Re: [Wikimania-l] Survey form technical issues

2014-08-11 Thread Lodewijk
When should i get this? Didnt get it yet. On Aug 11, 2014 12:27 PM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: The survey that has been sent to attendees has a technical issue. On the question Which hackathon days did you attend? (Select all that apply), it doesn't use checkboxes but radio buttons

Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: Re: Survey form technical issues

2014-08-11 Thread Lodewijk
Apperently there was confusion as i was registered by someone else so i could be paid for. Maybe an idea for next time to ask both addresses. Its forwarded now. On Aug 11, 2014 2:58 PM, Luca Martinelli martinellil...@gmail.com wrote: Il 11/ago/2014 15:54 Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimania-l] Category for monkey selfie of Wikimedians!

2014-08-11 Thread Lodewijk
Correct me if i'm wrong, but to the best of my knowledge this was mostly spontaneous during the hackathon? If it was social media team then it wad a job well done, but that ix not how i perceived it. Lodewijk On Aug 11, 2014 12:07 AM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: I’ll agree

Re: [Wikimania-l] Category for monkey selfie of Wikimedians!

2014-08-11 Thread Lodewijk
with it - the photo was printed in colour dozens of times purely for this! Joe Joseph Fox enwp.org/user:foxj On 11 August 2014 23:05, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Correct me if i'm wrong, but to the best of my knowledge this was mostly spontaneous during the hackathon

Re: [Wikimania-l] WLM Meetup/Discussion

2014-08-08 Thread Lodewijk
I think one is planned now on sat evening On Aug 8, 2014 6:43 AM, Deror Avi deror_...@yahoo.com wrote: can we do a WLM Meetup / Discussion to prepare for this year and decide on international contest on Sunday? Deror ___ Wikimania-l mailing

Re: [Wikimania-l] Les Misérables tonight?

2014-08-06 Thread Lodewijk
Just very practically: how long is it, and what does it cost? Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-06 15:55 GMT+02:00 Jon Harald Søby jhs...@gmail.com: Hi, everyone! I'm planning on seeing Les Misérables tonight, and thought I'd check if anyone else wanted to join. It begins at 1930 at the Queen's

Re: [Wikimania-l] In your delegate bags, the Wikimedia UK branded disk

2014-08-06 Thread Lodewijk
Is this the famous rock that goes together with the drum? 2014-08-06 22:14 GMT+01:00 Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com: Please note that the rock supplied is neither a murder mystery or an allegory for the inadequacy of Roman Catholic doctrine of sin and redemption. For that please

Re: [Wikimania-l] Tuesday evening

2014-08-05 Thread Lodewijk
As most people are staying at thistle city hotel, i'll go there with the others that bumped in and see from there. I expect but dont promise to leave around seven, but i bet multiple groups will go. Lodewijk On Aug 5, 2014 4:20 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Who's around

Re: [Wikimania-l] Shakespeare WikiGroundlings at The Globe

2014-08-04 Thread Lodewijk
Tuesday 2pm sounds good to me, ideally we meet up at Thistle City. Will hop on the boat later tonight, so would be nice to be certain of time etc. by the end of the day :) Lodewijk 2014-08-04 15:20 GMT+02:00 Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com: I wonder if anyone would like to join a meetup

Re: [Wikimania-l] Update: Tours of the Barbican on Wednesday and Thursday

2014-08-04 Thread Lodewijk
I would be interested, but can't say yet which time would work best, as other meetings are still being planned - sorry :) I assume the same might go for others. Lodewijk 2014-08-04 17:40 GMT+02:00 HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com: I don't see why not, but if nobody signs up in advance, we

Re: [Wikimania-l] Update: Tours of the Barbican on Wednesday and Thursday

2014-08-04 Thread Lodewijk
Also fair enough :) Maybe if you leave after a few minutes again, just leave a note 'next tour at XX if sufficient turnup' ? Best, Lodewijk 2014-08-04 17:49 GMT+02:00 HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com: Fair enough. I'll be there at the times I said on Wednesday even if nobody signs up, but I

Re: [Wikimania-l] Thanks to the stuffers

2014-08-03 Thread Lodewijk
because the prizes are so phenomenal! 2014-08-03 22:47 GMT+02:00 Benoît Evellin benoit.evel...@wikimedia.fr: Hello! Why off lists? This question is THE question about Wikimania 2014! :-D Benoît 2014-08-03 22:39 GMT+02:00 Cornelius Kibelka jckibe...@gmail.com: Off-list, Chris,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Update: Tours of the Barbican on Wednesday and Thursday

2014-08-02 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for setting it up! Is last minute joining also OK? On Aug 1, 2014 9:04 PM, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: Just by way of an update: We'll be doing tours at 11, 2, and 5 on Wednesday (with me) and Thursday (with Chris McKenna). We might be able to arrange tours at other times

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK Sim Cards for Wikimania

2014-07-31 Thread Lodewijk
Would GiffGaff also be the best option for a simple dumbphone sim? Best, Lodewijk 2014-07-31 19:22 GMT+02:00 Nasir Khan nasir8...@gmail.com: I went to visit London about six month ago. On that time i purchased a Three sim card from the airport. It was a micro sim and had nano and standard

Re: [Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

2014-07-07 Thread Lodewijk
cmon people, no need to make fun of a suggestion like this. Clearly Rexford feels that a Google+ presence is important, and he is willing to invest time into it. If he does, that's great and I hope the organizing team gives him the opportunity. Best, Lodewijk 2014-07-07 15:16 GMT+02:00 Joseph

[Wikimania-l] Discussions at Wikimania

2014-07-06 Thread Lodewijk
. Thanks for your help! Best, Lodewijk / effeietsanders ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Payment Processing/Early Bird extension.

2014-06-11 Thread Lodewijk
Thank you for this constructive approach towards feedback! Best, Lodewijk 2014-06-11 17:32 GMT+02:00 Martijn Hoekstra martijnhoeks...@gmail.com: On Jun 11, 2014 5:26 PM, Stuart Prior stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello all, We are going to extend Early Bird registration (c30

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Lodewijk
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

Re: [Wikimania-l] Acceptance of proposal for Wikimania

2014-06-03 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Chris, so that means that if you did not receive an email yet, you're either not selected, or second choice/unlikely to be selected? Thanks for the info, Lodewijk 2014-06-03 10:58 GMT+02:00 Chris McKenna chris.mcke...@wikimedia.org.uk: I believe that most of the first choice acceptance

Re: [Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

2014-04-15 Thread Lodewijk
that the average Wikimania speaker gives enough of a good impression to the average website visitor. Lodewijk 2014-04-15 14:10 GMT+02:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org: Well, almost everything we do leads to *someone* being very vocally upset :) I haven't drafted what it would say yet, but I guess

Re: [Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

2014-04-15 Thread Lodewijk
If the talk is being exposed actively to a much larger audience, then that would definitely become a consideration yes. Being online for those looking for it, feels very different than being pushed on top of one of the top websites to me. But maybe that is a personal thing. Lodewijk 2014-04-15

[Wikimania-l] program submissions

2014-04-07 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, on the wiki, there seem to be several (all?) submissions without submission number. Is there a way to check if a submission is being considered and/or what the status is? Right now I'm uncertain if mine was included in the process at all for example. Best, Lodewijk

Re: [Wikimania-l] program submissions

2014-04-07 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks! 2014-04-07 21:08 GMT+02:00 James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com: On 7 April 2014 08:37, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, on the wiki, there seem to be several (all?) submissions without submission number. Is there a way to check if a submission is being considered

Re: [Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

2014-04-04 Thread Lodewijk
attendees you expect. Edward, how many people do you currently expect from which countries? (rough estimate)? Lodewijk Lodewijk 2014-04-04 18:43 GMT+02:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org: As currently stands, our budget can't cover this. If someone can figure out a way of doing

Re: [Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

2014-04-03 Thread Lodewijk
I think it is a mostly personal decision, that depends more on the person than on the audience. In general, my experience is that Germans underestimate their English abilities. But not sure if that is helpful. Lodewijk 2014-03-30 12:51 GMT+02:00 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: Hi

Re: [Wikimania-l] Discussion Room - would like more input

2014-04-03 Thread Lodewijk
/ for this - I don't have good experiences with the open space kind of idea that was experimented with in Taipei. I hope we can make this work together! Best, Lodewijk 2014-03-26 9:06 GMT+01:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org: I am told that, historically, there's a massive rush

Re: [Wikimania-l] Discussion Room - would like more input

2014-04-03 Thread Lodewijk
. Best, Lodewijk 2014-04-03 22:32 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lih and...@andrewlih.com: Hi Lodewijk, I like the idea of discussions that are more structured and well-known before the conference. Re: Taiwan, which open space idea were you describing that didn't work? Was that the lightning talks or something

Re: [Wikimania-l] Translation service for panel discussion

2014-03-28 Thread Lodewijk
. Lodewijk 2014-03-25 19:42 GMT+01:00 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: Hi, Would there be any possibility ro have simultaneous translation at the glam podium discussion? The person whom we asked from the swiss national library refused to take part as his English would not be up

[Wikimania-l] Discussion Room - would like more input

2014-03-26 Thread Lodewijk
on the discussion format * Whether this should be one full day, or two half days * Who would be a good second discussion facilitator :) Looking forward to your thoughts, Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Wikimania-l] Discussion Room - would like more input

2014-03-26 Thread Lodewijk
. If there are no proposals for discussions, lets find discussions and bring them to the table. Lets reserve a full day worth of discussions and just make sure we find the discussions worth it :) Thanks for thinking along! Lodewijk 2014-03-26 8:44 GMT+01:00 Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] Setting ticket prices

2014-03-23 Thread Lodewijk
system such to accommodate that. So, maybe we should first answer that question - what would our ideal attendance look like? Best, Lodewijk 2014-03-23 13:48 GMT+01:00 maarten deneckere maartendeneckere+wikima...@gmail.com: Two general thoughts that I think are important. Firstly, most attendees

Re: [Wikimania-l] Child care

2014-02-28 Thread Lodewijk
hi richard, how would you define minimum demand in this context? That way the parents can round up :) Lodewijk 2014-02-28 18:21 GMT+01:00 Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk : I think if there was a minimum level of demand, then it's something that could be considered. However

Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Lodewijk
Hmm, does this discussion mean it was not an ironic comment, as I read it initially? 2014/1/19 Risker risker...@gmail.com Erm...I disagree, and cannot imagine that such a blocking reason would be valid on very many projects. The only private information involved is the user's own private

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 scholarships vision

2014-01-12 Thread Lodewijk
. Lodewijk 2014/1/12 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com Hello, today I and Martin have polished the scholarship vision/program for our Wikimania 2015 bid: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Esino_Lario/Scholarships. Considering a background and aiming for a long-term impact

Re: [Wikimania-l] Chapters Village – hot or not?

2013-09-16 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Nicole, please also consider the feedback provided on this very list just after the conference. Best, Lodewijk 2013/9/16 Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de Hey hey Wikimaniacs, now that everyone is back to normal (or back from vacation ;)), we would like to ask you for some

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

2013-08-29 Thread Lodewijk
. They do their best - keep your suggestions constructive please. Thanks, Lodewijk 2013/8/29 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com 2TB? So you're gonna dump all that on WM Commons? For who to watch? In fact, all those videos can be stripped down to less than 100 Gig (even down to 50Gig

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Budget (related to chapters and WMF)

2013-08-26 Thread Lodewijk
and harder to measure or even estimate. Lodewijk 2013/8/26 WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com Be careful how you measure things, sometimes there will actually be savings here, often there will be costs that would have been incurred regardless of Wikimania. For example two chapter

Re: [Wikimania-l] Recordings

2013-08-25 Thread Lodewijk
Yes, I have seen plenty of cameras. Lodewijk 2013/8/25 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com Federico Leva (Nemo), 09/08/2013 18:03: Time for the customary recordings thread. :) There isn't any information about recordings on the wiki, apart from a link in main page to the streaming

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Budget (related to chapters and WMF)

2013-08-25 Thread Lodewijk
' it is definitely cost to the movement. Lodewijk 2013/8/25 Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il Hi, I know it may be too early to ask that, but I promise to send another notification related this issue in the coming months :) We started last year to make the Wikimania costs more transparent. Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014: On journalism

2013-08-21 Thread Lodewijk
It might also be interesting to see a similar podcast in Spanish too! As the technical setup will be there anyway, it would mostly mean an extra hour or so and a few native spanish speakers? 2013/8/20 Ivan Martínez gala...@gmail.com I can support the coverage in spanish and english-to-spanish

Re: [Wikimania-l] A thought: Different tracks

2013-08-17 Thread Lodewijk
separated. Again, this difference is most prominent with round table discussions and perhaps lightning talks. Lodewijk 2013/8/17 WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com I like Lodewijk's suggestion for a single organising table, but I disagree with organising the tracks by format. For me

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

2013-08-16 Thread Lodewijk
Please read this in context: compared to normal US visa procedures. 2013/8/16 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com ..-Wikimania had the support of the state department so the bureaucracy was handled quite smoothly Really? You think so? I don't think so. On Aug 16, 2013 8:59 AM, Deryck

[Wikimania-l] A thought: Different tracks

2013-08-15 Thread Lodewijk
could be somewhat run like you suggested (with someone preparing the discussion etc) and should indeed of course be documented! I just don't think the whole schedule should be like that. Lodewijk 2013/8/15 Risker risker...@gmail.com On 15 August 2013 00:03, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote

[Wikimania-l] a thought: break events

2013-08-14 Thread Lodewijk
will be evaluated separately too). Looking forward to your thoughts, Best, Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] a thought: break events

2013-08-14 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Maarten, Manuel, all great suggestions/feedback, but I was wondering: what are your thoughts about the break events specifically? Did you visit any? Did they make your day more smooth or exhausted? Lodewijk 2013/8/14 maarten deneckere maartendeneckere+wikima...@gmail.com Hey, remember

Re: [Wikimania-l] a thought: break events

2013-08-14 Thread Lodewijk
OK, so if I understand correctly you feel it should not happen in breaks, but rather as part of the regular schedule? Do you think that they should be replaced in the breaks by other events, or should the breaks remain event free in general? Lodewijk 2013/8/14 Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei

Re: [Wikimania-l] How to unsubscribe from the mailing list?

2013-08-12 Thread Lodewijk
evident as we thought - and we need to fix that process. Lodewijk 2013/8/12 Leinonen Teemu teemu.leino...@aalto.fi Hi all, I am already back at home - thank you all for the great Wikimania. I was trying to unsubscribe from the list with all the standard ways, but do not get any confirmation

Re: [Wikimania-l] Board members available today, 16:30, pq304

2013-08-10 Thread Lodewijk
too much into a board QA. Lodewijk 2013/8/10 phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com To be clear we will discuss anything, not just transparency :) if you are just curious what the board does, feel free to ask us as well in the session. And yes, the government transparency report should also

Re: [Wikimania-l] Extra microphones

2013-08-09 Thread Lodewijk
Probably best to bring the suggestion directly to the main organizing team - it might very well be that they don't read this mailing list as actively. Best, Lodewijk 2013/8/9 Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org Hi. I notice the conference rooms don't have extra microphones, for questions

Re: [Wikimania-l] Live video streams?

2013-08-08 Thread Lodewijk
I was told yesterday by the organizers that there /will/ be live streams (deo volente). I do not know details unfortunately. Best, Lodewijk 2013/8/9 Steven Zhang cro0...@gmail.com I haven't heard anything about live streams for this year, I might be wrong though. Last year it was a few

Re: [Wikimania-l] Pdf Schedule

2013-08-08 Thread Lodewijk
You could export the wiki page I guess? Lodewijk 2013/8/9 Mateus Nobre mateusfno...@gmail.com Is there any schedule in .pdf format? Thanks in advance -- _ *M*ateus*N*obre Free knowledge, free software, free culture, open data. *Freedom

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wifi is really not stable

2013-08-07 Thread Lodewijk
to that try to use it as much as possible, to relieve the wikimania network a bit. Lodewijk 2013/8/8 Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com It's been pretty good thus far for me in M108. Can get quite slow, though, perhaps understandably. Joe *Joseph Fox* enwp.org/user:foxj On 8 August

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania DevCamp

2013-07-30 Thread Lodewijk
? Thanks, Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-29 Thread Lodewijk
to arrange that somehow? We could then flag those discussion topics during the QA even. Best, Lodewijk 2013/7/29 phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com Hi all, Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a panel where they take questions from the audience

Re: [Wikimania-l] All discord set aside

2013-07-19 Thread Lodewijk
Aside from it being a bit long, I have never seen any problem with it. Thanks for the background info, it is always helpful. Lodewijk 2013/7/19 Teemeah . teemeah.wikipo...@gmail.com I personally like the tagline and look forward to Wikimania. Timea 2013/7/19 Andrew Lih

Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Flights for Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong

2013-06-17 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for the update! Do you have an indication how much the difference would be? (so that people can check if it is worth while) Lodewijk 2013/6/17 Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan y...@wikimedia.hk I finally got the notifications from Cathay Pacific the offer for us is finally available

Re: [Wikimania-l] Proposed prohibition of local uploads and deletion of non-free-licence working documents of Wikimedia events

2013-05-29 Thread Lodewijk
it for your own purposes (i.e. with the numbers of a different chapter) etc - as long as you're clear and honest about what you're presenting. Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania, or other events done by a third party?

2013-05-17 Thread Lodewijk
Hungary seems ideally situated to host a Conference for Eastern Europe in 2015? If you organize it properly, it could be pretty big. 2013/5/17 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com (regional events are usually not called 'wikimania' but something else, however - like Wiki Conference India :) On

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Loves Monuments Takes Gabz City

2012-10-31 Thread Lodewijk
a look at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WLM2013 . Thanks, Lodewijk 2012/10/31 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com Hi Oarabile Since the official WLM is ended, i think uploading photos to Commons under the name of the WLM won't be possible. however, you can still upload the photos

[Wikimania-l] videos 2012

2012-10-21 Thread Lodewijk
Hey, it seems not all videos have been uploaded yet to youtube, and the last one was added a month ago. Do you know if the videos that are still missing will still be coming, or is there some problem with those? Thanks! Lodewijk ___ Wikimania-l

Re: [Wikimania-l] videos 2012

2012-10-21 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for the update, I'll just wait then :) Please let us know when everything is online. Best, Lodewijk 2012/10/21 James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com They are still being edited. I will correspond with our production company. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2012, at 2:04 PM, Lodewijk

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014 and further: what should it look like?

2012-08-26 Thread Lodewijk
the general discussion about what we would like to see for 2014 and further. Based on that, we can indeed try to draw conclusions. Lodewijk 2012/8/26 WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com I agree that it would be wrong for chapter money to go into Wikimania bids, especially as some bid teams

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK budget plan for 2014 Wikimania bid

2012-08-25 Thread Lodewijk
have a different opinion about it, and would rather make the conference more professional, less risky, more fancy etc. I prefer it to be a lower key community event. Lodewijk 2012/8/25 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com On 25 August 2012 20:28, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote: Sorry

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK budget plan for 2014 Wikimania bid

2012-08-25 Thread Lodewijk
in their bid. That doesn't discharge us from thinking about the future. Lodewijk 2012/8/25 Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com I don't think this is a suitable topic for such a public mailing list at this time, regardless. Hong Kong comes before a bid that hasn't actually been finalised. Joe On 25

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 videos are being uploaded

2012-08-21 Thread Lodewijk
It looks like only the logos have been targeted - probably in fear of copyright violations? Anyway, the logo here is also freely licensed, so please feel free to keep them 'correct' :) Best, Lodewijk 2012/8/21 Maarten Dammers maar...@mdammers.nl Thanks for posting these! What did you use

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012 videos are being uploaded

2012-08-21 Thread Lodewijk
Oh, and by the way - could someone replace Tomasz Kozlowski in that description with Lodewijk Gelauff? Tomasz was supposed to do that session, but he didn't make it to Wikimania so I replaced him. Lodewijk 2012/8/21 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org It looks like only the logos have been

Re: [Wikimania-l] Feedback

2012-07-19 Thread Lodewijk
Something I would personally appreciate as an improvement, is a block of 2 hour around lunch with NO INTERNET! That ought to improve the mingling :) Also speeddating seems to be an effective method (there are many ways to accomplish that). Lodewijk 2012/7/19 Katherine Casey fluffernutter.w

Re: [Wikimania-l] Why?

2012-07-15 Thread Lodewijk
Probably you decided to go there at some point. If someone kidnapped you and took you there, I suggest to contact the conference hotline. But even though you may not remember, the first sounds way more likely. 2012/7/15 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com I have just got back to my hotel from

Re: [Wikimania-l] Not using your hotel shampoo?

2012-07-13 Thread Lodewijk
am I glad to be in the hostel - which simply has shared showers and shared shampoo dispensers :P 2012/7/13 Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com Cue moral discussion on whether putting the shampoo on your head, in in a charity bin, has moral or functional difference to the hotel :) Tom

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

2012-07-10 Thread Lodewijk
yes, here: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tours#United_States_Capitol 2012/7/10 Doraemon ka...@live.hk Is it necessary to register before if wish to join this tour? (2012/07/10 22:49), Evngeline Han wrote: At which floor is the lobby of Marvin Center? -Evangeline On Wed, Jul

Re: [Wikimania-l] Updated Sat July 7 NYC itinerary

2012-07-08 Thread Lodewijk
So, just fyi: it was a great and very funny show :) It's 30 short sketshes of all types and worth the effort going there! (I'm really curious if they make up the promise to buy everyone pizza if it sells out ;-)) Best, Lodewijk 2012/7/7 Jeremy Baron jer...@tuxmachine.com On Jul 7, 2012 5:43 PM

Re: [Wikimania-l] Are you staying at HI in NYC and taking the wikibus?

2012-07-08 Thread Lodewijk
would be quite early, considering the bus won't leave before 09:30? Anyway, being early didn't hurt anyone I guess... 2012/7/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com Sorry to keep sending NYC specific emails to the general wikimania list. We all go to DC tomorrow, so there won't be many more!

Re: [Wikimania-l] Are you staying at HI in NYC and taking the wikibus?

2012-07-08 Thread Lodewijk
The official (well, official?) email I got from Richard clearly states 09:30. I've heard different rumours now about other times, which is rather confusing. Lodewijk 2012/7/8 Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com We're expected there for 9am, and it can't hurt to grab brekkie first, I suppose

Re: [Wikimania-l] Updated Sat July 7 NYC itinerary

2012-07-07 Thread Lodewijk
about hitting an off-off broadway production. Any tips? Lodewijk 2012/7/7 Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.com Here is the updated NYC itinerary for Saturday July 7, with a particular emphasis on the Wiki World's Fair on Governors Island: ***11am ferry ride*** at Battery Maritime Terminal

Re: [Wikimania-l] bus NYC-washington

2012-07-04 Thread Lodewijk
i am assuming that if you subscribed for the wikibus, and you didn't get any word - you're just in, right? No need to wait for a positive confirmation? Lodewijk 2012/7/4 Jeremy Baron jer...@tuxmachine.com On Jul 4, 2012 11:19 AM, Kim Bruning k...@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote: Is anyone else

Re: [Wikimania-l] WikiExpedition

2012-06-29 Thread Lodewijk
Do I understand correctly we have to choose between the expedition and sessions on the conference? Or is is in the evening mostly? 2012/6/29 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com Fun! Is there a team size limit? I just signed the wmf board up as team Board Gamers... 2012/6/29 Sebastian Wallroth

Re: [Wikimania-l] Recommendations for communication?

2012-06-17 Thread Lodewijk
Maybe I;m the only one that needs this - but if you just want a simple SIM card for a simple gsm for calling and sms only - prepaid only? What would be the best option? I'm planning to stick in the area between DC, New York and New England with maybe short trips outside. Lodewijk 2012/6/17

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa assistant

2012-06-09 Thread Lodewijk
is 'sub-optimal', so perhaps there is a larger issue playing here. Not to blame anyone, but to keep in mind when responding to inquiries like this. Lodewijk 2012/6/9 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com There is really no point sending loads of emails to the mailing list spread across several

Re: [Wikimania-l] Capital BikeShare

2012-05-28 Thread Lodewijk
rides of up to an hour. Other Bike rentals seem to cost about 25-35 dollar per day. http://www.bikewashington.org/rentals/index.php Lodewijk 2012/5/28 Shujen Chang i...@blue.cat Where can I borrow a bike and how much is it? Thanks! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Anonyme cautio...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania's 78-year-old sponsor

2012-05-07 Thread Lodewijk
My gut feeling is that percentage is higher in chapters than in the WMF - based on who I know. But I doubt anyone can get you any quick solid numbers on it though. Lodewijk 2012/5/7 Nicholas Michael Bashour nicholasbash...@gmail.com Thanks for this information, Roan and Joady :) Sincerely

Re: [Wikimania-l] Scholarship and early registration

2012-04-23 Thread Lodewijk
:) Because yeah, this amount per night is what I would ideally spend on a whole Wikimania for staying etc. Best, Lodewijk El 23 de abril de 2012 03:51, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com escribió: I and every American will concede the U.S. tax code does not make sense. (Technically this is the D.C

Re: [Wikimania-l] Scholarship and early registration

2012-04-23 Thread Lodewijk
is on this mailing list (by far). Lodewijk El 22 de abril de 2012 16:39, James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com escribió: It does seem like we're being mute about things, and I do regret that. But as a personal rule I don't like announcing things before they're done. You have a right to complete information

Re: [Wikimania-l] Badges

2012-04-23 Thread Lodewijk
Are you sure an apostrophe is required and that it is not Parkinsons Law of Triviality? El 23 de abril de 2012 16:09, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk escribió: Ladies and gentlemen, I fear we may be in danger of falling afoul of Parkinson's Law of Triviality here

[Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists for Wikimania 2013

2012-04-22 Thread Lodewijk
to the promises more thoroughly. We may be needing a few days extra compared to the original timeline, but hopefully not too much. With kind regards, for the Wikimania 2013 jury, Lodewijk Gelauff ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] Airfare Discount to Wikimania 2012

2012-04-12 Thread Lodewijk
That is where the message was sent first :) El 12 de abril de 2012 18:04, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comescribió: Should this be forwarded to Wikimedia-l? Steven On Apr 12, 2012 7:02 AM, Nicholas Michael Bashour nicholasbash...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Wikimedia District of

Re: [Wikimania-l] IRC public meeting

2012-03-23 Thread Lodewijk
if that is an extremely uncomfortable time for any of the bidding teams. A confirmation of the exact time will likely follow by James somewhere the coming days. Best, Lodewijk (jury member) No dia 23 de Março de 2012 17:22, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.comescreveu: Dear jury, moderators and all

Re: [Wikimania-l] IRC public meeting

2012-03-23 Thread Lodewijk
For all clarity: Only that meeting will be moved with one week, the rest of the schedule will remain intact. Lodewijk No dia 23 de Março de 2012 17:28, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgescreveu: Hi Deryck, apologies for the lack of communication. We agreed within the jury that this date

Re: [Wikimania-l] IRC public meeting

2012-03-23 Thread Lodewijk
Unless James tells you otherwise, please assume that all other deadlines and dates remain intact. Best regards, Lodewijk No dia 23 de Março de 2012 17:33, Benny bknl...@yahoo.com escreveu: I've updated the meta page. Will the last day of finalising the bidding page moved to 6 April

Re: [Wikimania-l] Looking for admins attending

2012-03-07 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, DQ, are you limiting yourself to the English Wikipedia or all projects? I think such a panel would mainly be interesting if you have a wide diversity. Lodewijk No dia 7 de Março de 2012 09:20, Sonia Newton-Shostakovich though.poppies.b...@gmail.com escreveu: For clarification, this is re

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations

2011-12-26 Thread Lodewijk
reason, I'm all for taking a little extra time.) Lodewijk No dia 15 de Dezembro de 2011 12:15, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgescreveu: Nah, lets not wind ourselves up unnecessarily. There is still plenty of time - as long as the winners are known around june/july. A full year should

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations

2011-12-15 Thread Lodewijk
Nah, lets not wind ourselves up unnecessarily. There is still plenty of time - as long as the winners are known around june/july. A full year should be enough to organize a Wikimania. Lodewijk No dia 15 de Dezembro de 2011 11:42, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch escreveu: Dear

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations - A full year should be enough?

2011-12-15 Thread Lodewijk
only takes off a few months after the previous Wikimania - hence my remark. Of course when people think they need much more time I guess we can move the process forward, but that is not what I have read and seen so far. Lodewijk No dia 15 de Dezembro de 2011 14:01, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 - Request for Bids and Jury nominations - A full year should be enough?

2011-12-15 Thread Lodewijk
application time I have heard is ~6-9 months, which is still easily within a 12 month process if you plan well :) But this is only for some people anyway. Lodewijk No dia 15 de Dezembro de 2011 14:27, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com escreveu: Hi Lodewijk, Perhaps what we need

Re: [Wikimania-l] Partial scholarship system

2011-08-17 Thread Lodewijk
The current setup does not seem to target non-attendees if I read the questions - none the less one of the querstions does give it as an option... *confused* 2011/8/17 aude aude.w...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:27 PM, maarten deneckere maartendeneckere+wikima...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Videos!

2011-08-16 Thread Lodewijk
See the relevant thread on foundation-l for more information. Lodewijk 2011/8/16 Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch On 15.08.2011 23:46, Kim Bruning wrote: I'm curious if the videos are online yet? I can't find them on the WikimediaIL channel so far. here it is: http

Re: [Wikimania-l] CD

2011-08-16 Thread Lodewijk
Interesting - with us they couldnt care less. Not even a hello was availablle - as long as we kept moving and stood nicely in queue. Lodewijk 2011/8/16 James Hare messedroc...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Mathias Schindler, 15/08

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mail from fina...@wikimania.org.il

2011-08-15 Thread Lodewijk
Thanks for the note on the list. I actually assumed it was a scam/fake and emailed the OTRS team about it (no reply yet) - I'm always a bit suspicious about this kind of unexpected emails without any explanation in a relevant language :) Lodewijk 2011/8/15 Harel Cain harel.c...@gmail.com I

Re: [Wikimania-l] Stroopwafels

2011-08-10 Thread Lodewijk
I was going to make one, but had to give priority to my Wikimedia Chapters presentation - the preperation of which got a little bump in the road the weeks before and was more exhausting than expected :) No updated poster hence. Lodewijk 2011/8/10 Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com Well, there were

Re: [Wikimania-l] Stroopwafels

2011-08-10 Thread Lodewijk
Actually, they sold kosher stroopwafels (I am not familiar with kosher rules, but I cant find any way how stroopwafels would be unkosher based on their ingredients at least) at the Talia dorms! Also a supermarket in Haifa sold them. Best, Lodewijk 2011/8/11 KIZU Naoko aph...@gmail.com On my

Re: [Wikimania-l] Thanks for all the fish... and lessons learned

2011-08-09 Thread Lodewijk
might be helpful. I never realized how many there were until they finally were all on stage. Lodewijk 2011/8/9 Roan Kattouw roan.katt...@gmail.com 2011/8/9 Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com: * Badges: badges should be recognizable at a glance. Especially for press. But also for organizers

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