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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 in > 2011, our team on that one were amazingly helpful and rescued me from my > tardiness. But other times I fear that it is the organisers who have > underestimated how early we need to do things in order for everyone to > participate. > > When it comes to dates when we announce events, send out letters of > invitation, have accommodation bookable and registration systems in place, > the date should be early enough to allow for Wikimedians anywhere to get a > visa (and not just if they apply on the day that registration opens and > nothing slips by as much as 24 hours). My suspicion is that some events have > been organised on the basis that >95% of potential attendees will be fine. > But when it comes to making our international events international we should > be aiming for 100%. That means performing a critical path analysis and > scheduling things so that anyone who possibly could come will have time to > get a visa, with contingency time for things going wrong, and for additional > processes as some attendees will need time to book leave or seek grants. > > > Regards > > WSC > > On 9 June 2012 22:49, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > '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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really hope someone can help him as soon as posible! Thanks a lot! > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:36 AM, KA360 <[email protected]> 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 > >> afraid there's a problem with hotmail. > >> If it is ready, would you please send it again to > >> [email protected], [email protected] , thank you very much. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimania-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Shujen Chang > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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