Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread KIZU Naoko
Hi from Tel Aviv suburb. I strongly recommend to follow Manuel. Also the letter from the organizing team may help. At security check in AMS I met difficulty , since then I left all the copy of registration team and also had no copy. They asked if I had a document on my registration to the

Re: [Wikimania-l] About the Wikimania 2011: Important Information for your Upcoming Participation

2011-07-29 Thread Andrew Gray
On 22 July 2011 16:50, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Florence Devouard, 22/07/2011 16:18: Just got it and wanted to say great stuff. Thank you very much guys. Very helpful +1 Just clearing through some emails from last week and noticed this thread - I've got an email about

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Kim Bruning
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 07:49:31PM +0900, KIZU Naoko wrote: Hi from Tel Aviv suburb. I strongly recommend to follow Manuel. Also the letter from the organizing team may help. At security check in AMS I met difficulty , since then I left all the copy of registration team and also had no

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Laura James
Hi, thanks for the great advice - yes, please do let us know which document would be the most helpful to print. And any other tips! :-) Thank you, Laura On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 07:49:31PM +0900, KIZU Naoko wrote: Hi

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Deryck Chan
...and how many copies of each! On Jul 30, 2011 1:07 AM, Laura James lja...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi, thanks for the great advice - yes, please do let us know which document would be the most helpful to print. And any other tips! :-) Thank you, Laura On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Kim

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Harel Cain
Unless you come from a potentially problematic country (for example one which doesn't have diplomatic relations with Israel, or just one which is rather exotic for incoming tourism), the printout of the automated mail you got from us should be fine, and even that shouldn't be necessary. It's just

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Deryck Chan
I'm flying from Hong Kong to Tel Aviv on an El Al flight, holding a British passport with a Malaysian stamp from this January (along with a few other stamps from USA, Taiwan and Japan from previous years). I never thought Malaysia would be an issue other than some questioning by the El Al and

Re: [Wikimania-l] Schedule

2011-07-29 Thread Deryck Chan
So we've now got 520 people coming to the Wikimania (according to Harel on another thread). How are we gonna fit them all into the venue of the opening ceremony, which according to the Wiki can only seat 450 people? On 22 July 2011 04:52, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: No, there will be

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Harel Cain
Deryck, you should be fine. There are many Israelis (some colleagues of mine, for example) who're flying to Malaysia on business with foreign passports. I don't even know what the Chelsea incident is, it didn't make any headlines over here. The security questioning is meant to guarantee the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Schedule

2011-07-29 Thread Harel Cain
We will squeeze them together :) Don't worry. Harel On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 21:45, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: So we've now got 520 people coming to the Wikimania (according to Harel on another thread). How are we gonna fit them all into the venue of the opening ceremony, which

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Deryck Chan
Thanks Harel :) Background about the Chelsea incident: http://www.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/07/28/football.chelsea.malaysia.benayoun.abuse/ On 30 July 2011 02:51, Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com wrote: Deryck, you should be fine. There are many Israelis (some colleagues of mine, for

Re: [Wikimania-l] Schedule

2011-07-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
520 registered and paid attendees does not mean 520 people showing up for the opening. For any number of reasons, some people never make it, others are late, and some didn't intend to attend the whole thing in the first place. Cheers, Asaf On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Deryck Chan

Re: [Wikimania-l] Are you in Haifa? Give me a call!

2011-07-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
Just to clarify, if you're not using a local SIM, you'll need to dial +972-50-6950507 to reach Amir. (i.e. int'l dialing, lose the zero prefix in the area code). Cheers, Asaf On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Hi! I'm in Haifa. I know my

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Deryck Chan
A bit more to add about *passport stamping* (mainly for those holding European / north American passports): an English girl (a close friend of mine in Cambridge) who was in Israel last year told me that although the Israeli border control advertises the facility to have a separate piece of paper

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Harel Cain
No, James. If anything, then you might find that in TLV (on your way back) they don't even bother with some of the things that they do check for in the states, such as that rule about liquids in 100ml containers or asking you to remove your shoes. If you're flying El Al, you will be politely but

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread phoebe ayers
Yes. I visited israel this spring and had no trouble at all getting in- super fast. But- and this was very surprising to me- all the questioning came when I left :) so do leave extra time when you go back to the airport. Best, Phoebe On Jul 29, 2011 1:32 PM, Osmar Valdebenito

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Florence Devouard
On 7/30/11 1:05 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: Yes. I visited israel this spring and had no trouble at all getting in- super fast. But- and this was very surprising to me- all the questioning came when I left :) so do leave extra time when you go back to the airport. Best, Phoebe On Jul 29,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces Wikimania

2011-07-29 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 07/29/11 11:54 AM, Deryck Chan wrote: Background about the Chelsea incident: http://www.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/07/28/football.chelsea.malaysia.benayoun.abuse/ Sounds like nothing more than the typical trash talk that one would expect in professional sports. Ray