[Wikimania-l] registration confirmation form does not work

2010-07-02 Thread Achal Prabhala
I thought I'd let you know that there are a few problems with your form: 1) "Visa assistance" details are required by default, regardless of whether one needs visa assistance - (without passport details the form is incomplete) - which is clearly an error 2) The date fields in the "visa

[Wikimania-l] registration confirmation form does not work

2010-07-02 Thread Achal Prabhala
I thought I'd let you know that there are a few problems with your form: 1) Visa assistance details are required by default, regardless of whether one needs visa assistance - (without passport details the form is incomplete) - which is clearly an error 2) The date fields in the visa assistance

[Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Image by FlamingText.com Hi, When we arrive in Gdansk, will there be an Wikimania 2010 official at the airport to guide us to the venue or will we have to find our way through by ourselves? Thanks AJ

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread Bence Damokos
I seem to have lost the original confirmation e-mail, so receiving the one with the payment details would convince me that I did not only dream about having registered :-) Best regards, Bence On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/7/1 Erik Moeller

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread Finne Boonen
*pretending to be Austin* mails are still being sent out over the next few hours. Lodewijk, you didn't get less emails, don't worry henna On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 09:59, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: original confirmation email? I didn't have any email at all. Does that mean I

Re: [Wikimania-l] registration confirmation form does not work

2010-07-02 Thread Austin Hair
Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Achal. It looks like you indicated at the time of your registration that you needed a visa, and at that time some fields we now require were not on the registration form. It was simply asking you to fill in the missing information before continuing.

[Wikimania-l] Streaming?

2010-07-02 Thread Aphaia
Hi, I'd like to ask some questions as follow: 1) if streaming is available during the conference 2) if wi-fi connection is available for all participants and the below is not only for the organizing team but for every possible attendees 3) if both of two is no, can anyone bring his webcam mobile

Re: [Wikimania-l] Streaming?

2010-07-02 Thread Juliana da Costa José
2010/7/2 Aphaia aph...@gmail.com Hello Aphaia 1) if streaming is available during the conference Yes, it is. 2) if wi-fi connection is available for all participants Yes, it will be. The responisble persons are Marek Najmajer m.najma...@wikimania2010.pl and Manuel Schneider

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Morgan Chan
Actually I will arrive Gdansk in 5 days later, but i still dunno where to go when i arrived. On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Abbas Mahmoud abbas...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, When we arrive in Gdansk, will there be an Wikimania 2010 official at the airport to guide us to the venue or will we

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi guys, I am not on the official logistics team so I cannot tell you exactly where to go when you arrive. But I can give you a little bit of general gdansk travel information: 1) the venue is the Baltic Philharmonic, Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina . 2) the various hotels are

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread James Owen
On Jul 2, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: On 02/07/2010 11:09 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Hi guys, I am not on the official logistics team so I cannot tell you exactly where to go when you arrive. But I can give you a little bit of general gdansk travel information: Thanks,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Finne Boonen
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 17:50, James Owen jo...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Jul 2, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: On 02/07/2010 11:09 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Hi guys, I am not on the official logistics team so I cannot tell you exactly where to go when you arrive. But I can give

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread Harel Cain
Still no confirmation letter received on my end. Are they being sent out manually? (*shudder*) Harel On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Florence anth...@anthere.org wrote: I Got a confirmation email this morning (worked !) Flo Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2010, at 9:59, Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Maybe they are out of stamps. Thanks, GerardM On 2 July 2010 18:41, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: Still no confirmation letter received on my end. Are they being sent out manually? (*shudder*) Harel On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Florence anth...@anthere.org wrote:

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread Ray Saintonge
Gerard Meijssen wrote: Hoi, Maybe they are out of stamps. Thanks, GerardM Snail mail wouldn't help if the French escargots they hire are on strike. ;-) Ray On 2 July 2010 18:41, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com mailto:harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: Still no confirmation letter

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread phoebe ayers
Harel, let this strike the fear of Registration into you :) It is *always* harder than it seems like it should be /me remembers I have to print some more wikisym badges, sigh -- phoebe On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: Still no confirmation letter

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 2 July 2010 16:50, James Owen jo...@wikimedia.org wrote:  An additional suggestion for anyone who might need to go to a pharmacy is to speak with a staff person in your hotel before going into the pharmacy, have them write down the polish words for your symptoms or the medication you desire,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Steven Walling
Since we all seem to be piling on about logistics here... There seem to be several dorms. For those of use staying in them, how/when are we going to be notified of where exactly we are booked? This wasn't part of the registration confirmation. Steven Walling On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:17 AM,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Jeromy-Yu Chan (Jerry~Yuyu)
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 01:19, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comwrote: Since we all seem to be piling on about logistics here... There seem to be several dorms. For those of use staying in them, how/when are we going to be notified of where exactly we are booked? This wasn't part of the

[Wikimania-l] Confirmations complete?

2010-07-02 Thread Kurt Bollacker
I love to know when all of the registration confirmation emails have been sent. I've not yet received one, and am wondering how long I should wait. Perhaps I should register a second time just to make sure? Some process guidance would be helpful.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Maysara Omar
Hello Pheobe, and thank you for all the information. Just one question; is there a cheaper way than a taxi to get to where the check in will be taking place? you mention that the bus overshoots our destination, but is the railway station too far/close from that destination, is it doable by walk?

Re: [Wikimania-l] My Registration

2010-07-02 Thread Austin Hair
We're sending them via avian carrier, and the pigeons keep getting confused about what to call the city and get lost. In all seriousness, about half of you should have received your confirmations by now. No, we're not sending them manually, but they're being sent in batches based on specific

Re: [Wikimania-l] Confirmations complete?

2010-07-02 Thread Steven Walling
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Kurt Bollacker k...@longnow.org wrote: I love to know when all of the registration confirmation emails have been sent. I've not yet received one, and am wondering how long I should wait. Perhaps I should register a second time just to make sure? Some process

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Finne Boonen
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 19:33, Maysara Omar maysara.o...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Pheobe, and thank you for all the information. Just one question; is there a cheaper way than a taxi to get to where the check in will be taking place? you mention that the bus overshoots our destination, but is the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Harel Cain
The airport website lists bus lines 110 and 210 as going to two different train stations. They both stop on many stations on the way. If someone could point out where to get off before the final destination so as not to overshoot the venue, that would be great! Harel On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:33

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread phoebe ayers
Guys, it's like this. The old town is very centralized; the venue is in (actually across the canal from) the old town. The main roads run *around* the old town. So as far as I know you cannot get off the bus at the venue. The train station (Gdansk Glowny) is on the far side of central gdansk; the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airport Pickup

2010-07-02 Thread Daniel ~ Leinad
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8hl=plmsa=0msid=117126163892714460579.000466478a8b96d9f7d6dll=54.378558,18.535309spn=0.111378,0.308647z=12iwloc=000467b2d0cab269faca5 - I've added on the map, the route of bus line 210 and marked names of bus stops (Port Lotniczy and Dworzec Główny). The line