Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

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On Jun 15, 2016 20:14, "DaB."  wrote:
>
> Hello.
> Am 15.06.2016 um 22:55 schrieb Raul Kern:
> > Looks like the sale for airport direct transfers has been reopened
> > (https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration)
>
> That was not the question of Martin. The question was how to find the
> buses at the airport.

The airport bus page now has a lot more of these details

I am no longer concerned that people will have trouble to find the bus at
the airport

Katie

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation

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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





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> 2016-06-15 22:30 GMT+02:00 Maarten Dammers :
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>> 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?
>>
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Re: [Wikimania-l] transport

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On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Iolanda Pensa  wrote:

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

Thank you for these schedules.

Think I arrive in terminal 1 at the airport.  If you can give somewhere
very specific to meet (specific information desk, cafe, ...), that would
help a lot to avoid getting confused when arriving.

http://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/en/airport/maps?_ptltpl=V3PG_MAPPA

Cheers,
Katie



> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Varenna_Esino_busses
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> You can access these pages from
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Journey
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Coming up with a new process for Wikimania selection

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On Oct 4, 2015 8:10 PM, "James Forrester"  wrote:
>
> All,
>
>
> TL;DR: The Wikimania Committee and the WMF Community Engagement
department will be working on coming up with a new process for venues for
future Wikimanias, which we will be seeking input from the community in the
next few months
>
>
> --
>
>
> At the Committee’s meeting in Mexico City in August, we agreed to alter
the way that Wikimania locations are decided.
>
>
> The existing bidding process has developed over time. It has become
unwieldy and hard work for the community and staff. It demands that people
pour a huge amount of effort into building local teams, contracts and
institutional relationships only for rejected bids' work to be left unused.
A lot of pressure is put on volunteers to try to work on logistics rather
than dream about what would make a great programme for our communities.
Each year, the jury has to decide on a venue based on what is presented by
each group divisively, rather than what we as a community could come
together and build.
>
>
> The process is too short-term, setting out venue much less than two years
ahead (often only just more than twelve months in advance). This greatly
increases expenses when other similar conferences plan locations out many
years ahead. This makes it impossible for us to be strategic about
location, prevents us from arranging co-location with like-minded
conferences, and it means that some areas of the world are ignored when
they could provide great Wikimanias.
>
>
> Consequently, from now on the Committee will pick an area for Wikimania
four to five years in advance, from the following (provisional) list.   The
years in which we have already held Wikimanias in these areas are shown in
parentheses
>
>
> * Western, Northern, and Southern Europe (2005, 2014)
>
> * Canada and United States (2006, 2012)
>
> * Asia-Pacific (2007, 2013)
>
> * Middle East and North Africa (2008, 2011)
>
> * Latin America (2009, 2015)
>
> * Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia (2010)
>
> * South Asia (none yet)
>
> * Sub-Saharan Africa (none yet)
>
> * Oceania (none yet)
>
>
> The Committee intends to deliberately rotate between these areas to make
sure we allow as many community members to attend as cheaply as possible.
>
>
> The large majority of our community members are based in either North
America or Europe; organising Wikimanias in these areas allows the majority
of our community members to attend cheaply, so that money spent on
scholarships can go further, and be more focussed in supporting our
community members wherever they are based.
>
>
> Locating Wikimania in other continents does not assure that participants
from these areas  can attend more cheaply. Nevertheless, to support the
movement worldwide, we do want to ensure that, every third year, Wikimania
will take place neither in Europe nor North America.
>
>
> We  propose that a sequence of "Western, Northern, and Southern Europe",
"Canada and United States", and one of the others every three years, picked
out several years into the future.

I am not convinced this is a good idea, given this definition of regions.

Eastern Europe should definitely be considered along with western,
southern, ...  It is pretty cheap to travel there from elsewhere in europe,
probably venue + accommodations are cheaper, and most important we have
significant communities there with track record of organising regional
conferences.
I would also be tempted to include north Africa and middle east with
europe. (after all, the next European hackathon is being held in Israel)

I also think having wikimania in Canada + US every three years is too
often. The visa process for the US is hugely annoying, difficult and
results in excluding attendees.

Also, while great and important to have wmf support for wikimania, imho it
is important that ultimate leadership for wikimania each year is from
volunteers. I am not sure the volunteer community in the US + Canada has
this capacity to be lead organizer every three years. Maybe once every four
years is reasonable, imho.

Also, stuff like accommodations tends to be a bit expensive in the US
compared to elsewhere, and flights within north America (especially Canada)
are also somewhat pricey in my experience.

Cheers,
Katie

Beyond the first two areas, we may not visit some as often as others. (I
have not listed Antarctica as an area to which we will rotate, which may
well be a disappointment to members of the British Antarctic Survey and
others in that location.)
>
>
> More widely, we would like to encourage Wikimedia conferences as open,
engaging and fun community meetups, alongside the annual Wikimania
conference. I know that several chapters run country-specific conferences
each year, which is a good move. I think that there should be at least one
annual Wikimedia conference in each of these areas. This would help newer
editors know that there are people like them nearby without requiring the
existence of, 

[Wikimania-l] Reminder mapping party

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I realize everyone is hungry.

Let's have lunch now and meet in don genero around 2.30 pm

We will go out for 15 min or so then enter the data

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[Wikimania-l] Macbook adapter left in discussion room

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A Macbook power adapter was left in the discussion room (talking about real
time  collaboration) this afternoon

I think it might belong to Rebecca Cotton and am asking her. But it might
belong to someone else.

Please poke me if it is yours.

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[Wikimania-l] OpenStreetMap mapping party on Sunday!

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On Sunday afternoon, at lunch time, there will be an OpenStreetMap mapping
party.

https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap_mapping_party

We will do a brief excursion outside, nearby the venue to collect some
data, using field papers (pen and paper / notes) and mobile apps (if you
have a gps-enable device).

We will then spend some time to enter the data into OSM, while eating lunch.

No experience is necessary to participate and all are welcome.

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] How to get a pre-paid SIM card for Wikimania in 15 easy steps

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On Jul 14, 2015 12:18 PM, Sam Klein sjkl...@hcs.harvard.edu wrote:

 And if you happen to have T-Mobile, starting tomorrow, there's this
option:
 http://explore.t-mobile.com/3countryplan

Movistar has free roaming sin fronteras within all central american
countries, so can use sim card from different country.

Think they have something for us-Mexico also.

Katie


 On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Stuart Prior 
stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 +1

 Alternatively:

 Go to an internet cafe in Insurgentes.
 Buy simcard there.
 Have to go to another place to get it cut down to nano size for 25 pesos.
 Momentarily lose your original simcard.
 Give up on the actual credit thing and spend a load on roaming with your
domestic plan.
 Go to another place a couple of days later but then realise you don't
actually have your new Mexican number so you can't get a data plan.
 Go through a complicated transaction to find out and be immensely
grateful for your Hispanophone friend.
 Eventually get it all sorted out.

 Or you can try Siebrand's way.

 S

 On 14 July 2015 at 17:00, Siebrand Mazeland siebr...@kitano.nl wrote:

 Bring ID, and 210 peso cash or a credit card
 Go to Telcel store Centro de Atencion a clientes Telcel on Eje
Central Lázaro Cárdenas. From the Hilton Reforma, right across the busy
street, just before the Empire State building.
 At reception, say that you want to buy a chip Telcel Amigo
 You will get a ticket with a desk number to report to. Probably
upstairs.
 Go to that counter
 Ask for Telcel Amigo 7 dias 200 mega
 Costs 150 for sim, 59 for the data
 Computer stuff is done, forms are filled out
 You are taken to the payment area. Pay there. 150 for the sim
 Back to the clerk's desk
 You'll get the SIM card
 Put it in the phone and wait until the network is discovered. Telcel 3G
for me
 Hand the phone to the clerk
 They will call a number. Presumable to activate
 The you have to pay a second sum for the data. 59 pesos. You'll get an
activation code. The clerk entered it for me and showed me the text message
that confirmed the 200MB of data.
 All done. Phew. Enjoy your data.
 This took me about 45 minutes, including the walk to and from the
Hilton. Feel free to publish this somewhere on Wikimania wiki, or tell your
friends...

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

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On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org
wrote:

 I'm quite disappointed to see that the UK-based wikimania team seems to
 have decided that everyone will have to get a credit card to be able to
 participate wikimania. A few years back this would indeed have stopped me
 from participating in Wikimania. Paypal was already a huge step for me to
 take - credit card was simply impossible.

 I'm also very sorry to see that this is only surfacing now (why didn't you
 ask people about this? Missed opportunity), the evil of assumptions is
 indeed valid, the evil of using the organizers' ease of administation as
 starting point maybe even more.

 I would like to join the chorus to allow paypal, but i would also strongly
 suggest to open a separate bank account for wikimania, and allow people to
 send their money there, using the invoice code you provide them in the
 payment instructions as a description. I'm not convinced that mixing it
 with the large amount of donations would actually be helpful (that is
 asking for mixups etc).

 However - I do remember how complicated it is to set up a payment system -
 even one like paypal or iDEAL that seems simple but isn't that really (you
 need to track payments and confirm the payment made is matched with the
 registration).


Looks like Eventbrite has made paypal a bit easier to integrate:

http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/426298-use-paypal-to-process-orders
 (the openstreetmap conferences do this, using eventbrite and also allow me
to send bank transfer)

and

http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/1267789-use-ideal-to-process-online-payments-for-orders

I realise it's still perhaps not that simple but think it's also not that
difficult.

Cheers,
Katie

So given the short time, I think the most reasonable would be - even though
 quite uncomfortable - to have cash on-site payment options. Everyone making
 it to the conference will be able to handle that, the big downside is that
 there are some security issues there too. The good news is you still have
 two months to figure those details out.

 Best,
 Lodewijk



 2014-06-04 21:29 GMT+02:00 aude aude.w...@gmail.com:

  On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Richard Symonds
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
  I don't mean to sound daft, but Chip  PIN cards are (at least here)
  MasterCard/Visa cards with 16-digit numbers. The two are the same?

 While usually true in the U.S. and UK, this isn't the norm for most of
 the world. (Yes, I learned this the hard way.)


 +1

 It is a headache for me to pay via credit card (send euros to the US,
 with bank fee / exchange penalty), then pay penalty again to pay in pounds
 or whatnot from US $.  Doing this is a big pet peeve and only do with great
 hesitation and very good reason.

 Paypal is also problematic for me in europe and not an option (although
 it works for most people apparently)

 Bank transfer would be the way to go. (me send money to Wikimedia UK or
 somewhere trusted)

 quick google search finds
 http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/1267789-use-ideal-to-process-online-payments-for-orders

 would that be an option?

 Cheers,
 Katie



 Assumptions about the availability of various payment systems have
 been a thorn in the side for many Wikimanias—for instance, I remember
 having to explain that bank transfers aren't just uncommon in the
 U.S., but actually inconvenient and often expensive. To be fair, most
 people have never had to think about payment processing on a global
 scale, and assumptions you learned to make five years ago may not hold
 true today.

 I wasn't planning to pay using a credit card, but at least I'm
 fortunate enough to have that option available to me. Many others
 won't—the Netherlands isn't exactly a technologically isolated
 country, but revolving lines of credit aren't something your average
 student here will routinely have (for instance), and our banking
 system isn't centered around the credit card network. It's not my
 headache, this year, but I urge the organization team to reconsider
 this decision.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

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On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk
wrote:

 On 6 June 2014 08:03, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:

  Looks like Eventbrite has made paypal a bit easier to integrate:
 
 
 http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/426298-use-paypal-to-process-orders
  (the openstreetmap conferences do this, using eventbrite and also allow
 me
  to send bank transfer)
 
  and
 
 
 http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/1267789-use-ideal-to-process-online-payments-for-orders
 
  I realise it's still perhaps not that simple but think it's also not that
  difficult.

 I recently used eventbrite to handle the (paid) registration for a
 small professional conference - fees a good bit higher than Wikimania
 but vastly fewer attendees :-).

 It does indeed allow paypal. (IDEAL and SOFORT are offered, but only
 where the *location* of the conference is in the relevant country.)


:(


 However, it would only allow you to select *one* payment method -
 paypal or eventbrite-hosted card processing.


ugh


 It didn't seem to be
 possible to enable paypal as a backup option.


Paypal allows credit card payment also.

http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/en_us/portal/articles/430152-paypal-account-optional-setting

There are some countries where paypal can't be used, which is significant
drawback. Don't know if/how this issue applies for the default eventbrite
payment option.

(it still wouldn't work well for me, since for some reason (don't ask;) i
can't have euro paypal account)


 We set up a free ticket option to cover people who needed to use
 alternative methods of payment (bank transfer, cash-on-the-day, etc)
 but I can see the obvious logistical problems in chasing this up on
 Wikimania scales!


It can be some of work but not that bad.  worth it imho to accommodate on
case-by-case basis. (this is how i register for osm conferences)

In the future, we probably want a registration system (like the scholarship
app) that reuses more of the fundraising infrastructure (e.g. Global
Collect) and so that each year's team doesn't have to reinvent this. Likely
Ellie is aware of this, but revamping the scholarships was enough work for
this year. :)

Cheers,
Katie




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Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

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On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Austin Hair adh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Richard Symonds
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
  I don't mean to sound daft, but Chip  PIN cards are (at least here)
  MasterCard/Visa cards with 16-digit numbers. The two are the same?

 While usually true in the U.S. and UK, this isn't the norm for most of
 the world. (Yes, I learned this the hard way.)


+1

It is a headache for me to pay via credit card (send euros to the US, with
bank fee / exchange penalty), then pay penalty again to pay in pounds or
whatnot from US $.  Doing this is a big pet peeve and only do with great
hesitation and very good reason.

Paypal is also problematic for me in europe and not an option (although it
works for most people apparently)

Bank transfer would be the way to go. (me send money to Wikimedia UK or
somewhere trusted)

quick google search finds
http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/1267789-use-ideal-to-process-online-payments-for-orders

would that be an option?

Cheers,
Katie



 Assumptions about the availability of various payment systems have
 been a thorn in the side for many Wikimanias—for instance, I remember
 having to explain that bank transfers aren't just uncommon in the
 U.S., but actually inconvenient and often expensive. To be fair, most
 people have never had to think about payment processing on a global
 scale, and assumptions you learned to make five years ago may not hold
 true today.

 I wasn't planning to pay using a credit card, but at least I'm
 fortunate enough to have that option available to me. Many others
 won't—the Netherlands isn't exactly a technologically isolated
 country, but revolving lines of credit aren't something your average
 student here will routinely have (for instance), and our banking
 system isn't centered around the credit card network. It's not my
 headache, this year, but I urge the organization team to reconsider
 this decision.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Setting ticket prices

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On Mar 23, 2014 8:30 PM, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch
wrote:

 Just my two cents on ticket prices for Wikimedia conferences:

 * I can confirm with what has been said about other, professional
 conferences. Note the term professional.

 * Having a voluntarily higher price for supportive participants is
 something we could try. We could even try to distinguish between
 Wikimedians (a broader definition than scholarship recipients, eg.
 connected to the voting rights which already define reasonable criteria)
 and outsiders.

Maybe just add an extra field in the registration form for (optional)
donations? If people want, can pay more. (what they think is worth or
whatever)

We do that for Wikimedia DC chapter memberships, although not sure how many
people put extra donation.

Katie


 My personal experience with setting prices for Wikimedia conferences:
 Concerning WikiCon 2012 we were thinking it from the perspective of the
 attendee. We wanted to get people who are not Wikimedians to attend as
 well. So we offered day tickets and set their price according to what we
 thought would be the max of what somebody who doesn't exactly know what
 to expect and is just curious would be willing to pay.
 In that case we came up with 5 EUR, a price level comparable to a visit
 of a mid-level museum or a disco.
 The price for the whole conference was then interpolated from that.

 So the question is: What is our target group and what makes sense to
 them to pay?
 * again, splitting between Wikimedians and non-Wikimedians came to my
 mind (how does the LinuxConf.au distinguish whether one is hobbyist or
 professional)?
 * I agree with what has been said on volunteers not willing to have to
 pay for their hobby, if they already contribute so much else, no matter
 what they actually earn.


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[Wikimania-l] Wikimania DevCamp

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We invite folks attending Wikimania to join the DevCamp during the
preconference days (August 7-8) at the main conference venue.  Newbies,
experienced developers and everyone is welcome.

There will be a series of tutorials on topics including Wikimedia Labs,
Wikidata, security and performance for developers, pywikipedia, Lua, OAuth
and content handler.

You do not have to do anything special to register for DevCamp.  Just show
up! (though you are welcome to add your name on the DevCamp wiki page):

http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/DevCamp

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

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On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Martin Rulsch
martin.rul...@wikimedia.dewrote:

 No, have a look at the scores at
 https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Fluency_of_English_language_.2810.25_of_total_score.29,
  no native level of English is required. But obviously, the WMF wants to
 point out that the talks and the discussions between them will mostly be
 held in English and your presence at the conference would only enrich it if
 you can understand and speak English at least on a reasonable level. Thus,
 if you are able to submit your application in English and if you are able
 to participate e.g. in an English mailing-list as you do, you should get a
 score of at least 3 points.

 But for sure, Jessie Wild will be able to explain the thoughts of WMDE


err, WMF :)

Katie


 behind it a little more.

 Cheers
 Martin

 2013/1/22 Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.com

 Hey,

  Applicants will be rated on the following four dimensions:
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  2. Activity outside of Wikimedia and other free knowledge/software
 projects - 15%
  3. Interest in Wikimania and the Wikimedia movement - 25%
  4. Fluency of English language - 10%

 I am little surprised here. Does it mean that non English speakers or
 contributors stand a less chance to get a scholarship?

 AFAIK until last Wikimania, fluency in English was never the criteria for
 scholarships. Care to share why was this particular criteria added? :)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Sightseeing today

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Adam Moss richardpett...@msn.com wrote:

  Define this evening, I take a train at 5:05, and have absolutely nothing
 to do.


I have some preference to go somewhere near the water (e.g. the bay), but
an alternative is take people to the National Archives II in College Park.
We could digitize films (super easy but need help) and see the research
rooms.

Cheers,
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 Anyone sticking around DC today or for another day?

 I'd be willing to take a small group of folks somewhere by car, such as
 Annapolis and to see the Chesapeake Bay, if anyone wants or maybe Mount
 Vernon (or both).   It would be after 11am, once we settle things at the
 hostel.  We'd be back this evening, so this might not be a good idea if you
 fly out early this evening.

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[Wikimania-l] Art of Video Games @ Smithsonian

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Some of us are going to the Smithsonian American Art Museum this evening,
meeting in the lobby of Marvin Center at 5:30pm (or meet outside the
museum, on the north side -- G St NW entrance at 6pm).

They have a special exhibition on the Art of Video Games and lots of other
wonderful artworks.  Afterwards, we can get dinner somewhere around
Chinatown or whatever people want. (U St, ethiopian?)

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Tours! -badly organized

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We will be out by the freedom statue at 11 and have gallery passes

Katie

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On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi guys, Arnav and I are at the visitor centre in the Capitol  
building but haven't been able to find anyone.

Can someone give us Katie's number?

Thanks

On 11 Jul 2012 04:13, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com  
wrote:
This is perplexing to me. I have never encountered this policy, and  
the National Archives web site makes no mention of it(Show official  
identification that includes a photograph. Acceptable IDs include  
driver's license, passport, and school and employment  
identification.), or special requirements for non-US IDs.


Ah! You should have talked to regular foreign travellers in the US;  
more often than not non-US driving licenses (etc.) are not accepted.  
Passports are the only widely accepted form of ID for most  
travellers. Especially in the capitol.


YMMV, but I couldn't order drinks using my license the last time I  
was there :)


Tom

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Official Wikimania Happy Hour – RSVP Today!

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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Richard Symonds 
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 James,

 Me and Panyd have just registered, but it says we need to print tickets or
 use their app - is this the case, or can we just show them the confirmation
 email?


I think eventbrite pretty much always says that but they should have a list
of attendees.  If you are on the list, you should be okay.

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 sponsored by Zoomph on Thursday, July 12. Space is limited so be sure
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Tours! -badly organized

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We are going again tomorrow morning to the Capitol.

*9:00 am, Wednesday morning, July 11th* meet at the Capitol Visitor Center,
either inside by the Freedom statue, or outside by the security checkpoint.

 Alternatively, we can meet 8:15 a.m. in lobby of Marvin Center.

Don't bring food or water, as it's not allowed through security. (sorry, I
didn't know that) but backpacks and computers are okay.

I got about 35 passes for the house/senate galleries tomorrow, and they are
in session and we can get more on site for international folks, if needed.

If anyone has questions, please let me know.

Cheers,
Katie

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.comwrote:

 +1

 We were there at Capitol today morning, found no one, later came to know
 that you are not even allowed to take water inside and couple of guys with
 me had sunscreen lotions and water and snacks, so we returned. I just wish
 if there be a point of contact for all tours or groups and one final mail
 confirming the time and location (exact).


 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Deror deror_...@yahoo.com wrote:

 The conference tours suffered from lack of organization from the
 beginning. The tours were poorly organized, badly publicized, not properly
 described etc.

 I have signed up to the NARA conservation lab tour. The description of
 which included two meeting points - a block apart from each other (one on
 Pensilvania ave and one on constitution avenue) both of which were wrong -
 the group met elsewhere resulting in a delay trying to find the
 participants.

 The tour description listed that a photo ID is required and an official
 one - government one. I thought a driving license (sufficient for driving
 in the US) with a photo ID suffices but no. After having passed security
 checks (checking bags and detectors as in airport) And having to wait a bit
 longer, I was informed that only a passport is acceptable, and denied
 entrance to the tour, thus waiting a full hour and a half (traveling and
 waiting) due to the fact that the tour organizer is clueless.

 I am not blaming the security staff there- they have their regulations,
 and need to follow them. But how hard would it be for the organizers to do
 simple basic homework and ask what is required for a foreign tourist to
 enter.

 And I was not the only wikipedian disallowed from entering, Osama was
 also kept out.

 My recommendation to you all - if this tour is any indication - do not
 bother to go on any other tours.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Badly organized tours

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No passport or id needed for the Capitol tour

Not a bad idea to carry your passport around though

Katie



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On Jul 10, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Josh Lim jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com wrote:

To corroborate what Beria said: I needed to carry my passport with  
me while traveling around Europe (except within Poland, where I  
carried my [national] student ID).  And since I was advised not to  
get a residence permit (stay of less than one year, that's why), it  
was sometimes hasslesome to convince people that I was staying in  
Poland.  This most notably happened, for Nemo's sake, in Italy,  
where I was detained at Fiumicino for around 10-15 minutes while  
immigration personnel tried to clarify my status.


But then again, in Southeast Asia, we need passports to travel even  
within the region anyway, so we're used to it. :P


Josh

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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Badly organized tours

Oh Frederico, that is only for European citizens, my ID isn't valid  
in Europe. ;)


But then, I can travel almost all South America without a passport,  
while you need to carry yours here. ;)

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Béria Lima, 11/07/2012 03:23:

Well, you need to care a valid ID with you all time, not necessarily
your passport.

But then, I lived almost 3 years in Europe and the only times someone
asked for my passport was in the airports to get in and out.  ;)

Well, you don't even need the passport if you're flying within  
Europe. It's hard to get used to sbarbaric/s foreign habits but  
after all we've survived Israel...


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Re: [Wikimania-l] Tours! -badly organized

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Doraemon ka...@live.hk wrote:

 Is it necessary to register before if wish to join this tour?


Not necessary but would be helpful to put your name on the list.

http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tours#United_States_Capitol

Cheers,
Katie




 (2012/07/10 22:49), Evngeline Han wrote:

 At which floor is the lobby of Marvin Center?

 -Evangeline

 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:22 AM, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:

 We are going again tomorrow morning to the Capitol.

 9:00 am, Wednesday morning, July 11th meet at the Capitol Visitor Center,
 either inside by the Freedom statue, or outside by the security
 checkpoint.

   Alternatively, we can meet 8:15 a.m. in lobby of Marvin Center.

 Don't bring food or water, as it's not allowed through security. (sorry,
 I
 didn't know that) but backpacks and computers are okay.

 I got about 35 passes for the house/senate galleries tomorrow, and they
 are
 in session and we can get more on site for international folks, if
 needed.

 If anyone has questions, please let me know.

 Cheers,
 Katie

 On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 +1

 We were there at Capitol today morning, found no one, later came to know
 that you are not even allowed to take water inside and couple of guys
 with
 me had sunscreen lotions and water and snacks, so we returned. I just
 wish
 if there be a point of contact for all tours or groups and one final
 mail
 confirming the time and location (exact).


 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Deror deror_...@yahoo.com wrote:

 The conference tours suffered from lack of organization from the
 beginning. The tours were poorly organized, badly publicized, not
 properly
 described etc.

 I have signed up to the NARA conservation lab tour. The description of
 which included two meeting points - a block apart from each other (one
 on
 Pensilvania ave and one on constitution avenue) both of which were
 wrong -
 the group met elsewhere resulting in a delay trying to find the
 participants.

 The tour description listed that a photo ID is required and an official
 one - government one. I thought a driving license (sufficient for
 driving in
 the US) with a photo ID suffices but no. After having passed security
 checks
 (checking bags and detectors as in airport) And having to wait a bit
 longer,
 I was informed that only a passport is acceptable, and denied entrance
 to
 the tour, thus waiting a full hour and a half (traveling and waiting)
 due to
 the fact that the tour organizer is clueless.

 I am not blaming the security staff there- they have their regulations,
 and need to follow them. But how hard would it be for the organizers
 to do
 simple basic homework and ask what is required for a foreign tourist to
 enter.

 And I was not the only wikipedian disallowed from entering, Osama was
 also kept out.

 My recommendation to you all - if this tour is any indication - do not
 bother to go on any other tours.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Tours! -badly organized

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Evangeline Han evanbe...@gmail.comwrote:

 At which floor is the lobby of Marvin Center?


We will be near the main entrance, on the ground floor, where registration
desk is and sitting area with tables.

Please bring your SmarTrip card, if you have one (with $3.80 on it, or you
can put some on at the metro station).  Otherwise, it's ($5.80) for the
metro, roundtrip between Foggy Bottom and the Capitol, with a paper
farecard which you can buy at the metro station.

Cheers,
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 On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:22 AM, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:
  We are going again tomorrow morning to the Capitol.
 
  9:00 am, Wednesday morning, July 11th meet at the Capitol Visitor Center,
  either inside by the Freedom statue, or outside by the security
 checkpoint.
 
   Alternatively, we can meet 8:15 a.m. in lobby of Marvin Center.
 
  Don't bring food or water, as it's not allowed through security. (sorry,
 I
  didn't know that) but backpacks and computers are okay.
 
  I got about 35 passes for the house/senate galleries tomorrow, and they
 are
  in session and we can get more on site for international folks, if
 needed.
 
  If anyone has questions, please let me know.
 
  Cheers,
  Katie
 
  On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.ar...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
  +1
 
  We were there at Capitol today morning, found no one, later came to know
  that you are not even allowed to take water inside and couple of guys
 with
  me had sunscreen lotions and water and snacks, so we returned. I just
 wish
  if there be a point of contact for all tours or groups and one final
 mail
  confirming the time and location (exact).
 
 
  On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Deror deror_...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
  The conference tours suffered from lack of organization from the
  beginning. The tours were poorly organized, badly publicized, not
 properly
  described etc.
 
  I have signed up to the NARA conservation lab tour. The description of
  which included two meeting points - a block apart from each other (one
 on
  Pensilvania ave and one on constitution avenue) both of which were
 wrong -
  the group met elsewhere resulting in a delay trying to find the
  participants.
 
  The tour description listed that a photo ID is required and an official
  one - government one. I thought a driving license (sufficient for
 driving in
  the US) with a photo ID suffices but no. After having passed security
 checks
  (checking bags and detectors as in airport) And having to wait a bit
 longer,
  I was informed that only a passport is acceptable, and denied entrance
 to
  the tour, thus waiting a full hour and a half (traveling and waiting)
 due to
  the fact that the tour organizer is clueless.
 
  I am not blaming the security staff there- they have their regulations,
  and need to follow them. But how hard would it be for the organizers
 to do
  simple basic homework and ask what is required for a foreign tourist to
  enter.
 
  And I was not the only wikipedian disallowed from entering, Osama was
  also kept out.
 
  My recommendation to you all - if this tour is any indication - do not
  bother to go on any other tours.
 
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[Wikimania-l] Tours!

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We have some tours going on tomorrow around DC, including the Capitol,
National Archives, and Congressional Cemetery. (please RSVP for these)

http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tours

Time permitting, we can walk around the National Mall and take you to the
sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art (or any other requests?).
 The weather is supposed to be a lovely with a high temperature of ~30 C
(~86 F).

On Friday night, after the education meetup, I'm happy to take people
around the Georgetown neighborhood on an informal walking tour. :)

Feel free to make additional sections on the tour page for self organizing
groups to go sightseeing places.

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[Wikimania-l] OSM Mapping Party on July 15

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Join OSM mappers, Wikimedians and other locals for a mapping party next
Sunday, July 15th at Congressional Cemetery.

The cemetery is just an empty green blob in OpenStreetMap, but it's rich in
history, monuments, and numerous politicians and notable people are buried
there.  You will also see QR codes there!  The QR codes link to Wikipedia
articles about these people.  We need a nice map to go with the QR codes.

We will meet at 10 a.m. outside the cemetery at Potomac Avenue  E St SE.
 Optionally you can meet us at 9 am at the GWU Marvin Center lobby and we
can ride over together.

In the afternoon, we will return to the GWU Marvin Center where we can
enter the data we collected into OpenStreetMap.

No GPS is required but bring one if you have one (or more to share).  We
will have some extras and walking papers.

RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3840264334 (or you are welcome
to just show up)

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Washington DC region swelters after storm cuts power

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On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Lih and...@andrewlih.com wrote:



 On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:55 AM, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com wrote:

 Indeed. I have been without power for 23 hours now.


 And off-the-grid Wikimania... now there's an intriguing concept. :)


Still can't buy gasoline or groceries or use my mobile phone, but got power
back :) and expect things back to normal soon.

In the decades I've lived in DC with all our snowmaggedons and hurricanes,
I've never seen anything so bizarre here with such widespread effects.
 It's anything but normal.

For folks coming here, good idea to bring light clothing, drink plenty of
water, enjoy the air conditioning in the venue, museums, etc. and if there
are thunderstorms, obviously, don't be outside.

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: braille copy of program

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On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Graham Pearce graha...@jazi.net wrote:

Is the program ready to be brailled yet? We're starting to cut it a  
bit fine with timing now, if it's to be brailled here in Perth...


Regards, Graham


I think we can get the program printed here in Braille and would be  
good to have multiple copies, as I think some other might also need it.


If you still want to bring your own copy, I think James has the final  
version of the program.


Cheers,
Katie




On 26/06/2012 8:47 AM, James Hare wrote:
The program is almost 100% ready to be center to the printer. I can  
send it to you tomorrow, if you would like.


Regards,
James Hare

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Graham Pearce graha...@jazi.net  
wrote:

Hi all,

I sent this message to the Wikimania info email last week but  
haven't yet received a reply.


Regards, Graham
 Original Message 
Subject:braille copy of program
Date:   Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:02:53 +0800
From:   Graham Pearce graha...@jazi.net
To: wikimania-i...@wikimedia.org

Hello,

I'm User:Graham87 on Wikipedia, and as it says on my user page there,
I'm totally blind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Graham87

I'll be attending Wikimania this year as one of the representatives  
of
Wikimedia Australia. I'd like a braille copy of the printed  
program, so

I can follow along with it like everybody else. Converting computer
files into braille is not a difficult process, but it does require
specialised (and ridiculously expensive!) equipment to emboss the
braille dots and bind the books, so braille production agencies like
people to submit material to them some time in advance (generally  
about
a week). When will the program be in its final form, so it can be  
sent
somewhere to be brailled? I can think of a couple of ways of doing  
this:
*If the program will be ready by Tuesday week (the 27th of June), I  
can
send it to my local Association for the Blind and they can braille  
it at

no cost to me. The date gives them about a week's notice while I can
still pick it up (I'll be leaving on the 5th of July).
*If it'll be ready after then, could you arrange for it to be  
brailled

by a place in Washington DC? The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
sounds like as good a place as any:
http://www.clb.org/braille-production

It will cost some money if it's done this way, however, but I have no
idea how much.

Thanks!

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[Wikimania-l] WikiExpedition

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Wikimedia DC invites you to participate in WikiExpedition on Sunday, July
16th, as part of the Wikimania unconference.
*
*
*WikiExpedition* is a one-day (morning/afternoon/evening) photography event
based on photographing certain targets (buildings, sites, train stations,
etc) that are devoid of pictures on Wikimedia Commons or various Wikimedia
projects. WikiExpedition gets volunteers with cameras associated with a
list of targets in 22 central regions throughout Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and Washington D.C.  WikiExpedition is free to participate in.

The 22 regions are given certain amounts of points per objective, and in
competition style, the team (or person) with the most points will win the
contest and be given prizes. Photographs will be taken from the memory
cards of Wikipedians and onto a laptop dedicated to uploading all of the
photos to the Wikimedia Commons.

Provided will be a list of targets, a set of index cards that will also
serve as important to photography (will be explained at the event), and
SmarTrip cards, which will be basically an unlimited pass along the D.C.
Metro. However, for the outer communities, a car will be required, since
commuter trains do not run on weekends. This is a Sunday only event and
photography done beforehand cannot be accepted. This competition is
purely fun and don’t let greed of points devoid photograph quality. All
rules will be explained at the event.

Details:

http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiExpedition

Signup for WikiExpedition:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEwtX3oxeU11MVdFSWYwaU5ORkZDOGc6MQ

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] WikiExpedition

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Sorry, I am confused.  It's Sunday, July 15th. :)

Cheers,
Katie

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:

 Wikimedia DC invites you to participate in WikiExpedition on Sunday, July
 16th, as part of the Wikimania unconference.
 *
 *
 *WikiExpedition* is a one-day (morning/afternoon/evening) photography
 event based on photographing certain targets (buildings, sites, train
 stations, etc) that are devoid of pictures on Wikimedia Commons or various
 Wikimedia projects. WikiExpedition gets volunteers with cameras associated
 with a list of targets in 22 central regions throughout Maryland, Virginia,
 West Virginia and Washington D.C.  WikiExpedition is free to participate in.

 The 22 regions are given certain amounts of points per objective, and in
 competition style, the team (or person) with the most points will win the
 contest and be given prizes. Photographs will be taken from the memory
 cards of Wikipedians and onto a laptop dedicated to uploading all of the
 photos to the Wikimedia Commons.

 Provided will be a list of targets, a set of index cards that will also
 serve as important to photography (will be explained at the event), and
 SmarTrip cards, which will be basically an unlimited pass along the D.C.
 Metro. However, for the outer communities, a car will be required, since
 commuter trains do not run on weekends. This is a Sunday only event and
 photography done beforehand cannot be accepted. This competition is
 purely fun and don’t let greed of points devoid photograph quality. All
 rules will be explained at the event.

 Details:

 http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiExpedition

 Signup for WikiExpedition:


 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEwtX3oxeU11MVdFSWYwaU5ORkZDOGc6MQ

 Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Request for the the letter of invitation

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On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi

 I'm still waiting for my letter of invitation.

 I request the organizing committee to provide me with one at their
 earliest as initiating visa procedures immediately is very essential.


I have replied privately to Srikeit and we're working urgently as possible
on all remaining visa letter requests (prioritizing those with the longest
wait times).

If anyone has a visa appointment this week or next week, please email me
(or wikimania-registrat...@wikimedia.org) and we can make sure you get your
letter in time.  And please make sure you are registered [1] with complete
and up-to-date information in the visa assistance part of the form.

[1] https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/reg

Cheers,
Katie




 Regards


 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Shujen Chang i...@blue.cat wrote:

 and also thanks for Katie Filbert~


 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Shujen Chang i...@blue.cat wrote:

 I've received the letter, thanks for James Hare~


 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote:

 Have sent a mail requesting the same to scholarships ID.

 Looking forward to your response.

 Thanks


 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:03 PM, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Benjamin Chen 
 cnchenmi...@gmail.comwrote:

 Well I sent to those queues and haven't received reply for about a
 week. (probably committee is overwhelmed with the scholarship 
 recipients. )
 But I do personally hope to get it as soon as possible.


 I am working on them right now and you should get it in the next few
 hours.

 Cheers,
 Katie




  When it comes to the student visa season (very soon), it can take up
 to 3 months to queue for a visa interview...

 Best regards,
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 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 09:48, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  This kind of thing belongs on the various OTRS addresses, not on
 this public
  list read by hundreds of people.

 For the uninitiated: 2 of those addresses are
 wikimania-registrat...@wikimedia.org and
 wikimania-i...@wikimedia.org

 It's fairly trivial to move messages from one queue to another so if
 in doubt just send your mail to your best guess and it should make
 it's way to the right place.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Request for the the letter of invitation

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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Benjamin Chen cnchenmi...@gmail.comwrote:

 Well I sent to those queues and haven't received reply for about a week.
 (probably committee is overwhelmed with the scholarship recipients. ) But I
 do personally hope to get it as soon as possible.


I am working on them right now and you should get it in the next few hours.

Cheers,
Katie




  When it comes to the student visa season (very soon), it can take up to 3
 months to queue for a visa interview...

 Best regards,
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 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 09:48, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote:
  This kind of thing belongs on the various OTRS addresses, not on this
 public
  list read by hundreds of people.

 For the uninitiated: 2 of those addresses are
 wikimania-registrat...@wikimedia.org and wikimania-i...@wikimedia.org

 It's fairly trivial to move messages from one queue to another so if
 in doubt just send your mail to your best guess and it should make
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Badges

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:13 PM, WereSpielChequers 
werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:

 Israel has very tight security and I'm pretty sure they didn't insist on
 printing real names on badges.

 Genuinely tight security does not require outing pseudonymous wikimanians.

 If I go to DC it will be my first trip to the US since I received a death
 threat from somebody there. That's what I call a security risk, and my
 circumstances will be quite commonplace amongst Wikimanians. As an admin on
 EN wiki its easy to get quite blasé about the armed crazies in the US.  I'd
 like to relax about that aspect and assume that security is being covered,
 but this nonsense about printing real names on badges for security
 reasons does not inspire confidence in DC's security arrangements.


Nicholas is double checking with the venue but I am almost positive that
usernames only on a badge (if you prefer that way) is not a problem.

Even places like the National Archives and Library of Congress don't ask
for an ID when you enter. (only the metal detector, but they don't care who
you are).

Now, if we are able to arrange special tours of the U.S. Capitol (entirely
optional for attendees), we'll need to provide them names for security but
it's a private matter and doesn't have any effect on what goes on your
badge.

Cheers,
Katie




 WSC


 On 23 April 2012 15:33, Nicholas Michael Bashour 
 nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote:

 We definitely understand concerns surrounding privacy issues vs security
 issues, particularly in the US, and we want to accommodate all attendees
 who wish to keep their real names off their badges.  We'll be looking into
 security requirements, but, for now, the established status quo of
 providing either your real name, user name, or both is still in place. I'm
 hoping that doesn't have to change.


 Sincerely,

 Nicholas Michael Bashour
 President
 Wikimedia District of Columbia
 Washington, DC, USA

 2012/4/23 Joseph Seddon josephsed...@gmail.com

 I agree. There is going to have to be some room for manoeuvre on that.

 Seddon


 On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.comwrote:

 I think there are a number of regular Wikimania attendees who, for
 privacy reasons, would not like to use their real names at Wikimania and
 other offline Wikimedia activities. Enacting this new rule at this point
 could turn them away, just saying...


 On 23 April 2012 15:12, Nicholas Michael Bashour 
 nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote:

 For security reasons, the first and last name MUST be on the badge.
 Only the username and affiliation can be optional. Those who do not want
 their real name associated with a username should only provide their first
 and last.

 Sincerely,

 Nicholas Michael Bashour
 President
 Wikimedia District of Columbia
 Washington, DC, USA



 2012/4/23 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com

 Hi,

 On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Nicholas Bashour
 nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote:
  Some users may not be affiliated with any project or chapter, and
 may not have a username. I suggest
 
  First Last
  Username (optional)
  Affiliation

 Actually, I am pretty sure some people do not wish to have their real
 name printed on the badges alongside their nickname. I can't remember
 if the question was asked (I hope it was), but the end result should
 probably be something like:

  First Last (optional if Username is provided)
  Username (optional if First Last is provided)
  Affiliation (if provided)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Badges

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote:

 BTW, there is no open to a free line? I know that last years we had, to
 allow people for example to add their chapter\wmf staff, company name and
 ext'. Not everyone are Wikipedian's.


We have added affiliation as an option on the registration form and for the
badge.  Apologies for the oversight.

If you are already registered and want to update it, you can login again
(password reset if you need it) to update your details and registration
order:

https://secure.wikidc.org/wm/reg/user


Cheers,
Katie



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 On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Nicholas Michael Bashour
 nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote:
  After double checking to make sure, rest assured that anonymity will be
  protected and you will, as before, have a choice of what you want to
 display
  on your badge.
 
  I apologize for any confusion :)

 Thanks for checking Nicholas. My recollection is that Harvard had the
 same requirements (people must be identified), and the only thing we
 did then was to hold ready a list where nicknames and real names were
 matched to provide to Security services should the need have arisen.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Scholarship and early registration

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On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com  
wrote:



On 22 April 2012 15:39, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com wrote:

These prices are before DC's ludicrous hotel tax.


Please quote all prices inclusive of all taxes. This American habit of
quoting prices net of tax if just silly. What I care about is how much
money I'm going to have to hand over. I couldn't care less how much of
that goes to the hotel and how much to the government.

I have no idea what the tax rate is for hotels in DC, so I have no
idea what those numbers you've quoted actually mean.


You are all free men and women
and are welcome to book somewhere cheaply if you can find somewhere
cheap, since we figured that those looking to save money are going to
go to Priceline no matter what.


I think that is a very bad assumption. My understanding is that the
vast majority of attendees stay in the recommended accommodation that
is in their price range. The fact that you are staying somewhere full
of Wikimedians is part of the fun. If you book your own accommodation
from a price comparison website, you'll probably end up on your own.

If the cheapest accommodation you are recommending for people not on a
scholarship is $149/night plus whatever the taxes are, then I think we
may have a problem...


I assume many people will want to share a room with another person,  
which cuts the cost per person in half


Would a wiki page be helpful where people can indicate if they are  
seeking to share a hotel room?


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[Wikimania-l] Central notice translations

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We are preparing central notice banners for scholarships, call for
participation and registration.

We need help with translations, some languages in particular including
Japanese and many others.  If you can help with another language or can
poke someone, that would be most appreciated.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/CentralNotice

We will be doing scholarship banners (logged-in users only) for the next
week, since the deadline is February 16.  Then there are steward banners
for a while, and we can do program banners on March 1. (maybe sooner)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Central notice translations

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 8:38 PM, James Alexander
jalexan...@wikimedia.orgwrote:

 We have a pile of pre loaded translations from last years banners too.
 Once I get back to my laptop I'll find them if someone else hasn't.


Yes, they are here and could be a good starting point:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania_2011/CentralNoticeoldid=2667263

Cheers,
Katie




 Sent from my iPhone


 James Alexander
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 Product Manager - Fundraising
 Wikimedia Foundation
 +1 415-839-6885 x6716


 On Jan 31, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Joseph Seddon josephsed...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am not sure if Jon Harold Soby is on this list, but he may be able to
 help you in this area. I have cc'd him in anyway.

 Seddon

 On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:20 AM, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:

 We are preparing central notice banners for scholarships, call for
 participation and registration.

 We need help with translations, some languages in particular including
 Japanese and many others.  If you can help with another language or can
 poke someone, that would be most appreciated.

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/CentralNotice

 We will be doing scholarship banners (logged-in users only) for the next
 week, since the deadline is February 16.  Then there are steward banners
 for a while, and we can do program banners on March 1. (maybe sooner)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Partial scholarship system

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On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:27 PM, maarten deneckere 
maartendeneckere+wikima...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey,

 On the Wikimania 
 wikihttp://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback#Scholarshipswe have 
 some discussions on the best way to organize the partial
 scholarships. We want to prevent that people from countries far away from
 the venue (Australia, Canada, thirld world countries, ...) stay home because
 the partial scholarship does not help them enough. We don't want them all to
 request a full scholarship, either.


Thanks for looking into these questions.  I'm very interested in feedback on
how we might make the scholarships work better next time.

Cheers,
Katie




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 Everybody can fill in this form (even if you didn't attend, or didn't find
 funding), so send this to everybody that wanted to come!

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Re: [Wikimania-l] OSM mapping party report

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Niklas Laxström
niklas.laxst...@gmail.comwrote:

 On 16 August 2011 04:42, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:
  The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with
  excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into
 the
  map.

 Excellent. I really missed good maps while traveling in Israel.
 Especially bus routes on real map would have been handy.


Bus routes would be awesome and think/hope that we'll have them in OSM for
DC by next summer, and in some useful formats for attendees.



 Is it just me or why aren't sidewalks on the map?


We usually work in stages:

1) add the basics, like roads
2) then shops, buildings, etc.
3) further details like sidewalks
4) even more details like, sidewalk curb cuts and tactile paving, for
accessibility / pedestrian routing
5) when the map is mostly complete (e.g. Germany), add details like
individual trees :)

Haifa is somewhere between stage 1-2; Washington DC is at stage 2-3

Also, in cities, sidewalks are often assumed to be there, sometimes tagged
as an attribute of the road (sidewalk=left/right/both) instead of as
separate ways.


  We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to
  address them.

 In the website or the map renderers or in the editors?


All of above... though we've fixed the most critical website bugs.  As I
have time, I can try to document them better in one place.

Cheers,
Katie



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[Wikimania-l] OSM mapping party report

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Here's a write-up, photos, and the map (before/after) for the mapping party
held during Wikimania:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/aude/diary/14605

In sum, we gave a workshop, followed by taking ~25 participants out on the
streets of Haifa to collect map data, broke into 4 smaller groups.   Big
thanks to Eugene (seav), MADe, Zvika, Yarl, and Polimerek, all experienced
mappers, who helped lead the groups, as well as the Hebrew speakers who
accompanied us.

The map (http://osm.org/go/xtTsF0inF-) is drastically improved, with
excellent follow-up by the mappers to get the information entered into the
map.

We've also uncovered a bunch of RTL bugs in OSM, and could use help to
address them.

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] CD

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On Aug 10, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Florence Devouard anth...@anthere.org 
  wrote:

 If local standard procedures involve stealing people property, I  
 would
 not say this deserve any respect. Stealing is stealing. In any  
 country.


 Florence

 Stealing is a pretty harsh term. Air travel security arrangements
 vary by country, but virtually every country authorizes its security
 personnel to confiscate items under certain circumstances. You can
 probably imagine why Israel might have stronger security measures than
 other countries.


They never confiscated anything of mine, but remember for 1-2 years  
after 9/11, we had very similar security procedures as Israel does for  
flying (especially from Toronto) to Washington Reagan National Airport  
-- route that I flew often.

They hand searched checked luggage and carry-on bags, our gate was in  
a very secluded section (nothing to eat) of Toronto Pearson Airport,  
metal detectors at the gate, no getting up from seats 30 min before  
landing, etc.   Also seen some of this security in Cairo.

Fortunately, they don't do all this anymore for DCA and hope things  
will be very easy next summer.  We are working with the State Dept /  
authorities to help make entry to US painless as possible.

Cheers,
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[Wikimania-l] Feedback for Wikimania 2012 team

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Please leave feedback on what's worked well and not at this year's
Wikimania, along with any other ideas + suggestions for the Wikimania 2012
team:

http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback

Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 Awarded to Washington, DC

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:34 PM, James Owen jo...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Dear all,

 The Wikimania jury are pleased to announce that they have selected
 Washington, D.C.,


Thank you James and all jury members for the valuable feedback in the QA
process.

We're happy to take additional feedback and work hard to make it a super
fabulous event!

Cheers,
Katie (@aude)



 USA as the location for Wikimania 2012[0]. The DC team presented an
 imaginative and exciting bid[1] that the jurors found impressive. As before,
 all the bids to host Wikimania had strong points in their favour and making
 this decision was difficult. We will send detailed feedback to each of the
 bids, but for now we know the winning team will appreciate the community's
 support and help in making a great Wikimania in 2012. The jury particularly
 thanks the other finalist in the process, the South African team[2] for
 their excellent work, and encourages them to bid again in the near future.

 If you have never been to a Wikimania before I would urge you to consider
 attending. This year the conference will be in Haifa, Israel[3], and
 promises to be an excellent event. Wikimania is always a great way to meet
 members of our global community and help improve the movement, and
 Washington DC looks to be a worthy successor.

 Our congratulations to the Washington DC team and many thanks to all of the
 bidders for working so hard. I encourage all bidders to use the fantastic
 energy they have put into their bids by hosting smaller continental or
 regional events, and considering another bid for Wikimania in the future.

 The jury welcomes looks forward to discussing the result and the Wikimania
 process with the community.

 [0] Jury, process  timeline:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012
 [1] DC bid:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Washington,_D.C.
 [2] SA bid:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Bids/Stellenbosch
 [3] Wikimania 2011:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011

 Yours,

 The Wikimania 2012 jury moderators [non-voting]
 * James Forrester
 * Joseph Seddon

 On behalf of the Wikimania 2012 jury:
 * Ting Chen
 * Austin Hair
 * Richard Knipel
 * Deror Lin
 * Patricio Lorente
 * Abbas Mahmoud
 * Takashi Ota
 * James Owen
 * Achal Prabhala
 * Liam Wyatt

 * Phoebe Ayers [non-voting advisor]
 * Sue Gardner [non-voting advisor]
 * Samuel Klein [non-voting advisor]
 * Delphine Menard [non-voting advisor]
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Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:23 PM, theo10011 de10...@gmail.com wrote:

 Excellent point James. I agree with Harel about possible reason
 the enthusiasm fizzles away. Its a very common thing usually witnessed in
 stressful fields, the organizers tend to have a high burnout rate.


That's why the caution from our group in DC (and NYC).  We want to build our
capacity as a group and working together on smaller projects. (e.g.
GLAM-Wiki US / DC and our various outreach projects)  We also want to form a
chapter here.  If we successfully do both, then I think we would be ready to
organize Wikimania.  At the same time, such efforts would help build our
ties with other local groups and folks.

I'm concerned that Wikimania organizing (if done in the shorter term here)
will take energy away from our GLAM outreach efforts and that's not
desirable.



 So the next logical question becomes How do we attract and retain that kind
 of talent?


I think teaming up with other like-minded groups that have organized events
would be helpful.  There are a ton of free culture / tech events held all
over the place.

Student groups are also good allies, as they have people to help and ability
to work with venues. (e.g. universities)




 Joseph seddon made efforts last year to get a Wikimania committee off the
 ground but the effort didn't go anywhere, maybe we should reconsider it
 again. Also, one thing I wondered about, how about a designated staff
 personnel to handle Wikimania bidding and event planning, its the biggest
 thing we have in the entire year, it would make sense if there was a
 dedicated personnel who could help the hosts through the bidding process and
 then support the event with the team and the committee.


A designated person to help would be good.  Someone to help with travel and
visa issues, especially.

-Katie (@aude)




 Theo
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Re: [Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:27 PM, James Owen jo...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Harel,

 We as a community and the people on this list who care about Wikimania need
 to do our part, to put in some work and actual hours, maybe have some face
 to face meetings... and find way to elevate some of the pressure for the
 local teams, and to help them realize what to do with their new found energy
 once the conference is completed. Maybe we discover the best way is to hire
 outside organizers who are managed and supported by a local team,



 maybe we create a system where Wikimania bidding teams get a grant to hire
 a staff person for a year to help with organizing, there are many options we
 could explore.


I would be very open to having help with some of the event planning.

Speaking from experience organizing conferences for the government, we did
have an event planner working with us to help negotiate with the venue, the
caterer, etc., to scope out the venue and handled logistics for travel /
scholarships.  The help with negotiating costs helps offset the cost of
hiring the person.

My role for myself and my colleague were to organize the program (where
knowing about the subject matter was important) and we had ultimate
authority to make decisions.

If we could hire her (or someone) to help our local team in DC, then I would
be much more comfortable with going forward with a bid for Wikimania.

Though, having such help doesn't alleviate the need for a strong local team
of volunteers to handle key aspects of organizing.

Cheers,
Katie (@aude)



 But in general we need a group of 5-10 individuals to really do some work
 and think of this strategically, a Wikmania committee not to manage the
 bids, or organize wikimania but to be responsible for the future of the
 conference.


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 Executive Assistant  Board Liaison
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 Office +1.415.839.6885 x 6604
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 registration and scholarship application to begin on January 1st!

[aude]

Very impressed and happy to see things so well organised and ahead of  
schedule (vs previous years)!


Great work!!!

-Katie (@aude)

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 31, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote:


Dear Wikimaniacs,


We are pleased to announce the opening, on January 1st 0:00 UTC, of  
the registration period and the scholarship application period for  
Wikimania 2011, which will be held in Haifa, Israel, on August 4th  
to 7th, 2011.


== Registration ==
Those who register early will enjoy considerable discounts in both  
registration and accommodation fees, so be sure to register as early  
as possible.


* Full information about registration, including fees and  
registration periods: http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration

* Our registration website: http://wmreg.wikimedia.org.il/

== Scholarship application ==
If you require a scholarship to attend Wikimania 2011, you can apply  
for one until the end of January 2011. This year, there will be  
partial scholarships to cover travel costs up to USD 300, in  
addition to full scholarships.


* Full information about scholarships: 
http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
* Our scholarship application website: http://wmschols.wikimedia.org.il/

== Call for Papers ==
The Call for Papers for the conference has been available for a  
while now. You are welcome to submit workshop, seminar, tutorial,  
panel, and presentation proposals.


* The Call for Papers: http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Papers

== Translators required ==
You are welcome to help translate as  much of our conference wiki  
into as many languages as possible, using the regular {{Other  
languages}} and {{Translation}} templates.


If you are interested in translating the registration website into  
additional languages, please contact us at wikimania-registrat...@wikimedia.org 
.


== Got any questions? ==
You can contact us in any of the ways listed on http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact 
.


If you have questions that might interest others, please post them  
on http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Information_Desk.



Please excuse us if the registration or scholarship application  
websites are temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.




Wishing you all a happy 2011 and looking forward to hosting you in  
Haifa,


Harel Cain
on behalf of the entire Wikimania 2011 local team

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Computer shop in Buenos Aires

[Aude]

Please tell me where.

I normally bring only carry on bags but checked one this time.  Big  
mistake.  My bag is missing and supposed to come tomorrow on American  
Airlines one flight (each day) from Miami.


Anyway, my adaptors might not be the right kind for here

Aude

On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:56 PM, Barcex barcexw...@gmail.com wrote:

If your notebook charger is able to work in the 110-220 V range then  
what you need is a socket plug adaptor. You can buy one 50 meters  
away from the venue for ARS 3 (less than 1 USD). I will tell you  
where.


Carlos

2009/8/21 Damian Finol dam...@igluve.org
Very small sort of related threadjack:

What about power plug converters? Argentina uses 220 and my laptop  
uses american 110.


Damian

2009/8/21 Aude aude.w...@gmail.com

Thank you for the information

It's also possible to forgot something essential. In such case, it's  
okay if it's not the best price but convenient is good


Aude


On Aug 21, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Galileo Vidoni gali...@gmail.com wrote:


On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote:
I hope that I won't need anything, but it's happened before when  
traveling that I need to replace some part of my laptop (e.g. the  
power cord) or need a computer-related item.  When that happens,  
it's not fun to search around in an unfamiliar city for a good shop  
to buy computer parts.


Can someone with local knowledge, please suggest a place or two  
that would be a good, reputable place to buy such items in Buenos  
Aires?   (e.g. http://www.vobis.com/ which is in Berlin, or http://www.jr.com/ 
 in NYC)I would like to write this information down on paper,  
just in case.


Thanks,

Aude

Relatively next to the Wikimania hub is Galería Jardín, a sort of  
megamall with tons of computing shops (Florida 537, http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qsource=s_qhl=engeocode=q=Florida+537,+Buenos+Aires,+Argentinasll=-34.608418,-58.373161sspn=0.399559,0.891953ie=UTF8t=hz=16iwloc=A 
). It has not the very best prices in town but it is fairly accept 
able and you'll find almost guaranteed supply.


From CCGSM, you can go there by foot (~10 blocks) or by metro (from  
line B from Uruguay station to Florida station, ~5 minutes).


Regards,
galio
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[Wikimania-l] Computer shop in Buenos Aires

[Aude]

I hope that I won't need anything, but it's happened before when traveling
that I need to replace some part of my laptop (e.g. the power cord) or need
a computer-related item.  When that happens, it's not fun to search around
in an unfamiliar city for a good shop to buy computer parts.

Can someone with local knowledge, please suggest a place or two that would
be a good, reputable place to buy such items in Buenos Aires?   (e.g.
http://www.vobis.com/ which is in Berlin, or http://www.jr.com/ in NYC)I
would like to write http://wikiatic.com/wikisearch/search?q=write%20this
information down on paper, just in case.

Thanks,

Aude
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2010 dates

[Aude]

I think September would be more difficult for students and academics, as the
semester/term starts up in early September in many places (at least in North
America).   Though, I think in the UK, the academic term normally starts in
October.

-Aude

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Tom Holden thomas.hol...@gmail.com wrote:

 The guidelines for 2009 bidding cities said July to mid-August
 (though it's ended up being end of August).

 For 2010 might we be able to push the window wider into early
 September, as it seems there will be a lot greater availability of
 accommodation then (at least in Oxford). Does anyone have any idea how
 much pushing it back into early September would aversely affect
 attendance? Are there any other reasons for the old July to mid-August
 guidelines?

 Thanks,

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Re: [Wikimania-l] what happened to wm08reg.wikimedia.org ?

[Aude]

This is a technical problem that we surely can solve.  If we can get xml
exports, it's alway possible to run them through a script and make them look
nice.

-Aude

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:00 AM, effe iets anders
effeietsand...@gmail.comwrote:

 yes, I can do exports (I think), that is not the problem. The problem is to
 process them because it doesn't look very nice :)

 Lodewijk

 2008/12/19 Aude audeviv...@gmail.com

 Pentabarf allows html or xml exports of abstracts and other information.
 Someone who has administrative access would be able to do that.

 -Aude


 On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM, effe iets anders 
 effeietsand...@gmail.com wrote:

 all abstracts are available in the pentabarf system. However, I don't
 directly see a nice way to connect those...

 Lodewijk

 2008/12/19 Aude audeviv...@gmail.com

 I have posted the agenda here:

 http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule

 However, the abstracts are still missing.  If anyone has them, it would
 good to add those.

 -Aude


 On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Brianna Laugher 
 brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote:

 Currently http://wm08reg.wikimedia.org/ redirects to
 http://www.alsaha.com/ which has a lot of Arabic.

 Does the schedule and talk information exist elsewhere? Can it be
 restored?

 thanks,
 Brianna

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Re: [Wikimania-l] what happened to wm08reg.wikimedia.org ?

[Aude]

I have posted the agenda here:

http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule

However, the abstracts are still missing.  If anyone has them, it would good
to add those.

-Aude

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Brianna Laugher brianna.laug...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Currently http://wm08reg.wikimedia.org/ redirects to
 http://www.alsaha.com/ which has a lot of Arabic.

 Does the schedule and talk information exist elsewhere? Can it be restored?

 thanks,
 Brianna

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Re: [Wikimania-l] what happened to wm08reg.wikimedia.org ?

[Aude]

This page is a spam magnet (though there are some legitimate links).  This
should probably be deleted.

http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85

-Aude

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Aude audeviv...@gmail.com wrote:

 I have posted the agenda here:

 http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule

 However, the abstracts are still missing.  If anyone has them, it would
 good to add those.

 -Aude


 On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Brianna Laugher 
 brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote:

 Currently http://wm08reg.wikimedia.org/ redirects to
 http://www.alsaha.com/ which has a lot of Arabic.

 Does the schedule and talk information exist elsewhere? Can it be
 restored?

 thanks,
 Brianna

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Re: [Wikimania-l] what happened to wm08reg.wikimedia.org ?

[Aude]

Pentabarf allows html or xml exports of abstracts and other information.
Someone who has administrative access would be able to do that.

-Aude

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM, effe iets anders
effeietsand...@gmail.comwrote:

 all abstracts are available in the pentabarf system. However, I don't
 directly see a nice way to connect those...

 Lodewijk

 2008/12/19 Aude audeviv...@gmail.com

 I have posted the agenda here:

 http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule

 However, the abstracts are still missing.  If anyone has them, it would
 good to add those.

 -Aude


 On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Brianna Laugher 
 brianna.laug...@gmail.com wrote:

 Currently http://wm08reg.wikimedia.org/ redirects to
 http://www.alsaha.com/ which has a lot of Arabic.

 Does the schedule and talk information exist elsewhere? Can it be
 restored?

 thanks,
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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania wiki: talks?

[Aude]

There is reliable wi-fi at BA, available inside the conference center, the
library, as well as outside on the plaza.

I'm pretty sure the presentations will be recorded and available.

-Aude

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Gerard Meijssen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 Hoi,
 Sounds like a great idea, it will help focus the presentation ... :)

 Do we know if the presenters will have a reliable Internet connection
 available ?? Do we know if presentations will be recorded and if these
 presentations will be available to people who cannot come to Alexandria ??

 Thanks,
   GerardM


 On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:41 AM, phoebe ayers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Hi everyone,

 Is there a place on the wiki for people to ask questions and
 brainstorm about upcoming individual talks and sessions? If not, can
 someone help me figure out the best place to start a page? I would
 like to be able to collect questions for the library panel ahead of
 time if possible.

 thanks!
 Phoebe


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[Wikimania-l] Egypt travel tips

[Aude]

 is reasonable, since I
don't think the dorms are far.  I paid 10-12 LE to get from BA to the other
end of the corniche in Alexandria.

* Getting a taxi - If you are going really far (e.g. downtown Cairo to the
Giza pyramids), then you should agree on a price before getting in a taxi.
For most places (medium and shorter distances), do not discuss price before
getting in.  Just say your destination and the driver should agree to take
you.  A few times, before or once getting in, the driver has asked me about
price.  If that happens, you can say your price.  If they don't agree, then
find a different taxi.  Really, price should not come up.

* Paying the driver - When you arrive, everyone MUST GET OUT before paying
the driver.  Once everyone is out, then the person with the money should
give the driver the money through the window.  Then everyone needs to walk
away.  Most of the time, the driver doesn't argue with me/us, but sometimes
they will make a fuss and demand more. The thing to do is keep walking
away.  You gave them a fair, reasonable amount.  As a tourist, maybe you can
give the taxi driver a tiny bit more to avoid an argument.

* You do not need to tip the driver. Just give them the fare.

Eating -

I think most meals are provided at Wikimania, but when you are on your
own...

* Koshari (dish of macaroni, rice, lentils, and sauce) or tamiyya (falafel)
make a good cheap meal.  A falafel sandwich can be had for 1-2 LE each, and
koshari meal w/drink for 7-10 LE.  Fast food places (e.g. McDonalds,
Hardees, KFC, Pizza Hut) are available most everywhere, though these are not
cheap meals by Egyptian standards.  A meal at McDonalds will cost ~30 LE
($5-6 USD) or more.  A meal at a good sit-down place (American style cafes,
and other types of places) will cost a bit more, but I think the prices are
comparable or slightly cheaper than in the US.

* I been fine eating the food here, though felt slightly ill after eating
salad in my university cafeteria.  It might have been the tomatoes that were
not great.  I have avoided salad at other places, though did get salad at
McDonalds which was fine.  Some caution about eating raw fruits and
vegetables is a good idea. Cheap tamiyya and koshari have all been fine.

* Alcohol is not difficult to find in Egypt.  Stella and Sakara are brands
of beer that are available here.  There are plenty of bars and clubs around,
as well a hotel bar is a definite place to find alcohol.

* Restaurants will include a service charge directly on your bill, but you
should also leave a tip.

Bathrooms -

* Western-style toilets are available pretty much most places, though some
places (e.g. Islamic Cairo), you might find a squat-style toilet.  When I
arrived at the airport in Cairo, I had some difficulty figuring out how to
flush the toilet.  There is a knob on the toilet lid that you pull out and
then push back in when finished with flushing.  Some toilets just have a
button to push.

* It's a good idea to carry some toilet paper or tissue with you.  Toilet
paper is usually available most places I have been, but not always. In some
places, there is a staff person manning the bathrooms, who will give you
toilet paper for bashish (tip).  In some places (e.g. rest houses/stops on
the highway), you will need to pay 1 LE or another amount to use the
bathroom facilities.  In places like McDonalds and other restaurants, as
well as hotels, and certainly places like Bibliotheca, you don't pay to use
the bathroom and they have toilet paper.

Sightseeing -

I have been to the Pyramids in Giza, Sakkara, to Alexandria, to Sinai (St.
Katherine's and Sharm el-Sheikh) and will be in Luxor this weekend. I don't
have a lot of spare time to organize these better, but I have quite a few
pictures now posted on Flickr of Alexandria and other places in Egypt:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmf164/  Let me know if you want sightseeing
suggestions or advice.

Questions -

http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aude - I have posted all this
on my Wikimania user page.  Please feel free to ask questions.  I'm sure I
missed mentioning some things.

-Aude

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Egypt travel tips

[Aude]

I would bring both long/half-sleeve blouses or shirts, as well as short
sleeves.  For shopping (dealing with the bargaining and people) and other
situations, I like to be more conservative in dress.  But, overall, things
are not as conservative (long sleeves only) for dress as I assumed before I
left.

-Aude

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:36 PM, phoebe ayers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Aude [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I have been in Egypt for over a month now, living in Cairo, as a student.
  Since arriving, I have traveled around the country, including Sinai,
  Alexandria, and will be in Luxor this weekend.  With people arriving soon
  for Wikimania, I'd like to take the opportunity to share advice and
  experiences as a female.

 snip

 Aude -- this is super, super helpful. Thank you so much for all the
 tips, especially the phrases and advice on what to wear! There's
 nothing like the voice of experience :)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 date first IRC public meeting

[Aude]

I suggest that Sundays might be a good day, at least for me.  Don't know if
this helps others?  I cannot access IRC while I am at work, which means I'm
only available M-F, 00:00 to 07:00 UTC.  However, I am usually available on
Sundays, pretty much anytime.  In Egypt, don't you observe the weekend on
Friday-Saturday? so don't know if Sunday would be acceptable or good for
you?  Or rotating times/days also works, so maybe I can make some of the
sessions.

Of course, don't know how necessary my participation is at this point. I
would like to help with scholarships (help find funding), and other ways I
can help.  Just to let you know, I may be in Cairo for the summer (June -
August), to take part in the summer language program.  I know Cairo isn't
that close to Alexandria, but it might makes it easier for me to help.

Regards (تحياتي)
Aude


On Dec 10, 2007 12:36 PM, Florence Devouard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Well, I happen to disagree.
 We already held 3 wikimanias, and I think a big part of their success
 was because it was organized by wikipedians from every part of the
 planet. Of course, there was always more local people involved, but
 there was not ONLY local people;
 When it comes to the very practical organization (such as accomodations,
 decoration of the rooms and other renting of microphone, it is cleaer
 the local team will be first on the front and it makes sense to choose
 meeting times which primarily fit with their schedule.

 However, when it comes to stuff like program, international involvement
 is expected and priority should be given to accomodating as many of
 people as possible. If that involves making smaller action groups or
 rotating hours of meetings, so be it. We will never be able to satisfy
 everyone. But we can make efforts.


 Ant

  Smart Robots wrote:
  Hi there,
 
  Since Egypt is the country which will hold the wikimania for 2008 so I
  think it's so wisely from Mido to adjust the time according to egypt
  timing as the volunteers ( that will organize it ) can easily be founded
  , I know these meetings have participations from all over the world.
 
  No offense
  And this is not official I am just a subscriber !!
 
  */Aphaia [EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote:
 
  Corr.
 
  for me 5am, for Titan (and KJ) 4am.
  While I know some people like this hour (e.g. Board election debate,
  ComProj meetings), I am worried this tendency to hold Wikimedia
  relation around 18-20 UTC, moreover to say it hour good for
 everyone
  (while Mido didn't call it so wisely). Simply there is no such hour
  which is good for everyone.
 
  Again, time rotation is the best solution in my opinion.
 
  On Dec 10, 2007 11:42 AM, Aphaia wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007 11:22 AM, E wrote:
 Exactly, it's 4am here in Australia... possibly 20:00UTC would
 be
 preferable.
   
Not really: 20UTC is for me 4am.

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

[Aude]

In this thread, I see people raising the issues regarding the Egyptian
government.  As we know, it's not a democracy and the Egyptian people did
not choose the government.  The government there is more repressive, but not
so much so (like Burma) that we can't have Wikimania there.  To penalize
Egyptian Wikimedians (and those from Jordan and other nearby places), for
what their government does is not cool with me.

At the same time, I know plenty of people from Europe, Canada, the Middle
East and elsewhere in the world... I don't necessarily approve of things my
government does, and it's important that they distinguish me (as an
individual American), from what my government does (including providing
enormous amounts of aid to the Egyptian government and other undemocratic
regimes).

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0412/p07s01-wome.html
http://www1.usaid.gov/our_work/features/egypt/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061201286.html

Thinking about that, if you are not happy with repressive things the
Egyptian government does, maybe it's time to write congress, ask questions
of the U.S. presidential candidates, etc. about our policy of supporting
such regimes.

http://www.house.gov/writerep/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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[Aude]

One more issues I see people raising the issue that they can't afford to
travel to Alexandria.  I think this is something that we can help address,
through sponsorships and providing scholarships to help Wikimedians attend
(who otherwise cannot afford to).

I know that the Alexandria team has already thought about sponsorships. I
think there is very good opportunity this time for sponsorships.  There are
organizations out there who support cultural exchange between the U.S. and
other countries, and the Middle East, as well as the mission of the
Wikimedia Foundation.

Enough of my talking here, but I would be more than happy to get started on
this and do something.  I have some contacts with organizations in
Washington, who I think can provide me leads on this.   I'm sure there are
similar organizations in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, etc.  Let's be
proactive and get working on this.

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From what I've seen of the bid, I'm sure the organizers will do a great
job.

Are any specific dates set for Wikimania 2008?  Please let me know ASAP so I
can plan accordingly.

-Aude
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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

[Aude]

One thing I think will be important very important is to have more
structured local travel opportunities.

I was on my own in Taiwan, after Wikimania, since not enough people signed
up for the tours.  There were three tours (1-day, 2-day, and 3-day) to sign
up for.  The tour organizer told me he required 30 to sign up for each,
otherwise they were canceled.  30 never signed up.  Smaller size groups
should have been accommodated.   Nonetheless, I was comfortable enough with
the culture and felt perfectly safe, to be on my own.

For 2008, I think minimum size for groups should be *much* smaller.  I look
forward to visiting a place with much different culture than my own.  This
time, I will know more of the language.  But, I think the culture is
different enough that having someone local guide me and other attendees
around would make the experience better.

-Aude
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