 
> biggest event, we are welcoming expressions of interest from community groups 
> to host Wikimania in 2024 and beyond [1]. 
> 
> The last time we were able to convene in person was in Stockholm in 2019. 
> After two years of virtual gatherings, we are excited to come together again 
> in person in Singapore in August 2023 (exact dates to be confirmed very soon) 
> [2]. We want to make sure there is plenty of overlap between the current 
> organizing team and future ones. That is why we are now accepting expressions 
> of interest for 2024, 2025 and beyond. We hope to announce the next host by 
> April 2023. 
> 
> Interested community groups do not need to have a polished proposal. This is 
> an expression of interest that we will develop further together. We will be 
> taking multiple factors into consideration, such as the cost and location of 
> the venue, visa requirements, accessibility, health infrastructure, internet 
> connectivity, and security. If a regional collaboration is interested in 
> hosting Wikimania, we will consider multiple cities in your expression of 
> interest. We love to take the Wikimania magic around the world with a lasting 
> legacy of people and projects. As such, we will also consider the rotation of 
> previous Wikimania host cities hoping to take Wikimania to new places or 
> those we haven’t been to in a while. 
> 
> Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us  if you have any questions or 
> comments. Submissions are accepted until December 16, 2022. You can read more 
> on Diff [3]. 
> 
> Best regards,
> Iolanda on behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia 
> Foundation team
> 
> [1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Expressions_of_Interest
> [2] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Wikimania
> [3] 
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/27/wikimania-welcoming-expressions-of-interest-for-2024/

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[Wikimania-l] Core Organizing Team (COT) Wikimania 2022

[Iolanda Pensa]

Dear all,
We are very happy to announce the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 
2022: Anton Protsiuk, Antoni Mtavangu, Evelin Heidel (Scann), Houcemeddine 
Turki (Csisc), Kayode Yussuf (Kayusyussuf), NANöR, Omar David Sandoval Sida 
(Omar_sansi), Richard Knipel (Pharos), Sandra Aceng, and Venus Lui.

You find photos and biographies on 
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/02/24/announcing-the-wikimania-2022-core-organizing-team/
 

This talented group of volunteers from around the world was selected from more 
than 70 excellent applications. They will work with you over the next six 
months to organize our annual flagship event, designing a Wikimania that brings 
our community together and celebrates our movement. 

In the coming weeks, the COT will be inviting your ideas and suggestions on 
what Wikimania 2022 should look like – what would you like to see more of? What 
should we keep from last year [1]? What should be different? And of course 
we’ll need your contribution to the event as volunteers. More to be shared soon 
and do not hesitate to share your thoughts with us on the Wikimania 2022 
discussion page. 

Thanks to the new COT and to all Wikimania 2022 volunteers!
Here’s to a great event!
iolanda
on Behalf of the Wikimania Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation team

[1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Evaluation
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[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2021 Updates: Save the date and Core Organizing Team

[Iolanda Pensa]

Dear Wiki Community,

It is with great pleasure that we - the Wikimania Steering Committee[1] - 
announce that Wikimania will be hosted virtually from August 13-17th, 2021 [2] 
and that the Core Organizing Team (COT) has been selected and fully onboarded. 
Since 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia, Wikimania 2021's theme is 
20 years of Wikipedia and all the humans that make it possible. We'll look back 
at our history and celebrate our future.

We thank everyone who applied to the call for volunteers [3] - it was a tough 
selection process given the impressive number of strong applicants we received. 
However, The Wikimania Steering Committee is  pleased to announce that after 
due deliberation and assessment, we selected a total of 9 individuals from our 
broad community who will lead the way in organizing the first ever virtual 
Wikimania. 

The official Core Organizing Team members are the following:
Vanj Padilla
Anna Torres (Anna Torres (WMAR)
Susanna Mkrtchyan (WikiTatik)
Winnie Kabintie
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
Yamen Bousrih (Yamen)
Gnangarra
Bodhisattwa
Lodewijk (Effeietsanders)

We trust that each COT member has the skills, dedication and willingness to 
come together and bring to life our very first virtual edition of Wikimania and 
to help create the necessary spaces for our community to continue to thrive and 
work together. We had originally foreseen the need for 4-6 individuals to form 
the COT but after such strong applications, we decided to extend that number to 
9 individuals, given the great team that we identified could work together and 
flourish. 

We invite you all to participate in Wikimania 2021 and to contribute to its 
content and success. The COT will be reaching out to some applicants who marked 
their availability to be volunteers in their application, but we also encourage 
you to let us know if you would like to be considered for volunteer roles and 
opportunities for Wikimania 2021. 

With this said, as the functioning Wikimania Steering Committee, we would like 
to make public our endorsement of the Core Organizing Team and our trust that 
they will move forward with the great responsibility and excitement of bringing 
to life Wikimania 2021. 

The COT will soon be announcing more information around Wikimania 2021 and how 
you can get involved - so please stay tuned. Please save the dates in your 
calendars, we hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
The Wikimania Steering Committee

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee 

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2021 
 
[3] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Call_for_volunteers 
 

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[Wikimania-l] Update Wikimania 2018 and 2019

[Iolanda Pensa]

Dear all
The organisation of Wikimania 2018  in Cape Town is moving along. The co-chairs 
of the program committee and scholarship committee have been established.  They 
will be putting together their committee in the coming month. We have invited 
them to use also this mailing list to introduce themselves and let the 
community know if they need volunteers. Thanks to the team for the good work!

Meanwhile we have received a number of proposal for Wikimania 2019. We are 
currently collecting information about the different locations to take a 
decision by January. 

All the best
Iolanda/iopensa, on behalf of the Wikimania Committee 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee 


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[Wikimania-l] Book of Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
with great pleasure we announce the publication of the photographic book 
Wikimania Esino Lario 2016 in Italian and English.
It is a digital and printed book, and it will be presented in Esino Lario 
Friday 28th July 2017 during the official inauguration of Esino Lario Hall.

The book is published by Regione Lombardia, under cc by-sa, curated by 
Catherine de Senarclens
and it is produced with the support and collaboration of many of you!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libro_fotografico_digitale_%22Wikimania_2016%22.pdf
 

 

Thanks for your beautiful pictures, for your sentences and stories, for 
participating in Wikimania Esino Lario and for contributing in making it a 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Mobile connectivity in Esino Lario

[Iolanda Pensa]

4 days ago Tim brought 4G to Esino Lario. 
Iolanda


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> Il giorno 19 giu 2016, alle ore 20:08, Alan Lai <alancy...@wikimedia.hk> ha 
> scritto:
> 
> So only 3G? I'm worried about 4G frequencies…
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 16 Jun 2016, at 08:56, Dario Crespi <dario.cre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> 3G or 4G is also available in area ? 
>>  
>> Yes, 3G is available.
>> 
>> Dario
>> 
>> 2016-06-16 7:43 GMT+02:00 Mardetanha <mardetanha.w...@gmail.com>:
>>> 3G or 4G is also available in area ? 
>>> 
>>> Mardetanha
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Dario Crespi <dario.cre...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Alan,
>>>> Wind has a bad service in Esino. I'm here now and I'm using Vodafone 
>>>> without any problem.
>>>> And Wi-Fi is good.
>>>> 
>>>> Dario
>>>> 
>>>> 2016-06-15 18:56 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com>:
>>>>> Alan Lai, 15/06/2016 18:48:
>>>>>> During your bid, you claimed that Telecom Italia will connect a 1Gbps
>>>>>> fibre cable to the hill town of Esino Lario for wikimania and beyond, so
>>>>> 
>>>>> Connectivity is provided by Eolo in the end.
>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Connectivity#Implementation
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I wonder whether this means it's only TIM got mobile signal there or
>>>>>> whether all mobile operators including Vodafone, WIND and 3 Italia will
>>>>>> also have service in the area?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mobile signal is and was available from all mobile operators. The bigger 
>>>>> ones (Vodafone and TIM) tend to have better connectivity outside major 
>>>>> cities of Italy. (If you're comparing the costs and wondering why Wind 
>>>>> costs much less, that's the reason.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nemo
>>>>> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] accommodation details

[Iolanda Pensa]

Dear all
yes. All the accommodation in Esino Lario have sheets and towels. We only have 
a building (scout centre ex-ristoro) for which we request a seeping bag or 
sheets, but it is a building we are using for some of the volunteers, in 
exceptional cases and we have already informed people about it.

yes. In general there are no private bathrooms.
Please bring your toiletry (you can also buy it in the shops of the village 
which will be open everyday June 22-27 with different longer times but more or 
less from 9 to 8) and your hairdryer if you need one (with the necessary 
adapter). I suggest you also to bring some warm cloths (sweater, jacket, 
umbrella and shoes for the rain - we expect 15-20 degrees which commonly is not 
very suitable for flip-flap), your adapter if needed, and some euro for taxi 
(taxi almost never accept visa), for your personal expenses and as deposit for 
your key if you are in Esino. There is a bank and ATM in Esino Lario but it can 
be quicker to change or to withdraw money at the airport or at the Milan 
railway station.

To accelerate the registration please prepare for us
1. a printed copy of your registration code 
2. a printed copy of your passport
3. if possible 10 euro as a deposit for your key (only for people staying in 
Esino Lario; we will not ask it to everyone but if you have it ready makes 
things quicker)

thanks
iolanda

> Il giorno 17 giu 2016, alle ore 01:30, Risker  ha 
> scritto:
> 
> 
> On 16 June 2016 at 19:19, Lodewijk  > wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As I am preparing to leave, I was checking a few basic things, which I 
> couldn't find in the documentation 
> . Maybe 
> it is obvious, or I overlooked it - apologies in that case. 
> 
> I was wondering what exactly is provided for in the accommodation. It's 
> shared and simple rooms, probably with shared bathrooms etc. Could you 
> confirm it's a cheap hotel-like setting, where bed sheets, towels etc are 
> provided for? It would save me luggage, so that would be great :) And am I 
> correct to assume that toiletries are available somewhere in the village if 
> need be? 
> 
> Thanks for confirming!
> 
>  
> Hmmm.  According to the "Getting Ready" page[1], if you are assigned to a 
> guesthouse or flat, they will provide bedding and towels.  I think it would 
> be safe to assume the same for hotel rooms (although it is not specified).  
> However, there is specifically no mention of whether one needs to bring 
> bedding/towels for the "specialty lodging" (dormitory). 
>  
> This was one of the reasons I wanted to know where I was staying, because I 
> would have asked this very question myself if I'd been assigned to "specialty 
> lodging". 
>  
> Risker/Anne
>  
> [1] 
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Getting_ready#Staying_in_Esino:_Hotel.2C_Guesthouse.2C_speciality_lodging_and_camping
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport - Open

[Iolanda Pensa]

yes. You get get a ticket for the remaining seats for the airport busses (from 
the airports to Esino on June 21st and June 23rd and from Esino to the airports 
and to Milan on Monday une 27th). The eventbrite is open [1].
iolanda

[1] 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2016-airport-transfers-tickets-22670558250#tickets

> Il giorno 15 giu 2016, alle ore 22:55, Raul Kern  ha 
> scritto:
> 
> Looks like the sale for airport direct transfers has been reopened
> (https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration)
> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation

[Iolanda Pensa]

Dear all, we confirmed your accommodation but we are unable to send you the 
details of your beds and roommate before your arrival. It is not that we are 
incapable of doing it, but it is because it is easier for us to provide you 
this information once you arrive. Below you can find out why.
iolanda

This is the system which works best for us because we have people keeping 
requesting beds (even after the registration was closed - and i am sure some of 
you benefitted from our capacity of managing it), people changing their 
accommodation even 4 days ago or asking for more nights just yesterday; today 
we were even informed that an husband is coming we did not know about. This is 
happening all the time with our 738 bed. And on the other side there are all 
the requests of the around 100 people and hotels providing the beds. 

When you go to an hotel you are not informed about your room number or floor 
before your arrival, and if you go to an hostel you don’t have the names of 
your roommates. The way we are managing the accommodation in Esino Lario is not 
different. It is all simple shared accommodation and we are happy to do our 
best to make it the most welcoming. There are no surprises. We are following 
our plan [1] and Esino Lario is still (as 3 years ago) a remote mountain 
village of 761 inhabitants. Well, in a week 1761.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario 
). 


> Il giorno 16 giu 2016, alle ore 00:02, aude  ha scritto:
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Tomasz Ganicz  > wrote:
> I guess it was easier to send the same E-mail to many recipents, than to 
> copy-paste addresses and roomates names. If there is no any script able to do 
> it automatically using data from database that it is a lot of work for 
> someone. Or maybe - such database does not exist - and our keys will be given 
> to us somehow randomly :-) We can later call it Italian Roulette :-) 
> 
> 
> If the information is in a google spreadsheet and we're already using google 
> apps for mail, then script for this is somewhat trivial within google docs. 
> (and maybe i could provide some help with this)
> 
> Cheers,
> Katie
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 2016-06-15 22:30 GMT+02:00 Maarten Dammers  >:
> Hi Ellie,
> 
> Op 14-6-2016 om 21:11 schreef Ellie Young:
>> The team is about to send information out to everyone who has registered for 
>> the conference with accommodation package (today). All that information will 
>> be there.
> I received an email with some information, but not where I'm staying exactly 
> and with who. I'm not feeling very comfortable traveling without knowing this 
> information beforehand and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Why are you keeping 
> this secret?
> 
> Maarten
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation - address for immigration purposes and luggage lost

[Iolanda Pensa]

For immigration purposes and luggage lost, please communicate the address
Associazione Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016
via Montefiori 19
23825 Esino Lario

It is the association managing the accommodation during Wikimania. We 
centralized the registration and the accommodation, and we will be 
communicating all the data to the police as requested by the Italian 
legislation. The association is based at Villa Clotilde which will host the 
offices during Wikimania and it will always be open.

In case of visa recipients who requested the letter from an hotel, please use 
the address we already provided you.
thanks
iolanda
 

> Il giorno 13 giu 2016, alle ore 16:46, Tomasz Ganicz <polime...@gmail.com> ha 
> scritto:
> 
> There is small risk with putting false address - as immigration officers 
> sometimes requires confirmation of booking of accommodation. I guess - maybe 
> not for reach looking people from reach countries - but if you claim staying 
> in 4 star hotel, and looking poor - it is is automatically suspicious...
> 
> 2016-06-13 16:37 GMT+02:00 Takashi OTA <supertakot+wikima...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:supertakot+wikima...@gmail.com>>:
> Hi Risker (and all),
> 
> This is not official but practical advice for attendees.
> 
> Rosa delle Alpi is one of the hotels listed in
> the accomodation page.
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation/Esino_Lario 
> <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation/Esino_Lario>
> 
> The address is:
> Via Adamello, 36
> 23825 ESINO LARIO (LC)
> (according to http://www.rosadellealpi.it/ <http://www.rosadellealpi.it/>)
> 
> You might not stay at Rosa delle Alpi, but the immigration officers won't care
> about it :-p
> 
> --Takashi Ota [[U:Takot]]
> 
> 2016年6月13日(月) 21:54 Risker <risker...@gmail.com <mailto:risker...@gmail.com>>:
> 
> 
> Iolanda, for those of us traveling from outside of Europe, we will normally 
> have to provide a proper destination address as part of our customs and 
> immigration process. "Esino Lario" won't normally be enough; in fact, it's my 
> experience that at least half the time when traveling to Europe, I have had 
> to show my reservation confirmation. We also need our destination address to 
> include it in our luggage so that if it is misdirected, there is still some 
> chance that it might find us before the conference is over. Having had my 
> luggage go missing on more than one transatlantic flight - knowing that my 
> destination address is well identified in association with my luggage is a 
> Big Deal. Again, just "Esino Lario" isn't going to cut it. An actual address 
> is required. 
> 
> Risker/Anne
> 
> 
> On 13 June 2016 at 08:24, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it 
> <mailto:iola...@pensa.it>> wrote:
> 
> dear all
> Everyone – who has got a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario and 
> received a confirmation from eventbrite – has accommodation in Esino Lario. 
> Marta and Patrizia have assigned all the beds.
> You will be given your address and keys in Piazza Italia in Esino Lario at 
> your arrival; we expect you to arrive the 21st or the 23rd according to to 
> the 5 or 3 days ticket you got.
> Marta will send you today some further information about your travel and 
> arrival.
> 
> 
> Pleonastic, but
> If you did not buy a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario, you don’t have 
> accommodation in Esino Lario. 
> If you did not buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the 
> airport, you do not have direct transport from and to the airport.
> Eventually you can get worried if you don’t have an eventbrite confirmation.
> 
> 
> I personally consider wikipedians and wikimedians the most intelligent people 
> I can spend time with. We certainly pretend you to get to Esino Lario, to 
> find the right bus, to take the train in the right direction (please note 
> that Tirano is not Torino), to sign up for events and to read (and cite) all 
> necessary sources. Certainly… it’s the beginning of a great adventure. 
> iolanda
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Il giorno 13 giu 2016, alle ore 13:03, Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:hjmw...@gmail.com>> ha scritto:
> 
> Nothing here, and with only a week to go before I start my travels. I 
> sympathise with the organisers who are being bombarded with all sorts of 
> questions and no doubt have many other things to worry about. I remember how 
> that felt in 2014. But these are not minor details for people travelling long 
> distances, especially for those of us who have taken time off work and spent 
> our own money to get there.
> 
> 
> Could we trouble the organisers at least for a date by 

Re: [Wikimania-l] transport booking

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
to clarify, there are two kind of busses

1. busses from the airports to Esino (and viceversa). All people with a WMF 
scholarship, all WMF staff and all people who bought their airport transport 
have a seat on the busses. we made this timetable to accommodate the arrivals 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses
Marta is preparing with Stuart Prior (who has the access) a registration system 
on eventbrite to buy the remaining seats. It will be available in a short time 
(meanwhile please have a look at the available times)
We might add another bus on Monday if needed to make sure everyone can get home.
Please note that we are managing as volunteers this service for your comfort, 
it is very very complicated and busses do not bloom in the grass but need to be 
reserved, organized and they cost 500 euro each - last minute services is 
impossible. We do our best to meet you needs but we will not be able to 
accommodate everyone’s preference. Please also consider to take and pay a taxi 
or urber if you have specific requests in particular from the airports to Esino.

2. busses from Varenna to Esino Lario (and viceversa)
We should have the definitive contract today and this is the expected schedule 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Varenna_Esino_busses
We are putting as many busses as possible on the schedule but there are limits 
due to the street (we are saturating it but we can not block it) and there are 
limits due to the schedule bus drivers can do. We are really sorry that you 
might have to wait for your bus, but you can reserve your seat on the next 
available bus once you arrive in Varenna and Varenna is indeed really 
beautiful: you can leave the luggage at the station and enjoy the place during 
the waiting time.
You do not need to reserve on eventbrite your ticket for Varenna Esino but you 
be able to get it once you are in Varenna or in Esino. Please note that you can 
get or reserve your return ticket in Varenna or Esino; it is a good idea to get 
it immediately or to think about it as soon as you can.

hope this clarifies how we set the busses. I am sorry that it takes time to 
confirm the schedule and if anyone wants to help in taking the reservations is 
more than welcome. I have to admit that no one is really queueing to get the 
job :)
iolanda


> Il giorno 13 giu 2016, alle ore 12:50, Andy Mabbett 
> <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto:
> 
> Please can we have a reply to this, ASAP?
> 
> On 9 June 2016 at 17:49, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>> On 9 June 2016 at 16:42, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote:
>> 
>>> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses
>> 
>> Do we need to book? In advance, or at Wikimania?
>> 
>> If not, how can we be sure of having a place?
>> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport - do you still need a ticket from the airport

[Iolanda Pensa]

The busses are meant for people who requested transport (eventbrite, 
scholarships and Wikimedia Foundation staff). If you did not requested direct 
transport, you can still buy a seat. we will post the remaining available seats 
on eventbrite you can buy (by Monday - i'll send you a notification here). 

When there is written taxi, it is because we have less than 4 requests. 
 
I thought this info was already available. I have posted it here 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Journey/Varenna_Esino_busses 
@Andrew can you please post the info also in facebook? Thanks

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> Il giorno 09 giu 2016, alle ore 22:15, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> 
> ha scritto:
> 
> btw, also for the other buses it would be good to know whether we need to 
> book (guess not?).
> 
> Lodewijk
> 
> 2016-06-09 22:08 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lih <and...@andrewlih.com>:
>> Also, the previous Eventbrite link to book tickets is password protected, 
>> and it asks to “Contact organizer.”
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> -Andrew
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Andrew Lih
>> Associate professor of journalism, American University
>> Email: and...@andrewlih.com
>> WEB: http://www.andrewlih.com
>> BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com
>> PROJECT: Wiki Makes Video 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_Makes_Video
>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote:
>> 
>>> In the page you find Varenna-Esino and Esino-Varenna
>>> please let me know if i did not understand the question.
>>> iolanda
>>> 
>>>> Il giorno 09/giu/2016, alle ore 19:36, Lodewijk 
>>>> <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> ha scritto:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks indeed. The schedule of the buses from Varenna to Esino Lario 
>>>> (going towards Wikimania) is missing, it seems. Could that be added too? I 
>>>> suspect I will be arriving by ferry to Varenna. 
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> Lodewijk
>>>> 
>>>> 2016-06-09 18:49 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>:
>>>>> On 9 June 2016 at 16:42, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do we need to book? In advance, or at Wikimania?
>>>>> 
>>>>> If not, how can we be sure of having a place?
>>>>> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

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In the page you find Varenna-Esino and Esino-Varenna
please let me know if i did not understand the question.
iolanda

> Il giorno 09/giu/2016, alle ore 19:36, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> 
> ha scritto:
> 
> Thanks indeed. The schedule of the buses from Varenna to Esino Lario (going 
> towards Wikimania) is missing, it seems. Could that be added too? I suspect I 
> will be arriving by ferry to Varenna. 
> 
> Best,
> Lodewijk
> 
> 2016-06-09 18:49 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk 
> <mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>>:
> On 9 June 2016 at 16:42, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it 
> <mailto:iola...@pensa.it>> wrote:
> 
> > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses 
> > <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses>
> 
> Do we need to book? In advance, or at Wikimania?
> 
> If not, how can we be sure of having a place?
> 
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[Wikimania-l] transport

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here it is 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses 
 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Varenna_Esino_busses 
 

You can access these pages from 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Journey 

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Anyone up to split accommodations in/near Esionio Lario?

[Iolanda Pensa]

you can also - more reasonably - ask marta to add you to the waiting list
iolanda


> Il giorno 09/giu/2016, alle ore 16:33, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> Pharos, 09/06/2016 15:53:
>> if not, I'd be looking for alternatives relatively nearby.
> 
> The closest chance is probably Milan. For local solutions, the best bet is 
> probably an apartment in Varenna or Mandello del Lario with 3-4 other people 
> and 1 car. I see there are still some apartments on airbnb for less than 100 
> €/night. For bike junkies looking for a daily 1200 m climb, I see there are 
> some hotels in places like Introbio.
> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Green week for children (6-10) at Wikimania Esino Lario

[Iolanda Pensa]

we expect children to speak in their own language and to enjoy walking, 
fishing, running, visiting…

Obviously the children attending will mainly speak Italian (and the kids from 
Esino Lario did some English at school); the people coordinating the activities 
speak some English.
We have 3 people registered with children at Wikimania coming from abroad. But 
we have a large number of people with children who are working on the event and 
live in Esino or Italy; please note that this programme is meant first of all 
for them otherwise we would have problems having volunteers from Esino during 
school holidays for 5 days.
iolanda

> Il giorno 07 giu 2016, alle ore 06:19, rupert THURNER 
> <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
> hi iolanda,
> 
> a very nice initiative! what language the kids are expected to
> understand / speak ?
> 
> rupert
> 
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote:
>> dear all
>> children between 6 and 10 years old can join the green week at Wikimania 
>> Esino Lario (from the 21st June to the 28th).
>> Priority is given to the volunteers organizing Wikimania but anyone can 
>> attend it (and I am pretty sure adults can join the excursions too with 
>> their kids if they wish so).
>> 
>> you find the description of the activities and the costs here 
>> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme/Green_week_for_the_children
>> if you want to register your kids please contact Lara Pensa at 
>> wikimania2...@wikimedia.it
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[Wikimania-l] Green week for children (6-10) at Wikimania Esino Lario

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
children between 6 and 10 years old can join the green week at Wikimania Esino 
Lario (from the 21st June to the 28th). 
Priority is given to the volunteers organizing Wikimania but anyone can attend 
it (and I am pretty sure adults can join the excursions too with their kids if 
they wish so).

you find the description of the activities and the costs here 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme/Green_week_for_the_children 
if you want to register your kids please contact Lara Pensa at 
wikimania2...@wikimedia.it
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport from Milan airports to Esino Lario

[Iolanda Pensa]

here you can access the eventbrite for Wikimania 2016 Airport Transfers 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2016-airport-transfers-tickets-22670558250
 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2016-airport-transfers-tickets-22670558250>
(the link is accessible from Wikimania2016 registration page 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration 
<https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration> 
iolanda

> Il giorno 16/mag/2016, alle ore 00:11, Stephen Niedzielski 
> <sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> ha scritto:
> 
> Hi Lolanda, how do we make a reservation for a ticket? Thanks!
> 
> Stephen
> 
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Niharika Kohli <nko...@wikimedia.org 
> <mailto:nko...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
> Hi, thanks for the update lolanda. Could you also tell us if there are going 
> to be any buses to Varenna on the 27th and if so, at what time?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it 
> <mailto:iola...@pensa.it>> wrote:
> dear all
> we plan to have direct busses (if there are reservations) to Esino Lario on 
> Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd
> * from Milano Malpensa at 11am, 3 pm and 9pm
> * from Linate at 3pm
> * from Orio al serio at 7pm
> 
> The direct return busses will be on Monday:
> * To Milano Malpensa at 5am (estimated arrival at 7.30am), 9am (estimated 
> arrival at 11.30am) and 2pm (estimated arrival at 4.30pm)
> * To Milan at 9am (arrival at 11).
> On Sunday there is too much traffic and it is much better to use the train 
> from Varenna to Milano Centrale and then trans/public busses to the airports.
> 
> please contact me also off list if you have any suggestion we will try to 
> accomodate. We can not have busses every 2 hours otherwise the cost for a one 
> way ticket is around 150 euro. We will probably add more busses when 
> Wikimedia Foundation will have figure out the tickets for the scholarship 
> recipients and staff members. Please also consider blablacar (car sharing 
> system) if you travel from Italy or if you rent a car.
> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport from Milan airports to Esino Lario

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on Monday 27th there will be buses for Varenna at 7.20 (arrival 8.00), 8.40 
(arrival 9.20) and 16.47 (arrival 17.27). These are certain; we are deciding in 
these days if we will increase them.
iolanda


> Il giorno 15/mag/2016, alle ore 19:49, Niharika Kohli <nko...@wikimedia.org> 
> ha scritto:
> 
> Hi, thanks for the update lolanda. Could you also tell us if there are going 
> to be any buses to Varenna on the 27th and if so, at what time?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it 
> <mailto:iola...@pensa.it>> wrote:
> dear all
> we plan to have direct busses (if there are reservations) to Esino Lario on 
> Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd
> * from Milano Malpensa at 11am, 3 pm and 9pm
> * from Linate at 3pm
> * from Orio al serio at 7pm
> 
> The direct return busses will be on Monday:
> * To Milano Malpensa at 5am (estimated arrival at 7.30am), 9am (estimated 
> arrival at 11.30am) and 2pm (estimated arrival at 4.30pm)
> * To Milan at 9am (arrival at 11).
> On Sunday there is too much traffic and it is much better to use the train 
> from Varenna to Milano Centrale and then trans/public busses to the airports.
> 
> please contact me also off list if you have any suggestion we will try to 
> accomodate. We can not have busses every 2 hours otherwise the cost for a one 
> way ticket is around 150 euro. We will probably add more busses when 
> Wikimedia Foundation will have figure out the tickets for the scholarship 
> recipients and staff members. Please also consider blablacar (car sharing 
> system) if you travel from Italy or if you rent a car.
> 
> Regards
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport from Milan airports to Esino Lario

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We can add busses to Linate and Orio al Serio according to the requests; we 
might have 1-2 departures according to the times requested. I imagined people 
might be interested to go to Milan; but we will not organize a bus if there are 
not.
iolanda



> Il giorno 15/mag/2016, alle ore 16:51, Bence Damokos <bdamo...@gmail.com> ha 
> scritto:
> 
> Dear Iolanda,
> 
> Thank you for this update! 
> Just to confirm, there are no plans for return buses to Orio al Serio on 
> Monday, 27 June?
> 
> Best regards,
> Bence
> 
> Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it <mailto:iola...@pensa.it>> ezt írta (időpont: 
> 2016. máj. 15., V, 10:28):
> dear all
> we plan to have direct busses (if there are reservations) to Esino Lario on 
> Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd
> * from Milano Malpensa at 11am, 3 pm and 9pm
> * from Linate at 3pm
> * from Orio al serio at 7pm
> 
> The direct return busses will be on Monday:
> * To Milano Malpensa at 5am (estimated arrival at 7.30am), 9am (estimated 
> arrival at 11.30am) and 2pm (estimated arrival at 4.30pm)
> * To Milan at 9am (arrival at 11).
> On Sunday there is too much traffic and it is much better to use the train 
> from Varenna to Milano Centrale and then trans/public busses to the airports.
> 
> please contact me also off list if you have any suggestion we will try to 
> accomodate. We can not have busses every 2 hours otherwise the cost for a one 
> way ticket is around 150 euro. We will probably add more busses when 
> Wikimedia Foundation will have figure out the tickets for the scholarship 
> recipients and staff members. Please also consider blablacar (car sharing 
> system) if you travel from Italy or if you rent a car.
> 
> Regards
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[Wikimania-l] transport from Milan airports to Esino Lario

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
we plan to have direct busses (if there are reservations) to Esino Lario on 
Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd
* from Milano Malpensa at 11am, 3 pm and 9pm
* from Linate at 3pm
* from Orio al serio at 7pm

The direct return busses will be on Monday:
* To Milano Malpensa at 5am (estimated arrival at 7.30am), 9am (estimated 
arrival at 11.30am) and 2pm (estimated arrival at 4.30pm)
* To Milan at 9am (arrival at 11).
On Sunday there is too much traffic and it is much better to use the train from 
Varenna to Milano Centrale and then trans/public busses to the airports.

please contact me also off list if you have any suggestion we will try to 
accomodate. We can not have busses every 2 hours otherwise the cost for a one 
way ticket is around 150 euro. We will probably add more busses when Wikimedia 
Foundation will have figure out the tickets for the scholarship recipients and 
staff members. Please also consider blablacar (car sharing system) if you 
travel from Italy or if you rent a car.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Query about provided accommodations in Esino Lario

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> Il giorno 21/apr/2016, alle ore 19:00, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> Alan Lai, 21/04/2016 17:45:
>> I would like to ask whether the accommodations in Esino Lario would only 
>> consist of dorm rooms of 8-10 ppl or would they also include double rooms or 
>> 4-person rooms which had more privacy
> 
> See 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Accommodation 
> 

Please note that accommodation does not consists of dorm rooms of 8-10 people 
but rather rooms with 2-3 beds. There are only few dorms.
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

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dear Joe and all
> Il giorno 27 mar 2016, alle ore 15:59, Joseph Fox  
> ha scritto:
> 
> So I think the question is: will the association be disbanded come the end of 
> Wikimania? Or do members have to formally request to leave on June 27?
Before closing the association we will obviously close the budget; it would not 
be correct to disband the association without ending the fiscal year. 
The membership is for one year (2016) and anyone can leave the association 
earlier than 31 December 2016 anytime.
iolanda


> 
> Joe
> 
> On Sunday, 27 March 2016, Federico Leva (Nemo)  wrote:
> Bohdan Melnychuk, 26/03/2016 22:06:
> Erm, Italian law you mean? Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, I am
> unfamiliar with it
> 
> So you will ask for a translation of the entire Italian legislation at the 
> airport before passing the gate?
> 
> > I still don't think we've received a good answer to the question of
> > whether this is a membership in perpetuity or it is a time-limited
> > membership
> 
> Time-limited membership is forbidden by the law, IIRC. "Membership in 
> perpetuity" also doesn't exist for any common definition of "perpetuity". One 
> is member until
> * the association is disbanded, or
> * the member leaves, or
> * the member qualifies for automatic reasons (e.g. death), or
> * the member is expelled.
> 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Catering

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hi Sebastian and all,
We made an average cost of the meals of 15 euro per lunch and 20 euro for the 
dinner because we use different bars, restaurants and the catering. As Federico 
was anticipating catering is always more expensive than restaurants and bars, 
also because they need to arrange some sort of kitchen (and i’m not including 
water and electricity). And among the expenses there is also breakfast.

People not registering for the meals online, but paying the meals on site will 
pay something more (we expect something like 18 and 23)
We are organizing some packet lunch for volunteers at 5 euro provided by local 
food stores; these will be available to other people a little more expensive 
during wikimania (something like 7 euro).
there will be also some food trucks (the today very fashionable street food).

we have a limited number of meals: we have a maximum of 1’000 meals in 
restaurants, bars and catering. 
Beyond this number we have packet lunches at food stores and food tracks people 
can buy on site.

please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any other question about it.
iolanda


> Il giorno 19 mar 2016, alle ore 12:52, Sebastian Wallroth 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> Dear organizers,
> 
> I have a few questions regarding the catering in Esino Lario.
> 
> The registration page offers three kinds of tickets for 5 days Hackathon
> + Conference:
> 
> Full ticket: 500 EUR
> Full ticket without accommodation: 300 EUR
> Simple ticket: 35 EUR
> 
> The difference between full ticket w/o acc. and simple ticket (300 EUR -
> 35 EUR = 265 EUR) comes from 5 x (lunch + dinner). This leads to an
> average price of 26,50 EUR for a lunch or a dinner.
> 
> 1. Is this a normal price for a meal in Esino Lario?
> 2. Are there possibilities for participants with a simple ticket to buy
> lunch and dinner during the conference?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Sebastian
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

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There are no other solutions. 

Just to understand the logic behind it:
If you go to the hilton you pay the hilton and you receive a receipt from this 
company. It is your decision if you are ok in paying that company and to use 
its service.
In the case of Esino Lario you join an association, since we are not the 
hilton, we are not a company and we are managing the event with volunteers and 
a completely different structure to make a 761 village capable of hosting a 
quite large event without being structured to do so (we are literally creating 
most of the things from scratches). The aim of the association is to manage 
events and specifically Wikimania. Once the event is over the association will 
have 0 budget (used to cover with the income received from the registrations 
the expenses related to the members-participants); the association and the 
membership – as the name of the association clearly communicates - is meant for 
Wikimania 2016. A committee would have been an easier structure (we initially 
registered it as a committee) but this December 2015, in Italy committee do not 
exist any longer as registered institutions (but we want an officially 
registered institution to make everything clear and correct even if of course - 
as many of you know - it is complex and longer than doing things informally).

It would have been nice to have Wikimedia Italia managing all this, but in 2014 
Wikimedia Italia decided that it was too complicated and they did not have 
enough staff to do it.
So in Esino Lario we applied for fundings through Associazione Amici del Museo 
delle Grigne Onlus (an association of volunteers without staff)
and we established this new association to make the management and the 
accountability of Wikimania possible, transparent and correct (also in this 
case an association of volunteers without staff).

This choice was thought through and please do not hesitate to ask any further 
question.
thanks
iolanda

> Il giorno 15 mar 2016, alle ore 22:29, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> 
> ha scritto:
> 
> If membership is required to be a participant under this structure, such a 
> solution would require all participants to become a member of Wikimedia 
> Italia. Which is maybe less ideal than becoming member of something that is 
> meant to be temporary. 
> 
> Still it is an odd situation to be honest... Iolanda: are there solutions for 
> people who don't want to become a member, or cannot become a member because 
> of their job etc? Perhaps at a higher fee if necessary (not sure if this 
> construction gives tax benefits etc)
> 
> Lodewijk
> 
> Lodewijk
> 
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net 
> <mailto:em...@mikepeel.net>> wrote:
> Couldn't Wikimedia Italia do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
>> On 15 Mar 2016, at 11:44, Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it 
>> <mailto:iola...@pensa.it>> wrote:
>> 
>> Here is the explanation of why we created a Committee which is an 
>> association managing Wikimania[1].
>> 
>> I’ll add the answers also online:
>> 1. we needed an institution managing the income from the registration and 
>> the expenses which involve a very large number of people (priviate, not only 
>> companies); the institution we established is a non profit (it doesn’t share 
>> the income among anyone), it is managed by volunteers with experience in 
>> accounting and it is a specific institution with a separate bank account 
>> from Associazione Amici del Museo delle Grigne Onlus (which as an onlus is 
>> not the appropriate institution). 
>> 2. we created an association according to the advice of experts in 
>> associations and management. since we have a non profit nature, associating 
>> the participants for the event is the solution which has been chosen as the 
>> only suitable to allow us to collect the payments and to reimburse the flats 
>> and to pay the other expenses linked to food, accommodation, transport, 
>> insurance and t-shirts and welcome begs. the association (committees in 
>> Italy do not exist since December 2015) has the specific objective to 
>> promote and organize the event Wikimania (the name of the association is 
>> Associazione Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016), which is also the reason 
>> we created it.
>> 3. the fee is 1 euro because we need to have a fee and it is of course 
>> included in all the registration; fees simply contribute as all the rest of 
>> the income to the expenses for the participants.
>> 4. you can see the names of the members of the board in the link and also in 
>> our team[2]
>> 5. yesterday the association had a meeting to record all the regulations 
>> which coincide with the information you find on t

Re: [Wikimania-l] Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016

[Iolanda Pensa]

Here is the explanation of why we created a Committee which is an association 
managing Wikimania[1].

I’ll add the answers also online:
1. we needed an institution managing the income from the registration and the 
expenses which involve a very large number of people (priviate, not only 
companies); the institution we established is a non profit (it doesn’t share 
the income among anyone), it is managed by volunteers with experience in 
accounting and it is a specific institution with a separate bank account from 
Associazione Amici del Museo delle Grigne Onlus (which as an onlus is not the 
appropriate institution). 
2. we created an association according to the advice of experts in associations 
and management. since we have a non profit nature, associating the participants 
for the event is the solution which has been chosen as the only suitable to 
allow us to collect the payments and to reimburse the flats and to pay the 
other expenses linked to food, accommodation, transport, insurance and t-shirts 
and welcome begs. the association (committees in Italy do not exist since 
December 2015) has the specific objective to promote and organize the event 
Wikimania (the name of the association is Associazione Comitato Wikimania Esino 
Lario 2016), which is also the reason we created it.
3. the fee is 1 euro because we need to have a fee and it is of course included 
in all the registration; fees simply contribute as all the rest of the income 
to the expenses for the participants.
4. you can see the names of the members of the board in the link and also in 
our team[2]
5. yesterday the association had a meeting to record all the regulations which 
coincide with the information you find on the website (different types of 
registration costs and i am uploading also the regulations related to the 
support for the most active volunteers)
6. all documents of the association are uploaded online and you can review 
everything. i’ll be adding the other documents and we are preparing some of the 
translations.
7. for personal data we apply the Italian legislation. Data are collected to 
allow us to organize Wikimania and support the participants (registration, 
accommodation, wifi, police registration for foreigners requested by law); with 
this objective in mind, only people who need the data to organize Wikimania and 
support the participants have access to them.

please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any further question
iolanda

[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Management#Accounting_and_bookkeeping
[2] https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Team

> Il 13 mar 2016 23:40, "Bohdan Melnychuk"  > ha scritto:
> Hello,
> 
> Please take a look at the discussion I initiate here: 
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Registration#Comitato_Wikimania_Esino_Lario_2016
>  
> 
> It is about becoming a member of Comitato Wikimania Esino Lario 2016 as asked 
> in Wikimania registration process.
> 
> Yours,
>  --Base
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Notifications of acceptance and rejection for "Critical issues" presentations

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
to collect strengths and weakness of this system of review you can add you 
comments in the discussion page 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Critical_issues_presentations#Feedback_and_Evaluation
 
I have stated reporting your feedback, but please do not hesitate to correct, 
modify, add.

please consider
1. there are other kind of submissions: go for them! (we are updating them 
Monday February 8th) https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions. 
2. we are experimenting, surely to make Montreal better than us :) this is a 
clear objective of Wikimania Esino Lario 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Evaluation
3. thank you to all reviewers and people who made submissions!!! 

iolanda/iopensa


> Il giorno 04 feb 2016, alle ore 09:22, WereSpielChequers 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> Two reviews per submission might work if we had a clear set of criteria that 
> the reviewers were following and sufficient training of the reviewers that 
> they were broadly consistent in their marking. But when you get the same 
> presentation being marked as 5 and 8, as one of mine was then the suspicion 
> is that the assessors are not working to the same criteria as each other. 
> That wouldn't matter so much if they were all assessing all submissions, 
> except that an assessor who varied between 0 and ten points would have far 
> more influence than assessors who usually voted 6, 7 or 8. But having that 
> level of inconsistency and only two reviews per submission makes the process 
> a lottery that depends on who the two reviewers are for your submission.
> 
> As for the content of the reviews, I don't consider that either "5 (average)" 
> or "6 (rather interesting) tell me anything as to why my submissions were 
> rejected.
> 
> The other two reviews at least managed one or two lines. One of them even 
> stretched to two sentences.
> 
> Hope Montreal manages something a bit better, I'm sure either Manilla or 
> Perth would have done.
> 
> 
> WereSpielChequers
> 
> 
> On 3 Feb 2016, at 23:22, Dariusz Jemielniak  > wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> I have some comments as a person from Academia (and not involved in 
>> Wikimania process in any way):
>> 
>> 1. Short reviews are definitely not helping in addressing the frustration of 
>> rejection, yet are quite common in academic peer reviewing, especially for 
>> conferences. 
>> 
>> 2. Double blind peer review (not knowing who is reviewed, and not knowing 
>> who reviews) is a standard in Academia, although some perceive it as 
>> contributing to lack of responsibility (especially true in competitive 
>> journal submissions).
>> 
>> 3. Two reviewers per submission is absolutely on par with the conference 
>> standards I'm used to. Sometimes there are three, but two is absolutely 
>> acceptable (although a third opinion should be used if the two disagree too 
>> much). 
>> 
>> 4. It could be useful to sensitize the reviewers that the main purpose of 
>> the review is to help the author to do better next time. 
>> 
>> 5. All this is volunteer work. We should be, generally, grateful to 
>> reviewers (but in the same time grateful to the contributors, too). 
>> 
>> best,
>> 
>> dj
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Maarten Dammers > > wrote:
>> What kind of ridiculous process is this? This is all I got:
>> 
>> ===
>> 
>> --- REVIEW 1 -
>> PAPER: 194
>> TITLE: GLAM+Wikidata
>> AUTHORS: Sandra Fauconnier and Maarten Dammers
>> 
>> OVERALL EVALUATION: 8 (Very good)
>> 
>> --- REVIEW ---
>> 8
>> 
>> 
>> --- REVIEW 2 -
>> PAPER: 194
>> TITLE: GLAM+Wikidata
>> AUTHORS: Sandra Fauconnier and Maarten Dammers
>> 
>> OVERALL EVALUATION: 6 (Rather interesting)
>> 
>> --- REVIEW ---
>> 6
>> 
>> ==
>> 
>> So only two people reviewed this? Who are these people? Why is this secret? 
>> Last year I had 5 people reviewing my submission [1].
>> 
>> Maarten
>> 
>> [1] https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission_review/5 
>> 
>> 
>> Op 3-2-2016 om 23:15 schreef Andy Mabbett:
>>> I've just received feedback on one of my pitches saying, in part:
>>> 
>>> "Bad boy Andy! This is supposed to be an anonymous review process, so 
>>> starting your abstract with your own name, is not entirely fair."
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Andy Mabbett
>>> @pigsonthewing
>>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] PGP signing party

[Iolanda Pensa]

For the key-signing party at Wikimania, would you like to start writing down 
what you need? I have no idea on how it works.
I opened a page here so you can add some details 
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme/Key-signing_party
once you tell us how you would like to organize it, we can secure a good space 
and the best date.
thanks!
iolanda



> Il giorno 03 gen 2016, alle ore 04:08, Allan Aguilar 
>  ha scritto:
> 
> On 12/30/2015 12:04 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Cristian Consonni 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 2015-12-28 5:58 GMT+01:00 Allan Aguilar :
 Should I promote it on-wiki or is there any other way to promote?  I
 mean, I will carry a really big banner saying "Ask me for my PGP
 fingerprint" if I have to.  Do you have any ideas or experiences that
 you can share with me?
>>> 
>>> I would like to participate but I have basically no experience.
>>> 
>>> I know that usually there is a key-signing party at the Wikimedia
>>> Hackathon.
>>> 
>>> Cristian
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would participate in the pre-conference for Wikimania.
>> 
>> yours,
> 
> Great!  I can't wait!  :)
> 
> -- 
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> allanagui...@riseup.net
> https://twitter.com/ailaqua
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Coming up with a new process for Wikimania selection

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
the rotation we have set for Wikimania guarantees that at least once every 
three years we do not pick the easiest, cheapest and safest location. 

The reality is that US-Canada and Europe are the easiest and cheapest 
locations. Well, with Esino Lario we have done our best to assure some 
complexities, but in general organizing wikimania in Asia, Latin America, 
Africa and Australia is more challenging and more expensive for people who have 
the money to pay their travel to travel there (let’s be very clear: if the 
event is in Ghana, this does not mean that it is possible for a person from 
Senegal to afford his/her trip. If the event is in Europe, US and Canada it is 
much more likely that a person from there can afford his/her trip. Australia is 
an exception in many ways but in general it is expensive for the majority of 
the partcipants). 

I personally believe the real criteria to choose where to host Wikimania should 
be a positive impact. If organizing Wikimania in a location can bring resources 
(volunteers, brains, fundings, content...), boost projects, involve communities 
it does make sense to organize it there even if it is much more expensive than 
in other location. I personally believe our goal should not be to put our flag 
in a new location but to make the best impact where Wikimania takes place. And 
let’s get ready to invest more (money, time, difficulties) if it makes sense. 

Wikimania needs to change its selection process. My experience (and the 
experience of others) is that the current system is not a healthy system. We 
are putting teams one against the other and hurting people we do not want to 
hurt: we want everyone to win and to be involved in different capacities in the 
Wikimedia projects and in Wikimania. 

Montreal has been chosen because it is a very good site, with a very good team, 
a safe place, and for the first time in a francophone location; by selecting as 
rapidly as possible the venue for 2017 we provide the Montreal team enough time 
to prepare the event and we have time ourselves to discuss and establish a new 
process. 

The committee has met twice in the past three months and we were getting ready 
to announce the news. The delays are never positive and it is good that the 
topic is now at the centre of discussions. please do contribute to the process 
and the discussion about it also on meta to make sure its more easily recorded 
and accessible https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_selection_process 
 
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[Wikimania-l] film about Wikimania Esino Lario

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all,
two filmmakers are working on a documentary film about Wikimania Esino Lario 
and they are applying for a IEG support. They are not Wikipedians/Wikimedians 
but I personally think their proposal makes sense and it can really show our 
Wikimedia community in a peculiar but relevant way, focusing on coexistence, 
collaboration, tradition and modernity (which are not one against the other). 
the project is on meta with a teaser (they have been working on the film 
already for the past 9 months)[1] 

if you think the film makes sense please do not hesitate to endorse the project 
or to add your comments and suggestions.
iolanda / iopensa, volunteer at Wikimania Esino Lario.

[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Isen_-_a_documentary_film_about_Wikimania_Esino_Lario
 
[2] 
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[Wikimania-l] Discussion about Wikimania Esino Lario program 2016 at Wikimania Mexico City

[Iolanda Pensa]

dear all
Ginevra Sanvitale (atropine) has just prepared and submitted a proposal to 
discuss at Wikimania Mexico City the program of Wikimania Esino Lario.
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/1_Year_to_get_your_things_done_and_to_present_them_at_Wikimania_Esino_Lario
 
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/1_Year_to_get_your_things_done_and_to_present_them_at_Wikimania_Esino_Lario

it would be great if you would like to join. please do not hesitate also to 
propose hints and topics you want to explore further in this session.
thanks and my warm regards
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Setting ticket prices

[Iolanda Pensa]

I have looked at past editions[1].
In general there have been differences of registration costs for participants 
(mainly a difference between Wikimedia contributor with username or not), but 
the registration cost never covered the actual cost per participant (including 
catering, participant package and parties - the costs that normally 
registration costs cover).

personally I think:
* attending the conference and its sessions should be free (it is the Plato 
legacy and also in Italy universities do the same: you don’t pay to listen, you 
pay for additional services :) The only payment which might be necessary is 
only if an insurance is needed (and the cost would be the cost of the personal 
insurence only). 
* services should be covered by the registration fee: catering, participant 
package and parties. This also means that there should be much more 
scholarships available (for volunteers, contributors, people we want to target 
specifically).
* general costs (i.e. venue, technical, promotional materials, communication, 
keynotes) should be covered by sponsors and donors.

this system is much more transparent. People can attend the conference without 
having lunch in the venue (a sandwich in a cafe or a self-service menu is 
always cheaper than the catering), without a printed booklet and t-shirt and 
without going to the party. Also if they do not use those services, in any case 
they will have to register (this facilitates the planning).
At the same time scholarship and institutions normally cover registration 
costs; this means that staff from chapters, WMF, universities and institutions 
attending Wikimania will cover a reasonable cost per person (and indeed they 
will not benefit from not covering those costs).

Registration could be 200 $ (for 3 lunches 30$ each, the participant’s package 
10$, and two parties 50 $ each).
Higher registration costs (differences between pre-registration and 
registration and between institutions and volunteers/contributors) can be used 
to contribute to scholarships.
iolanda / iopensa

[1] The data available are not very precise but here is a comparative summery 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Comparative#Registration and you can 
find in the upper menu the details for each conference when information are 
available.

Il giorno 23/mar/2014, alle ore 00:21, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com ha 
scritto:

 Proposed prices for Wikimania tickets continue to seem artificially
 low.  I'm not sure what the benefit to this is. Could people who have
 run events in other contexts comment on how you set ticket prices?
 
 In my experience, tickets are set at roughly what it costs for each
 person to attend. Then there may be different sorts of tickets: for
 local supporters  volunteers, for school groups, for students 
 community members, presenters, VIPs  sponsors. Sponsorship helps
 ensure how many tickets of each type there are.  Last-minute tickets
 are more expensive.
 
 This has a few benefits:
 * tickets fully cover the cost of food and materials
 * tickets contribute significantly to covering the cost of the event
 * scholarships and reimbursements for attendance (for scholars,
 professionals, academics all getting covered by their home
 institutions), in paying for tickets, cover the full cost of those
 people attending the event.
 * more accurate headcounts in advance.
 
 Warmly,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 scholarships vision

[Iolanda Pensa]

I made a page about the scholarships status, opportunities and challenges, by 
collecting hints form the proposals by Nemo and Martin, the comments i read 
here, and from recommendations on talk pages.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/SWOT_2005-2014_and_goals_for_2015

The *goals* is probably the most important part which needs to be discussed 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/Context_analysis_2005-2014#Goals
I added one to those proposed by Nemo and Martin, and a short description of 
what it can imply.

I didn't move Nemo and Martin's page simply because it presents a specific 
perspective. To discuss Wikimania scholarships goals for 2015 in a more neutral 
page, I thought a new one was an easier solution.

@ Lodewijk. Maybe the idea of the independency of the committee needs to be 
further discuss. I do understand the problem of discussing a page proposed 
within a bid by members of the jury and the Wikimania committee. I do not 
consider though that the scholarships or the program or any other working 
committee need to be independent from the local one (and vice-versa). Wikimania 
team is a team, not a group of committees which need to remain independent to 
each other to guarantee the separation of powers. having people already 
experienced and engaged in Wikimania is great, and different groups allow to 
split tasks according to skills, experience, taste and locations. 

the handbook says to begin developing scholarship criteria; develop 
scholarship process front page in the early planning (one year or more before 
the event). https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Handbook#Early_planning. 
It doesn't say who is supposed to do it. and since it is one year or more 
before the event, Nemo and Martin started doing it. I trust their proposal 
very clearly shows that they are simply aiming at contributing to boost the 
impact of scholarships for the Wikimedia movement and for this very same reason 
Nemo asked for comments and help in this mailing list.

best, iolanda


Il giorno 14/gen/2014, alle ore 01:03, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org ha 
scritto:

 On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 As is evident in the selection criteria the scholarship committee puts forth, 
 contributions on our wiki projects is the key component to receiving a 
 scholarship. The scores are so close, it is really difficult (impossible?) to 
 receive a scholarship from WMF without having contributions on wiki. The 
 committee also tries to look at someone's contributions in relation to 
 his/her local-wiki context. One specific example of this is a former scholar 
 from the Kyrgyz Wikipedia. On first glance, it looked like her aggregate edit 
 count was low, but on further digging the committee realized she had only 
 been editing for a year, and was already a top 5 contributor on that wiki!
 
 
 Just so I understand, are you saying that scholarship applicants are rated 
 based on a score, and that this score is primarily derived from edit count?  
 
 Applications are scored on different dimensions (see selection criteria), and 
 these scores are weighted. One score has to do explicitly participation in 
 WIkimedia projects, and this carries the biggest weight. Edit count is a 
 factor taken into consideration with participation.
 
 ...except the geographic quotas (I believe we had those in 2012, at least?) 
 combined with paucity of candidates did result in some scholars who were not 
 active editors (i.e. edited less than 5 times a month).  Of the 7 
 scholarships accepted by people from sub-Saharan Africa in 2012, only 3 went 
 to active editors.
 
Asaf
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools...

[Iolanda Pensa]

the booklet is a great format Ed: nice idea to use them broadly in London. it 
is also a very nice way to present transversally the program (maybe around 
themes or specific interests; i.e. research, GLAM, educational project, Africa, 
photography...).

my impression is that maybe we can start working on a series of posters until 
March in collaboration with some groups who have already mailing lists and who 
might be interested in contributing in their areas (i.e. education, GLAM, 
research and chapters). 
we can see what comes out from now to March and - if we get results - the 
program committee might consider using the posters in an exhibition area (and 
eventually selecting them), enlarge the call, or use the content of the posters 
differently (i think the content relevant for a poster - i.e. description, 
credits, links and contacts - is also the content relevant for a booklet). 

Surely the objective is not to overcharge the Wikimania team with something 
else. the booklet are surely a great tool already envisioned. and the work of 
selecting, collecting, translating and editing content related to projects is 
useful in general and beyond formats. 
iolanda/iopensa
 

 
Il giorno 10/gen/2014, alle ore 23:01, Edward Saperia 
e...@originalcontentlondon.com ha scritto:

 At Wikimania 2013 the Wikidata team produced these cute little A5 leaflets 
 that were really useful - they had a brief overview of the project, and then 
 a bunch of entrypoints and contact details. The best thing about them was 
 that you could slip them in your pocket, so when you were next at a computer 
 you'd remember you were interested and could find the relevant URL.
 
 This nicely also avoids the task of trying to fit the entire project onto one 
 piece of paper; it's just an introduction and a physical reminder. As we all 
 know, the real action happens online. I'm working on creating a template form 
 that any project, big or small, can fill in, which the Wikimania team will 
 then have designed up into booklets and print and present in the main foyer 
 at Wikimania.
 
 I think this is a nice alternative to posters. I'm going to great lengths to 
 make Wikimania 2014 a very laptop friendly event, and I think leaflets suit 
 this experience better.
 
 You can see the design of the wikidata booklet, and sign up to be notified of 
 when I've got the template ready to go, at 
 https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Booklets
 
 Ed Saperia
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 Andrew Gray, 10/01/2014 20:05:
  There were a good number of posters in Gdansk, and I think it worked
  reasonably well - most were from research projects, IIRC, but I
  think there's certainly scope for something more movement-oriented as
  well.
 
 I liked that posters in Gdansk, that's why I added several pro items to
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Sessions#Posters .
 Especially if the conference is crowded, it's important that the author
 leaves some hints how to be found for clarifications and discussion, my
 notes still contain an unaddressed item which was – I think – a poster I
 couldn't find the author of. :)
 
 Nemo
 
 
 
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 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:45:17 +0100
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools...

[Iolanda Pensa]

here is also a page which maybe can be used to coordinate the work 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Poster_design
iolanda/iopensa

Il giorno 10/gen/2014, alle ore 20:42, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
nemow...@gmail.com ha scritto:

 Andrew Gray, 10/01/2014 20:05:
 There were a good number of posters in Gdansk, and I think it worked
 reasonably well - most were from research projects, IIRC, but I
 think there's certainly scope for something more movement-oriented as
 well.
 
 I liked that posters in Gdansk, that's why I added several pro items to 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Sessions#Posters .
 Especially if the conference is crowded, it's important that the author 
 leaves some hints how to be found for clarifications and discussion, my notes 
 still contain an unaddressed item which was – I think – a poster I couldn't 
 find the author of. :)
 
 Nemo
 
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Poster to present Wikimedia activities/projects/chapters/affiliates/tools...

[Iolanda Pensa]

Il giorno 10/gen/2014, alle ore 19:42, Ralf Roletschek r...@roletschek.de ha 
scritto:

 I have here a poster:
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poster-wikicon-luftbilder-q11.jpg
 Do you think such a Thing?

no. below are some examples to give you an idea. sorry for the long links in 
the text.
iolanda

* this one is a very common layout of a poster used in research 
http://mghacademy.org/uploads/Poster_2011_The_Returning_Veteran.pdf (just a 
random example). 
or this one which is more visual (but very rare in academia and not easy for 
the DIY) 
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/1c/84/ab1c84d4c5bebb95e7a3855d6a4cb038.jpg

* this was a very simple way to make posters (for each chapter) used at the 
wikimedia conference in milan in 2013 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milán,_Chapters_Conference_2013,_profily_poboček.jpg
it was cool to see people's faces and everybody enjoyed the short text (sic!)

* this is a visual representation which can be used as a poster (but difficult 
to replicate) 
http://andrewshea.com/images/website_images/thesis/images/posters_visualizations/web/thesis_research.jpg

* I have the impression that taking as a model the layout of a magazine index 
could work best format for our purpose (something like this but more simple 
http://static.designspiration.net/data/l/520660281923_Mcrz2qku_l.jpg or like 
this but horizontal 
http://static.designspiration.net/data/l/166539585350_WuBYNtlO_l.jpg). 

i would strongly suggest that we make horizontal posters, which can also be 
used as slides; to have not too much text (in academia the major of people just 
copy and paste their research project - but it is too long to read and 
Wikimedia can do it differently); and to make posters which can be printed in 
A3 (which is quite small but also much much inexpensive to reprint for future 
events/initiatives).



 
 Ralf
 
 
 2014/1/10 phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com
 Thanks Iolanda -- I think this is a great idea. We could have a standing 
 poster exhibit hall and, perhaps, a dedicated poster session like academic 
 conferences -- usually an hour or two where people with posters stand next to 
 them and answer questions, there is nothing else scheduled, and there are 
 refreshments. Plus, the posters could stay up throughout the conference, 
 which means people could use spare time throughout the weekend to look at 
 them and make connections.  
 
 I think this would really help ease the number of presentations, would help 
 people who are nervous giving a presentation or think they don't have enough 
 to present, and would help share many more ideas. We could come up with 
 suggested guidelines, too: a set size, have a small envelope of business 
 cards or handouts for people who want to know more to take, etc. 
 
 I think we talked about having poster sessions at past wikimanias but it 
 never really came together -- we've had a few, but never a good poster space. 
 This year though, I think the sheer number of projects that are going on, 
 plus the big exhibition space we have, could come together to really equal a 
 great poster session! 
 
 Phoebe 
 
 
 
 On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Raul Veede raul.ve...@gmail.com wrote:
 Posters are also manageable for smaller groups/projects/organizations who 
 cannot man a booth. After all, even if you get someone to Wikimania, there 
 are up to eight parallel sessions and people to meet. At a booth or table, 
 you should rotate people, while your poster will happily stand on its own, 
 day and night, like a brave little tin soldier. 
 
 Still, it would help usability if there was a given format for the posters 
 (size and structure).
 
 Raul
 Wikimedia Eesti
 
 
 On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Luis Villa lvi...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 Personally, speaking as someone who would love to know more about what the 
 various movement organizations are doing, and who felt a little overwhelmed 
 at the # of booths in Hong Kong, I think this is a great idea...
 
 Luis (completely personal, no official WMF endorsement :)
 
 
 On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:34 PM, Iolanda Pensa iola...@pensa.it wrote:
 dear all,
 Wikimedia initiatives/activities/experiences/tools/organizations are now 
 incredibly numerous, and panels at Wikimania are reaching an almost 
 unmanageable number (for attendees). why not creating posters?
 
 posters are a simple presentation tool largely used in academia. it is 
 literally a poster (A3 or larger), which presents an overview of a 
 project/activity/experience/thing in a short and comprehensive way. basically 
 they include an abstract, an image (photo, visual representation, graph...), 
 links to further documentation (it can also be a QRcode which links to a 
 video), credits, timeframe and contacts.
 The can be made available online (also with an editable format which allows 
 translations), they can be used as slides, and they can be printed and used 
 for all sorts of exhibitions (in a school, during an event