Re: [Wikimania-l] A friend is arriving at Monday, 9th, at the evening to Regan and needs help

2012-07-05 Thread Deror Avi
A fellow wikipedian is arriving at Monday, 9th July, in the evening to DC Reagan airport and needs help to get himself and his suitcase to the dorms. Is anyone else is landing at that time? He is landing at 6:40pm. Can anyone assist? Deror ___

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

2012-07-05 Thread Theo10011
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I suspect that there may be pushback from the community about it being taken over by the WMF, if it were run by staff. There's also the issue with other countries - if we hold Wikimania in London, the WMF

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

2012-07-05 Thread WereSpielChequers
We have a problem in that the places where we have most editors and organisation are sometimes amongst the hardest to get visas for. There is an easy solution - those of us who want events to take place in exotic places with open borders can help bids by doing helpful editing on their pages. I've

[Wikimania-l] Fwd: ComCom meeting - Wikimania

2012-07-05 Thread Itzik Edri
Hi, If someone interested, the communication committee will have a meeting\open talk on Sunday, you are all welcome, just please register yourself so we will know how many we going to be :) Itzik WMIL -- Forwarded message -- From: Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il Date: Tue, Jul 3,

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

2012-07-05 Thread HJ Mitchell
That's an interesting thought, and I would be curious to know if it had ever been explored by the Foundation. However, there's a limited amount one person based remotely can do. As Richard says,  somebody in San Francisco isn't much use to a team in London. There are things that they could do,

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa denied ... what to do?

2012-07-05 Thread Deror Avi
All countries have visa issues, and visa is a major consideration when choosing a location for wikimania (or at least was a major consideration this year when Hong Kong was chosen). It was also a major consideration, and was taken into account when DC was chosen. There is only so much a local

[Wikimania-l] Updated Fri June 6 NYC itinerary

2012-07-05 Thread Pharos
Here is the updated NYC itinerary for Friday June 6, note especially that the meetup entrance at the American Museum of Natural History has been changed: ***11am meetup*** at American Museum of Natural History - Rose Center Planetarium Entrance (81st St. between Central Park West and Columbus

[Wikimania-l] Remember to have a printout of your of your wikimania sign in

2012-07-05 Thread Kim Bruning
conmfirmation on you Reply-To: Security at AMS asked me if I had proof of invitation or etc to Wikimania on me. They let me through anyway, but in case of eventuality, it might be useful to take along a hardcopy of your wikimania confirmation. sincerely, Kim Bruning --

Re: [Wikimania-l] Updated Fri June 6 NYC itinerary

2012-07-05 Thread Pharos
Of course I meant July 6, sorry about the typo. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com wrote: Here is the updated NYC itinerary for Friday June 6, note especially that the meetup entrance at the American Museum of Natural History has

[Wikimania-l] Emergency phone number?

2012-07-05 Thread Thomas Dalton
Hi, I'm putting together all the details for my trip before I leave in a couple of days, and one detail I'd like to have is the conference emergency phone number. This page says it is still TBD: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Address_book/Emergency Can it be determined soon, please?

Re: [Wikimania-l] Emergency phone number?

2012-07-05 Thread Nicholas Bashour
I'd like to being attention to emergency contacts available on out Friendly Space Policy page. http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy Sincerely, Nicholas Michael Bashour Sent from my iPhone Am 05.07.2012 um 17:54 schrieb Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: Hi,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Emergency phone number?

2012-07-05 Thread James Hare
The emergency phone number is +1-202-631-7455 Regards, James Hare On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 July 2012 22:58, Nicholas Bashour nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to being attention to emergency contacts available on out Friendly

Re: [Wikimania-l] Emergency phone number?

2012-07-05 Thread Thomas Dalton
Thank you! On Jul 6, 2012 12:00 AM, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com wrote: The emergency phone number is +1-202-631-7455 Regards, James Hare On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 July 2012 22:58, Nicholas Bashour nicholasbash...@gmail.com

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania Bikeshare Contest

2012-07-05 Thread Nicholas Bashour
Hello Wikimania 2012 attendees, Capital Bikeshare, a bikesharing service in Washington, DC, has kindly provided us with 10 one-day passes. We have set up a little contest where Wikimania attendees can win between 1 and 4 one-day passes, which would provide the 1st place winner with free