This is a reminder that Early Bird Registration is no open for Wikimania 2015*
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
Check out the conference program at:
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme
Discount Hotel Rates Available are until June 19th at the Fiesta Inn and One Hotel, which are adjacent to the Hilton Hotel where the conference is being held. Delegates can book directly at these two hotels and receive special rates. Information about these hotels is at:
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation
If you have any questions with regard to the conference, please contact :
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact
Ellie Young
WMF Conference Coordinator
*Note: If you are a WMF-sponsored attendee (e.g., WMF staff, Board, Scholarship recipient) please do not register until you are contacted by WMF staff with instructions.
This is a typical requirement, the applicant should prove she/he is able to pay for any incidents while in the country. Schengen countries typically want to see the person has 10.000 EUR in available.
That's why WMCH issued a guarantee of 10.000 CHF and put that into the invitation letter.
I would recommend to print the statements, blacken any individual namea and fax it to the consulate.
/Manuel
Am 20.05.2015 22:14 schrieb Tomasz Ganicz <polimerek(a)gmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a problem with one of our scholar, who needs a Mexican visa. We have sent him a letter of support, but Mexican Consulate in Rome requries from him to provide full 12 month statesments from our accounts (Wikimedia Polska). We can't do this as these statements contain a lot of fragile personal data (names, home addresses and personal accounts numbers of our scholars, members and donors). I have never heard that any other country require such things. Does WMF scholars have similar problems?
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --
> Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek
> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/
> http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz
Hi,
We have a problem with one of our scholar, who needs a Mexican visa. We
have sent him a letter of support, but Mexican Consulate in Rome requries
from him to provide full 12 month statesments from our accounts (Wikimedia
Polska). We can't do this as these statements contain a lot of fragile
personal data (names, home addresses and personal accounts numbers of our
scholars, members and donors). I have never heard that any other country
require such things. Does WMF scholars have similar problems?
Cheers,
--
Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz
http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerekhttp://www.ganicz.pl/poli/http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz
Hello
I think according Sunnis Muslims can eat kosher food
all foods are halal except meats if they are prepared according to Muslim
rites.
mexico has only 0.02% of Muslims ;I doubt that halal food is on sale in
stores
if the organizers may specify the Ingrediens of food that would be ideal
and best wish for all
in london replaced meat with fish to compensate for the protein deficiency
in addition 7 days without meat is not so severe
best
> I happen to live in a neighborhood of Brooklyn with both extensive Kosher
> and Halal options (which is probably not a coincidence, since there is
> significant overlap in rules). But Mexico City has a different cultural
> mix than New York City or London.
>
> I can understand, though, that it may be too expensive and difficult to get
> Kosher or Halal meat, or indeed fully catered meals, for Wikimania in
> Mexico City.
>
> Bur I would suggest going to a supermarket and getting something like a
> pre-packaged hummus with K and H marks, and some plain fruits and
> vegetables, so folks like this can at least have snack options during the
> conference sessions, and that can tide them over if they want to go out for
> a full meal fulfilling their dietary preferences later.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> (User:Pharos)
>
> --
*Mohammed Bachounda*
Leader Wikimedia Algérie UG
I have just registered (yay for registration opening!) but I note on the
registration form:
"Dietary preference. Please note, we cannot accommodate Halal or Kosher."
Does this really mean what it says? Presumably people who want halal or
kosher food can safely select the vegetarian option?
Chris
Early Bird Registration Open for Wikimania 2015
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration
Note: If you are a WMF-sponsored attendee (e.g., WMF staff, Board, Scholarship recipient) please do not register until you are contacted by WMF staff with instructions.
Wikimania 2015 will be held in Mexico City July 14-19, 2015 at the conference center in the Hilton Mexico City Reforma Hotel Juárez 70, Cuauhtemoc, Centro, 06010 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico.* This hotel is located in the historical center of Mexico City, across from Alameda Central park. The conference, hackathon, meetups, and pre-events will be held there. Most of the WMF personnel and scholarship recipients will be housed there as well. Notifications to people who have submitted to the conference and confirmations are almost complete. The conference program will be updated in the coming weeks, so please check there.
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme
The WMF has arranged for discounted rates with two hotels adjacent to the Hilton--- just 200 meters away. Delegates can book directly at these two hotels and receive special rates.
Information about these hotels is at:
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation
If you have any questions with regard to the conference, please contact :
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact
Please join us in Mexico City this summer!
Ellie Young
WMF Conference Coordinator
* WMF and WM-MX are grateful to Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos for their kind offer to host the conference at the magnificent Biblioteca. However, due to logistical issues, we had to change the venue to the Hilton Hotel La Reforma. We will continue to work with both Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos to leverage the experience and capacity of all institutions to generate and disseminate content that guarantees free and open knowledge to the whole of society.