Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future
I am not sure about the program committee. I served last year on the Program Committee, and as far as I know none of the three members who did the bulk of the work (Jacek, Danica and myself) had any experience of being previously on the Wikimania Program Committee, and I have not heard from other members that they had such experience. I have also not been contacted by 2011 team to serve on their Program Committee, so that I assume they probably formed the Committee themselves already. Cheers Yaroslav Agree that these are important things to deal with. We already have the scholarship committee, which tends to have some folks do it year after year. Same with the program committee. So maybe it would be good to have another committee to help visa issues (together with local team)? or have someone at WMF who has some experience with that? ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference in Haifa, Israel
2009: Buenos Aires, Argentina. I actually can't really comment on this one; I believe one or two people were refused visas, but the fact is that there isn't a single country on the planet that allows citizens of all 195 countries (and other jurisdictions) hassle-free entry. Not that I want to support this thread any further (and I believe you as a moderator could have already frozen it), but just to remark that as far as I know there is a single country in the world which provides hassle-free entry and hands in visa on arrival to visitors of any nationality. This is Maldives. Cheers Yaroslav ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference in Haifa, Israel
I suggest we stop this immediately and DO NOT discuss whether Wikimania-2010 should be relocated FYI I have no relation to the organizing committee nor to Israel Cheers Yaroslav On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:40:31 +0300, Maysara Omar maysara.o...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Wikimaniacs! okay i will address this issue, and please excuse me had it been addressed elsewhere online, and point me to where i can have a look on the discussion. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
