Or having such party just after the game ends - from an late hour, as we did so in 2006. Spending two hours separately but still some other Wikipedians sharing a same inclination wouldn't hurt.
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > It must be possible to turn this bug into a feature. > With such an international gathering in Gdansk, and with the farewell party > that evening, having the fact of the world cup final at the exact same > moment should be seen as a good thing. I think it is important that whoever > is planning the farewell party make sure there is a giant screen... > -Liam > wittylama.com/blog > Peace, love & metadata > > > On 7 May 2010 11:43, Aphaia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
