Enjoy,
P
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From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of CS
Sent: 12 June 2019 14:31
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand
I am enthralled that finally a Wikimania will take place right on my doorstep.
Kudpung
On 11 Jun 2019, at 20:42, Iolanda Pensa
<iolanda(a)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
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