Hi, as for the unfortunate collision, I wonder if it would be an issue. The final is planned to begin in 20:30 of the local time in South Africa (UTC +2): in Poland it sure be the same hour (in summer UTC+2). It isn't likely to happen certain official event except farewell party, if planned. You can safely choose either to attend such a party (or if there is no party, to go downtown w/ other people) or to go somewhere you can watch the TV (at the hotel or at football bar - if Poles have such).
The question when and how many such parties we will have would be a topic for planning list I guess. On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Marcin Cieślak <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here is Everton (or Tom, or user:everton137) from Wikimedia Brasil. >> I'm going to Wikimania this year and I'd like to make some suggestions >> and questions, but before I want know which list is better, the >> general list or the planning list? Since both are very quiet, I'm in >> doubt. > > When in doubt, go for the open list for everyone. We really welcome > discussion regarding Wikimania, including the program. > > All submissions so far are available on a wiki: > > http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_submissions > > Feel free to comment on them, propose changes or even contact the authors - > - this will be certainly valuable feedback to organizers. > >> My suggestions will be about presentations topics I'd like to see >> (open educational resources and open government) > > I think those subjects are welcome on Wikimania, even if > open government might somewhat outside of the core focus > of the community. It all depends on the speakers and presenters > - if you have some ideas and would like to invite someone - > go ahead; there is still time to put a program proposal (until May 20th). > >> questions will be about video streaming (Wikimania 2009 had >> an astonishing and efficient >> process of video recording and streaming) > > I agree. We are working on having proper infrastructure in place > to make this happen. > >> who are you thinking about >> invinting to the event > > Do you mean invited talks (i.e. speakers and presentations we think > should be there and we encourage them to come to Wikimania) or invitations > for the attendees? > >> and if you are thinking about stopping 2 hours >> on 11th July, since it will be the final of FIFA World Cup, and if >> Brazil arrive there, I won't missed it! > > It wasn't clear when we set the date and we have this unfortunate > collision. I am sure that football fans will not regret coming > to Gdańsk for Wikimania! > > -- > Marcin Cieslak > Wikimania 2010 Gdansk ++ http://www.wikimania2010.pl/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
