Congratulations.. hope many south Asians would be able to participate in wikimania 2020 as it is cheaper to travel than the other side of the world.
Looking forward Regards, J Balaji On Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 7:50 PM Mardetanha <mardetanha.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this wonderful news, and congratulation to The > Wikimedians in Thailand user group. > Mardetanha > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:42 PM Iolanda Pensa <iola...@pensa.it> wrote: > >> Wikimedians! >> >> The Wikimania Steering Committee is delighted to announce our >> recommendation for Wikimania 2020 to take place in Bangkok, Thailand, as a >> collaboration among chapters in the region. This is a new model we are >> exploring with a team of chapters and user groups from the East Southeast >> Asia and Pacific (ESEAP) region. We are looking forward to assist with >> organising one of the events we use as a platform to bring the sum of all >> notable and verifiable knowledge to the world and – most importantly – >> discuss, develop and dedicate ourselves to all things Wikimedia. >> >> The Wikimedians in Thailand user group has been around since 2008 and >> recently applied for chapter status. In addition to this, ESEAP recently >> held a regional conference where they successfully emerged as a working >> cooperative. We are grateful for the continued work these combined teams >> are putting in, making this a genuine coalition in the ESEAP region. >> >> We would like to thank the Wikimedians from Perth, Bali and Armenia, who >> offered to host Wikimania. Organising Wikimania is hard work, and for this >> we are grateful and appreciate anyone willing to do so. As always, we feel >> privileged being part of a movement where people competently step up to >> make this a successful convening. We believe that bringing together an >> ESEAP coalition to host the event will provide representation the region >> deserves. We believe they will do a great job. >> >> The Wikimania decision process has been changing for some time and we >> will be taking steps towards more transparent and sustainable processes. >> Bangkok was not one of the original proposals received, but the committee >> felt this location represented an excellent opportunity to make Wikimania a >> regional and collaborative effort. The city was deemed a good location due >> to a number of factors: visa-friendly, travel-wise accessible, reasonably >> priced lodgings, plenty of universities and GLAM institutions are some of >> the characteristics that make this city a strategic location to welcome a >> large cohort and continue to expand our movement. >> >> We are also happy that Joël Letang (event team manager at Wikimedia >> Foundation) and Isabel Cueva (events program manager at Wikimedia >> Foundation) will contribute to the organisation of the event. You can meet >> Joël and Isabel this August in Stockholm at Wikimania 2019. >> >> We would like to congratulate and thank the ESEAP coalition team for the >> time and effort dedicated in making Wikimania 2020 a success! >> >> Iolanda Pensa / iopensa on behalf of the Wikimania Committee and the >> event team at Wikimedia Foundation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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