Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] [Covid-19] Postponing Wikimania Bangkok until 2021

2020-03-18 Thread Samat
Dear Katherine, dear ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team,

Thank you for your announcement.

This decision was expected and it is understandable.
The most important is for everybody now, to stay healthy.

See you next time and take care.

Kind regards,
Samat


On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 03:33, Roman Bustria Jr.  wrote:

> Thank you Katherine for this update.
>
> We at ESEAP confirm that Wikimania will not happen this year. We
> appreciate your support and understanding on this recent development.
>
> We will continue to collaborate with the Wikimania Steering Committee and
> the Wikimedia Foundation with the remaining tasks to be done and plan
> accordingly for next year.
>
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
> Head of Communications
> ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020, 4:57 AM Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear everyone,
>>
>> As a part of the Wikimedia movement’s ongoing response to the COVID-19
>> pandemic, we are postponing Wikimania Bangkok 2020. This decision was made
>> with the full support of the ESEAP host team and Wikimania Committee.
>> Together, we will hold Wikimania in Bangkok in 2021.
>>
>> We are filled with sadness to not see you all in Bangkok in August.
>> However, we are confident that this is the best possible decision for the
>> well-being of our global community and public health overall. This decision
>> was proposed by the ESEAP organizers in line with their countries’ response
>> to the COVID-19 pandemic and is in line with recommendations from the World
>> Health Organization (WHO).
>>
>> You are certain to have many questions. We hope to answer some of your
>> questions below. We will continue to answer questions on the Wikimania
>> Meta-Wiki page and on the Wikimania Telegram group chat (more information
>> below).
>>
>>
>> *== What does “postponing” Wikimania mean? ==*
>> We will not host an in-person Wikimania in 2020. We are rescheduling
>> Wikimania Bangkok until 2021. The ESEAP organizing team[2] will continue
>> their work as a regional collaborative between affiliates in the East,
>> South East, and Pacific regions to host us in Thailand next year.
>>
>> The hotel and venue[3] in Bangkok will remain the same. We have not yet
>> finalized dates for 2021. We will work with the ESEAP team and Wikimania
>> Steering Committee to confirm new dates. We will let you know these dates
>> by the end of 2020.
>>
>> The good news is that Wikimania 2021 will coincide with Wikipedia’s 20th
>> birthday year. We expect this to be a truly memorable Wikimania -- an
>> opportunity to celebrate reconnection after a year apart, along with the
>> remarkable accomplishment of two decades of free knowledge.
>>
>> *== Will there be an alternative to the in-person event? ==*
>>
>> There are no plans by the 2020 Wikimania hosts to organize a virtual,
>> online event. Hosting Wikimania is a lot of work. The ESEAP team is
>> committed to hosting the best possible in-person event in Bangkok in 2021.
>> Therefore, they will not have the capacity to organize a virtual Wikimania
>> this year.
>>
>> However, the Wikimania committee, the ESEAP host team, and the Wikimedia
>> Foundation all recognize that other members of the community may be
>> interested in organizing a remote, global Wikimedia event for 2020.
>> Although the Wikimedia Foundation does not have the capacity at this time
>> to lead the organizing of a virtual online conference, we recognize others
>> may have the desire to do so.
>>
>> We welcome discussion about online events. Interested parties are welcome
>> to contact the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimania Foundation staff
>> for advice on the Wikimania Meta-Wiki page[1].
>>
>> We are also considering proposals for improving the capacity of
>> communities to organize local virtual convenings, and for how we can
>> support communities in organizing impromptu local and regional Wikimedia
>> events once the pandemic passes. As the situation has been changing rapidly
>> we are still working on specifics and will share more information in the
>> coming weeks.
>>
>> *== What does this mean for scholarship applications? ==*
>>
>> We are working on a plan for how to process Wikimania 2020 scholarship
>> applications.[4] We will share more information in the coming weeks.
>>
>> *== How was this decision made? ==*
>>
>> This recommendation was made by the ESEAP organizers based on what we
>> know about the current COVID-19 global health pandemic and current WHO
>> guidelines. Th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [libraries] Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election

2018-02-21 Thread Samat
Congratulations, and good luck! :)

Best,
Samat / Tamás


On 16 February 2018 at 20:24, UY Scuti <uyscuti.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are interested and are eagerly awaiting the results of this
> election, the wait is over, the results are out! Head to
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Library_User_
> Group/Steering_committee_election_2018 to find out the winners. And don't
> forget to wish them good luck!
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
>
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