Wikimania-l March 2008

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Announcement: Wikimania 2008
by phoebe ayers 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

All, We are pleased to announce that Buenos Aires has been selected as the location for Wikimania 2009. The jury was particularly excited by a few parts of the Buenos Aires bid: * A strong, organized team, with division of labor already underway and support from Wikimedia Argentina. Many people contributed to the bid, with obvious enthusiasm for organizing the conference and quick responses to inquiries. * A detailed budget proposal and planning schedule. Many major expenses are being covered by the provider. The total budget is similar to Wikimania 2007's, including a larger travel scholarship fund, and they have provided detailed charts ahead of time. * A significant number of sponsors already lined up, with some already confirmed. They hope to cover half the accommodation and $60k in travel scholarships, which will help to ease travel costs for participants from far away. * A solid venue : as with Toronto, this was situated within a well-maintained cultural center in a major international city, near an airline hub; culturally open, and an international melting pot. * Relaxed visa rules, and easy entry from South American countries. * Good Spanish-language media contacts, with the promise of outreach to and the opportunity to work with the Spanish-language Wikimedia communities. Toronto, the runner up, also provided a great bid. The jury was especially excited by: * Strong English-language press in the area, and media experience among the bid team * A very accessible venue, especially for US/European attendees. * An excellent venue : a university campus, with dorms directly at the venue. As with Buenos Aires, it was situated within a well-maintained cultural center in a major international city, near an airline hub; culturally open, and an international melting pot. * Extensive budget accommodation in the dorms; with many options for casual social space. * A dedicated bid team, with the hope of Wikimedia Canada being formed in time to help coordinate. However, the jury felt that Buenos Aires' bid showed stronger organization overall. Additionally, much of the information in the Toronto bid was carried over from previous bids, and it was unclear how much of a commitment for the University of Toronto facilities there was specifically for 2009. Brisbane and Karlsruhe also provided good bids. Brisbane in particular had an enthusiastic bid team and a strong proposal, with particularly good local sponsorship opportunities; though this was offset by the high travel costs for out-of-country attendees. The jury felt both bids needed more detail (including specifics about accommodation options, and more detailed budget information) to be compelling. As in previous years, the relative accessibility of locations was extensively discussed. The jury believes that it's important for Wikimania to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible, particularly to members of the Wikimedia community; the relatively high cost of travel to South America from Europe and North America was one of the most significant drawbacks we identified in the Buenos Aires bid—especially coming on the heels of Taipei and Alexandria. Having said that, the jury believes that the Buenos Aires bid overcame this drawback with its numerous advantages, among those the opportunity to hold the conference in a Spanish-speaking locale, on a new continent. We hope to receive strong bids from easily accessible locations for 2010. Congratulations to the Buenos Aires team! Wikimania 2009 promises to be an exciting and successful conference. -- Phoebe Ayers, Cary Bass, James Forrester (non-voting jury moderators), on behalf of the Wikimania 2009 Jury http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/Jury

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Information
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29 Mar '08

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Announcement: Wikimania *2009*
by phoebe ayers 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

I was so excited about sending the announcement that I forgot to proofread the subject line! Oh well. Both *2008* AND *2009* should be exciting conferences :) On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:44 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > We are pleased to announce that Buenos Aires has been selected as the > location for Wikimania 2009. > > The jury was particularly excited by a few parts of the Buenos Aires bid: > * A strong, organized team, with division of labor already underway > and support from Wikimedia Argentina. Many people contributed to the > bid, with obvious enthusiasm for organizing the conference and quick > responses to inquiries. > * A detailed budget proposal and planning schedule. Many major > expenses are being covered by the provider. The total budget is > similar to Wikimania 2007's, including a larger travel scholarship > fund, and they have provided detailed charts ahead of time. > * A significant number of sponsors already lined up, with some already > confirmed. They hope to cover half the accommodation and $60k in > travel scholarships, which will help to ease travel costs for > participants from far away. > * A solid venue : as with Toronto, this was situated within a > well-maintained cultural center in a major international city, near an > airline hub; culturally open, and an international melting pot. > * Relaxed visa rules, and easy entry from South American countries. > * Good Spanish-language media contacts, with the promise of outreach > to and the opportunity to work with the Spanish-language Wikimedia > communities. > > Toronto, the runner up, also provided a great bid. The jury was > especially excited by: > * Strong English-language press in the area, and media experience > among the bid team > * A very accessible venue, especially for US/European attendees. > * An excellent venue : a university campus, with dorms directly at the > venue. As with Buenos Aires, it was situated within a well-maintained > cultural center in a major international city, near an airline hub; > culturally open, and an international melting pot. > * Extensive budget accommodation in the dorms; with many options for > casual social space. > * A dedicated bid team, with the hope of Wikimedia Canada being formed > in time to help coordinate. > > However, the jury felt that Buenos Aires' bid showed stronger > organization overall. Additionally, much of the information in the > Toronto bid was carried over from previous bids, and it was unclear > how much of a commitment for the University of Toronto facilities > there was specifically for 2009. > > Brisbane and Karlsruhe also provided good bids. Brisbane in particular > had an enthusiastic bid team and a strong proposal, with particularly > good local sponsorship opportunities; though this was offset by the > high travel costs for out-of-country attendees. The jury felt both > bids needed more detail (including specifics about accommodation > options, and more detailed budget information) to be compelling. > > As in previous years, the relative accessibility of locations was > extensively discussed. The jury believes that it's important for > Wikimania to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible, > particularly to members of the Wikimedia community; the relatively > high cost of travel to South America from Europe and North America was > one of the most significant drawbacks we identified in the Buenos > Aires bid—especially coming on the heels of Taipei and Alexandria. > Having said that, the jury believes that the Buenos Aires bid overcame > this drawback with its numerous advantages, among those the > opportunity to hold the conference in a Spanish-speaking locale, on a > new continent. We hope to receive strong bids from easily accessible > locations for 2010. > > Congratulations to the Buenos Aires team! Wikimania 2009 promises to > be an exciting and successful conference. > > -- Phoebe Ayers, Cary Bass, James Forrester (non-voting jury > moderators), on behalf of the Wikimania 2009 Jury > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009/Jury >

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Wikimania 2009 - deadline
by Patricio Lorente 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Dear friends: We are writting this email in behalf of Wikimedia Argentina, to tell you about our concern because of the lack of news about the jury decision and even about when this decision may be taken. This is not just a personal concern and is not only caused by an understandable anxiety: we are being requested from potential sponsors and media and we are delaying this meetings because we don't know what to tell them. The worst thing is that we can't tell them at least when are we going to know the decision. The Director of our proposed venue is pushing us to define if we are going to use it or not, because they need to set the 2009 agenda. And so on. We think the Toronto team may have the same problems. The last deadline finished twelve days ago, and since then we had no news. We don't want to disturb nor to hurry up the jury discussion, but it would be of great help if the jury could establish a final date. If this is done, at least part of the uncertainty will disappear. Thanks, Patricio Lorente Presidente Enrique Chaparro (Vicepresidente) Wikimedia Argentina

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Novi administrator?
by Filip Maljkovic 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

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Meeting reminder, Wikimania 2008
by Mark (Markie) 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

just another quick reminder to you all of the next Wikimania2008 general planning meeting. It will be at 15:00 UTC on March 29 (sat in utc) in #wikimania2008. Agenda -> http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planning/Meetings#March_29_2008plea… add things IRC -> http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC or http://java.freenode.net/index.php?channel=wikimania2008 (Java). thanks mark

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2009 - deadline PRIVATE
by Birgitte SB 26 Mar '08

26 Mar '08

I meant to send that privately because I haven't been participating on this list. Luclikly it is fit for public comsumption :) Birgitte SB --- Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > You should annouce to WMF that your bid will be > withdrawn if not accepted by a certain date. If you > could get Toronto to agree to do this as a united > front it would be even better. > > That is what I would do in your place. > > Birgitte SB > > --- Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear friends: > > > > We are writting this email > > in behalf of > > Wikimedia Argentina, to tell you about our concern > > because of the lack > > of news about the jury decision and even about > when > > this decision may > > be taken. > > > > This is not just a > personal > > concern and is not > > only caused by an understandable anxiety: we are > > being requested from > > potential sponsors and media and we are delaying > > this meetings because > > we don't know what to tell them. The worst thing > is > > that we can't tell > > them at least when are we going to know the > > decision. The Director of > > our proposed venue is pushing us to define if we > are > > going to use it > > or not, because they need to set the 2009 agenda. > > And so on. We think > > the Toronto team may have the same problems. > > > > The last deadline finished > > twelve days ago, > > and since then we had no news. We don't want to > > disturb nor to hurry > > up the jury discussion, but it would be of great > > help if the jury > > could establish a final date. If this is done, at > > least part of the > > uncertainty will disappear. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Patricio > > Lorente Presidente > > Enrique > > Chaparro (Vicepresidente) > > Wikimedia > > Argentina > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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Kids at Wikimania
by phoebe ayers 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Hi all, For Wikimania planning, there is once again discussion of how to handle having children at the conference. There's ongoing discussion in the planning committee with the people at the Library of Alexandria about whether small kids are allowed in the library, what kind of space we might need, etc. It would probably be helpful to know if anyone is definitely planning to bring their children with them to the conference, so we know what sort of accommodation might be needed. So -- let me know if you are considering bringing your kids or not, and what ages they are, and I'll make a list to take back to the planning group. Thanks! Phoebe

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traveling to Alexandria? Want to travel with others?
by phoebe ayers 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Are you planning to go to Wikimania 2008? Interested in doing tourism activities with other Wikimedians? I started a travel coordination page here: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_coordination For coordinating sight-seeing before or after the conference, sharing ideas on things to do, letting other people know when you will be there, etc. :) -- Phoebe

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http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
by simonpedia 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Guys, Just a quick note for the record. Might be useful if you wanted a contact for next year’s Wikimania. Dear Mr. Fenton-Jones I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. Mr. Berners-Lee was traveling and in meetings for the past few weeks and we've just gotten to sit down to review correspondence. Thank you for your invitation to Tim Berners-Lee to speak at Wikimania in Egypt. Unfortunately, Mr. Berners-Lee's schedule is so hectic and his responsibilities are so heavy that he is very rarely able to travel for speaking events and will be unable to participate. Thank you and I apologize again for the delay. best, Amy van der Hiel for Tim Berners-Lee W3C Amy van der Hiel [amy(a)w3.org] …………………………………………………………………………….. Had a quick squiz at the meeting log for the 15th. My eyses bleed. Just a couple of questions. Has anyone contacted Bibliotech’s IT team? Not sure I understand all the tech stuff, but they would seem to have al the basics. Hadn’t realized its director, Mr. Serageldin, used to be Vice Pres of Special projects at the World Bank. So he would probably be trying to advance the use of technologies which could do a global link up from Egyptian event(s). Don’t know if you’re across the gdln, http://www.gdln.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/GDLNCHILD/0,,contentMDK:21012617~pagePK: 64233834~piPK:64232164~theSitePK:841731,00.html but it’s like the predecessor to the Accessgrid, whose use I’ve suggested here (and won’t again). 16 weeks and counting. If yo do want to consider running a global workshop, it’s now or never. Regards, simonfj No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1332 - Release Date: 17/03/2008 10:48 AM

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