Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-10 Thread WereSpielChequers
Visa problems seem to be a recurring theme at Wikimanias and indeed other international events that we run. Of course sometimes it will be members of the community underestimating how long things will take or leaving things to the last minute. I had visa problems going to the WikiConference India

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-10 Thread James Hare
It's not as though there was a date when we started writing invitation letters. I have been writing them as early as last year. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2012, at 3:52 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Visa problems seem to be a recurring theme at Wikimanias and

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-10 Thread Nathan
The Wikimania system virtually assures that each event will be organized by first-time amateurs; hopefully Wikimanians will continue to keep that in mind and be sympathetic, as always, to the work of volunteers -- particularly since the end product is, by and large, quite good. Nathan On Sun,

[Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-09 Thread KA360
Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I haven't receive the invitation letter yet. Also, I didn't received any reply even I sent request by email several times. I am afraid there's a problem with hotmail. If it is ready, would you please send it again to japan_d...@yahoo.co.jp, ka...@live.hk ,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-09 Thread Shujen Chang
Really hope someone can help him as soon as posible! Thanks a lot! On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:36 AM, KA360 ka...@live.hk wrote: Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I haven't receive the invitation letter yet. Also, I didn't received any reply even I sent request by email several times. I am

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-09 Thread HJ Mitchell
:55 Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant Really hope someone can help him as soon as posible! Thanks a lot! On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:36 AM, KA360 ka...@live.hk wrote: Dear Sir,  I am very sorry that I haven't receive the invitation letter yet. Also, I didn't received any reply even I

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
There is really no point sending loads of emails to the mailing list spread across several threads a few minutes apart. Please discuss this off-list with the people that have said they are sorting it. On 9 June 2012 17:55, Shujen Chang i...@blue.cat wrote: Really hope someone can help him as

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-09 Thread Lodewijk
Althuogh I share the sentiment, I would like to point out that there is some time pressure here, and I can very well imagine that someone gets nervous that the promised documents didn't arrive. Unfortunately I heard from multiple sides that the off-list communication with the organizing team is

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant - Letter received with incorrect name

2012-06-09 Thread ka360
subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant Althuogh I share the sentiment, I would like to point out that there is some time pressure here, and I can very well imagine that someone gets nervous that the promised documents didn't arrive. Unfortunately I heard from multiple sides