Hi Chris, That sounds like a really good option for 2018 or later, especially when you consider how open Thailand is for visitors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Thailand
Also it would be the first Wikimania in the far East for five years. If Bangkok traffic is as bad as its reputation, would it be possible to get a compact venue with food accommodation and conference all in walking distance? WSC On 17 October 2016 at 07:33, cs <[email protected]> wrote: > I am seriously interested in organising a Wikimania in Bangkok. > The Thai Wiki does not have a functional chapter, but there is a user > group chaired by a professor at Thailand’s major Medical College, and we > have collaborated on various projects. > With our combined knowledge we could get a team together fofr 2018 0r 2019 > probably 2019 would be best. . > I have experience in event management. Taweetham has lived and studiedfor > his PhD in Australia and has attended several Wikimanias. I have lived in > Thailand for nearly 20 years and was a professor at a government university > in Bangkok for several years. > > Bangkok has an ideal geo location, it’s a very modern city with excellent > transport and communications infrastructures. (two large interation > airports only 20 mins from the city centre; highly developed urban rapid > mass transport systems; first class Internet). > > Food, accommodation, and other facilities for visitors cost roughly one > sixth of those in Western (USA, Canada, Australia, Europe,) or Westernised > economies (HK, Singapore, etc). > > Chris > (Kudpung) > > On 17Oct, 2016, at 07:24, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is a follow-up to a posting to this list by the Wikimania Committee > in July soliciting proposals for people who might be interested in hosting > a future Wikimania (especially 2018 and 2019), as follows: > > " > We are now looking for proposals of teams and locations. This is not a > > bidding process; we are keen for this to be a light-weight, simple request > for suggestions. You don’t need to have a venue locked down, contracts > drafted or sponsors lined up. You can have a quick look at the “judging > criteria” which were used for 2016,[2] but the key part is commitment. In > deciding where to hold conferences, we have to take into account additional > factors about potential sites such as cost, > > accessibility, and security. > " > > I will be following up with various people who have expressed interest in > the coming week. If anyone else is interested in discussing the > possibilities (the team/prospective host need not be tied to a particular > venue), please get in touch with me directly by October 30, 2016. We > will be working with the WM > F > in the coming months in finalizing a venue/team for 2018, and we also want > to get an early start at identifying potentials for the following year. > > Thank you, > > > Ellie Young > > WMF Events Manager > > [email protected] > > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_judging_criteria > > _______________________________________________ > 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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