Hi guys,
I know the "matter of hours" in my last update turned into a matter of
days, but much to my dismay, the issue of payment still hasn't been
resolved.
While we're working on this, however, you can go ahead and register.
The public announcement will come in the next day or two, once we have
this sorted out; those of you who choose to register now will get an
e-mail at that time with instructions on how to pay.
The address is: https://wm10reg.wikimedia.org/
Sorry for the delay, folks. Things will hopefully go exponentially
more smoothly as we get caught up.
Austin
Dear Galileo,
We planned two special sessions for chapter meetings on Friday and Saturday in the schedule here: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule.
I have just created the page for organizing the meetings here: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter_Meetings
Best,
Jacek
From: Juliana da Costa José [mailto:julianadacostajose@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:47 PM
To: Marek Najmajer; Marcin Cieslak; Austin Hair; Jacek Jankowski
Subject: Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Request for room for a meeting
Hello all, just in the case you were too busy to read the list:
@ Jacek: is this something which must be taken in schedule?
@ Marek: how is it about the room?Are there still decisions which rooms are finally occupied?
Best
Juliana
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From: Galileo Vidoni <galio2k(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2010/6/30
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Request for room for a meeting
To: wikimania-planning-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Cc: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Organizing Team:
We at Wikimedia Argentina have the idea of hosting a special session for Spanish-speaking to-be chapters during Wikimania (in Spanish, complementary to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Chapter_Gathering). Representatives of already formed working groups in Spain, México, Uruguay and Chile will be attending, just to name the first ones that come to my mind, so we believe this could be a valuable opportunity for getting to know each other and strengthening collaboration ties. In fact, we are working on a regional cooperation initiative we'd like to discuss with them if we get the proposal ready for Wikimania.
I know that we are late and that you may have more urgent matters to resolve --believe me, we were in your situation last year! Nevertheless, I want to ask if you could find us a room for having this meeting during lunchtime or when/where you find an empty slot. If you're OK with this I'll then create a page in WM2010's wiki and link it as a special event in the schedule, as we did last year with ad hoc activities (http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule).
I'm not sure if wikimania-planning-l is being used, so I'm CCing to the general list.
Best,
Galileo Vidoni
Acting Secretary
Wikimedia Argentina
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Good morning!
I would like to ask about how much time will we have for each talk.
I have a talk scheduled for Sunday afternoon
http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Cultural_Heritage_and_Wiki…
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM. That means we have an hour and a half for four
talks? Am I right? If So, we just have around 20 minutes each?
(I would like to confirm that to finish my slides).
Will we also have time for questions?
Thanks in advance!
See you soon.
Beatriz Busaniche
Dear All,
I have a short update regarding the schedule.
* The following sessions were moved:
http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Wikipedia_Governance
<http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Wikipedia_Governance>
changed with http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Education
<http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Education> .
* Regarding time of the talks (someone just asked this question
on the list): Each presentation will be given a 20-minutes (sp -> 15
minutes talk + 5 minutes for Q&A session) or 30-minutes (lp -> 25
minutes talk + 5 minutes for Q&A session) time slot. This information is
available on the page with the schedule. PLEASE, read this information
before posting questions on this list.
* I have just put more info on the Un-Conference sessions here:
http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Un-Conference
<http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Un-Conference> .
* Second call for moderators/chairs - we need your help! If you
are going to attend a session "X" and you are knowledgeable in the area
covered in this session you can sign up on our page with the schedule
next to the session "X". Session moderation duties include making sure
speakers are where they need to be, keeping track of time, asking
difficult questions, etc.
* Next thing that we are going to do is to put in order the
talks in each session so the attendees will know exactly when each
presentation will happen in each block.
Best regards,
Jacek Jankowski
Wikimania 2010 Program Chair
Dear Organizing Team:
We at Wikimedia Argentina have the idea of hosting a special session for
Spanish-speaking to-be chapters during Wikimania (in Spanish, complementary
to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Chapter_Gathering).
Representatives of already formed working groups in Spain, México, Uruguay
and Chile will be attending, just to name the first ones that come to my
mind, so we believe this could be a valuable opportunity for getting to know
each other and strengthening collaboration ties. In fact, we are working on
a regional cooperation initiative we'd like to discuss with them if we get
the proposal ready for Wikimania.
I know that we are late and that you may have more urgent matters to resolve
--believe me, we were in your situation last year! Nevertheless, I want to
ask if you could find us a room for having this meeting during lunchtime or
when/where you find an empty slot. If you're OK with this I'll then create a
page in WM2010's wiki and link it as a special event in the schedule, as we
did last year with *ad hoc* activities (
http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule).
I'm not sure if wikimania-planning-l is being used, so I'm CCing to the
general list.
Best,
Galileo Vidoni
Acting Secretary
Wikimedia Argentina
[[:es:Usuario:Galio]]
Dear All,
I have just made the "final schedule"* for Wikimania 2010 available
online here: http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule.
Dear authors, I was doing my best to plan the sessions according to your
requests regarding time needed for presentations/workshops/etc. and your
availability. However, I still need you to review it and tell me if you
can be present on given time.
Best regards,
Jacek Jankowski
Wikimania 2010 PC Chair
*Subject to change...;)
It has been proposed that people from chapters and people wanting to
form chapters get together at Wikimania in order to share experiences
and offer each other advice. I am trying to organise such a gathering.
I'm currently proposing an informal gathering during the Saturday
morning coffee break. If you would be interested in attending such a
gathering (either at that time or another time), please add your name
to this page:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Chapter_Gathering
If there is sufficient interest, I will contact that Wikimania
organisers and try to get us a room. Since we don't have much time
before Wikimania starts, please add your names quickly!
*PLEASE*
Can you provide at least *ANY* information about the Wikimania
schedule *NOW*?! At least when will the first session start and when
will the last session end?
I am think am not the only one who is waiting since weeks to book
flights and accommodation. Because of limited time and money I may
need to arrive at Friday and/or leave at Sunday, so because lack of a
schedule I still cannot say whether to come to Wikimania at all.
Wikimania should start in two weeks?!
I still remember how I did the last schedule changes in the night
before Wikimania 2005 and on schedule page
http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule you see me changing
the program of Wikimania 2007 during the event, so I really understand
that sometimes its a always a bit chaotic and disorganized - but
people need at least some *basic* information. The longer you wait the
more people will cancel their participation.
Pavel Richter wrote on June 17th:
> Do you know when the venue will open on Friday and when Wikimania
> will close on Sunday?
Jacek Jankowski wrote on June 22th:
> The information in the attached schedule is out of date.
> We will post the final schedule soon.
It would be helpful at least to have *any* preliminary schedule
instead of this intransparency and to have a tight date instead of
"soon".
Sorry for pushing but it *is* urgent,
Jakob
Hi everybody,
I wonder when we will see a (preliminary) schedule for Wikimania? We need to
schedule meetings, book flights, hotel rooms, etc, so it would be very
helpful to get an rough overview what will happen when. Do you know when the
venue will open on Friday and when Wikimania will close on Sunday?
Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Pavel Richter
Executive Director
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