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Dead Sea
by Samat 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hi! I'd also like to travel to Dead Sea after Wikimania (probably on 8th August), but I don't need to get back on the same day. Is there any possibility to travel there by public transportation (if yes, how)? Thanks a lot! Samat ------------------------------ Don't count on public transportation for that. Either take a taxi (very expensive), or rent a car... Tomer On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckchan at gmail.com <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l>> wrote: >* Hello organising team and those who have travel experience in Israel:*>**>* A few of us (currently 2) are contemplating going to the Dead Sea for a*>* little swim on the day after Wikimania. (ie. Monday 8th August) Is there a*>* feasible way for us to get from Haifa to some beach place along the Dead Sea*>* and return on the same day?*>**>* Don't worry if there isn't :)*>**>* Deryck*

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vegetarian and vegan food
by Amir E. Aharoni 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hi, If you need vegetarian food, please ask the catering staff for it. There's more than just salads - there are hot vegetarian and vegan main courses. If the waiter doesn't know this, please the waiters' manager. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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French-speaking drink+dinner
by Sylvain Boissel 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

(French version below) Hi all, French-speaking Wikimania participants are hereby invited (even if you only speak a little french and want to practice) to have a drink at some bar and eat at some restaurant (that is, if we find one that is open...) If you want to attend, meet us at 19:00 in front of Hecht House. regards Sylvain. ---- Bonjour, Les participants francophones (même si vous parlez seulement un peu le français et voulez pratiquer) à Wikimania sont invités à prendre un verre dans un bar et manger dans un restaurant ensemble (si on en trouve un ouvert, bien sûr...) Si vous voulez participer, rejoignez-nous à 19:00 devant Hecht House. À tout de suite, Sylvain. -- Sylvain Boissel Chargé de mission Communauté/tech, Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Beach party
by harel.cain＠gmail.com 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

The lifeguard is leaving ar 1800. You can enter the water afterwards only at your own risk. Harel -----Original message----- From: Deryck Chan Sent: 05/08/2011, 14:54 To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: [Wikimania-l] Beach party The schedule says the beach party tomorrow starts at 19:30, and shuttles will leave for the beach from the venue just before it starts... But it also says "entry to the water is allowed until 18:00". What?

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lost and found
by Amir E. Aharoni 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

A couple of lost items are at the Staff room on the second floor of Beit-Hecht. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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Beach party
by Deryck Chan 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

The schedule says the beach party tomorrow starts at 19:30, and shuttles will leave for the beach from the venue just before it starts... But it also says "entry to the water is allowed until 18:00". What?

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Wikimania LGBT and Friends Outing Tonight
by James Owen 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Dear All, Sorry to spam three lists with this but not everyone is on Wikimania-l, and I know there are a lot of attendees at Wikimania who are on Internal-l. So to give a little contextual history, over the past few years at Wikimania a group of LGBT and LGBT friendly attendees of Wikimania have meet at a gay bar or restaurant to socialize. This year this is a little tricky as there are very few gay establishments in Haifa, I have however found what looks like a promising gay friendly club downtown that some of use might like to visit this evening (Friday night). If you are interested to join your fellow LGBT and LGBT friendly wikimedians we are going to meet at the Dan Panorama lobby bar between 21:00-21:45 for a drink and then whoever is interested will travel to Syncopa which I am told is a gay friendly bar in old-town Haifa. Syncopa is located near the Paris Square subway stop, however the subway will be closed for the Sabbath so we will share taxis, I estimate the taxi cost wont be much more than 10 shekels each (if we get about 4 people in the cab). Below are the addressed for the Dan Panorama and Syncopa, if you have any questions or know of a better bar in Haifa please email me off list. If you have any friends who are not on Wikimania-l or Internal-l who you think might like to join us please feel free to forward my email to them. Dan Panorama Lobby Bar 107 Hanassi Avenue (a 7 minute walk from the venue just past the subway station) The lobby bar is located the floor above the hotel entrance and reception just go past the reception and up the stairs. Map- http://tinyurl.com/3fmgj9y Syncapa Bar Wyatt 5, corner Nathanson 1 Website in Hebrew- http://www.2eat.co.il/syncopa/ Map- http://tinyurl.com/3f3wlwb Look forward to seeing some of you this evening. James James Owen Executive Assistant & Board Liaison Wikimedia Foundation Office +1.415.839.6885 x 6604 Mobile +1.415.509.5444 Fax +1.415.882.0495 Email- jowen(a)wikimedia.org Website- www.wikimediafoundation.org

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Cena iberoamericana hoy viernes noche
by harel.cain＠gmail.com 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Just to note that there is no difficulty finding open places tonight, as opposed perhpas to Jerusalem. Harel -----Original message----- From: Galileo Vidoni Sent: 05/08/2011, 09:21 To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: [Wikimania-l] Cena iberoamericana hoy viernes noche // disclaimer for wikimania-l: this is about an Ibero-American dinner we're planning for today // Estimados: Los muchachos de Wikimedia Argentina+Chile pensamos que hoy, aprovechando que tenemos libre después de la conferencia, puede ser un buen día para armar una cena iberoamericana e irnos a comer juntos todos los de Iberocoop y/o hablantes de portugués, español o portuñol. Como sabrán, hoy comienza el Shabbat, por lo que encontrar dónde comer no va a ser tarea fácil. Nos recomendaron ir a cenar comida tradicional al barrio árabe de Haifa, Wadi Nisnas, que lógicamente va a estar abierto. Nosotros al término de la conferencia tenemos ganas de ir a visitar los jardines Baha'i --posiblemente en taxi, porque ya estaremos en Shabbat--. Quienes quieran, están más que invitados a venir con nosotros. Luego nos podríamos encontrar a las 20 en la puerta de Wikimanía para ir a comer todos juntos. ¿Qué les parece? En este mapa pueden verse la ubicación de la sede de Wikimanía, los jardines Baha'i y Wadi Nisnas: http://cor.to/WM11 Saludos, galio

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Arrangements for Wikimedia Offline Session today
by Manuel Schneider 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hi offline folks, we will have our Wikimedia Offline session today at 15:15 in room Tavor (in Beit Hecht, 1st floor) http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Wikimedia_Offline The session was planned as an interactive workshop for all people interested in the offline issues. This means that YOU are invited to present your project, your ideas and ask your questions. Interesting topics are selection of content, publishing, storage, reader applications... and what you think is. There will be at least three people talking today: * Jessie Wild from Wikimedia Foundation * Shiju Alex from Malayallam Wikipedia * me from openZIM See you there! If you have questions or want to coordinate in advance - please contact me. /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch

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Cena iberoamericana hoy viernes noche
by Galileo Vidoni 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

// disclaimer for wikimania-l: this is about an Ibero-American dinner we're planning for today // Estimados: Los muchachos de Wikimedia Argentina+Chile pensamos que hoy, aprovechando que tenemos libre después de la conferencia, puede ser un buen día para armar una cena iberoamericana e irnos a comer juntos todos los de Iberocoop y/o hablantes de portugués, español o portuñol. Como sabrán, hoy comienza el Shabbat, por lo que encontrar dónde comer no va a ser tarea fácil. Nos recomendaron ir a cenar comida tradicional al barrio árabe de Haifa, Wadi Nisnas, que lógicamente va a estar abierto. Nosotros al término de la conferencia tenemos ganas de ir a visitar los jardines Baha'i --posiblemente en taxi, porque ya estaremos en Shabbat--. Quienes quieran, están más que invitados a venir con nosotros. Luego nos podríamos encontrar a las 20 en la puerta de Wikimanía para ir a comer todos juntos. ¿Qué les parece? En este mapa pueden verse la ubicación de la sede de Wikimanía, los jardines Baha'i y Wadi Nisnas: http://cor.to/WM11 Saludos, galio

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Central and Eastern European Wikimedia lunch on Saturday
by Tisza Gergő 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hi all, Wikimania participants from Central and Eastern Europe are hereby invited to a joint lunch on Saturday, at the tables outside the Auditorium. (Anyone else is of course also welcome.) You can sign up on the wiki to help coordinating it: http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Central_and_Eastern_European_Wikime… regards Gergő

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Shopping
by Deryck Chan 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Is there any post office and supermarket near the venue? I am hoping to buy some postcards and other stuff...

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streaming from Haifa?
by Jodi Schneider 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

I found the youtube channel [1] -- thanks for that! But is there streaming from Wikimania this year? A colleague asked [2]. -Jodi [1] http://www.youtube.com/user/WikimediaIL [2] http://twitter.com/edsu/status/99087980915986432

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Asian Wikimedia lunch at Wikimania
by Josh Lim 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hi guys, There will be an Asian Wikimedia limch tomorrow, August 4. Venue is still to be announced, but we can all meet up and just move somewhere. All Wikimania attendees from Asia, as well as non-Asians who want to observe and participate, can come join us! Sign up at http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asian_Wikimedia_lunch if you want to join. :) Regards, Josh JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM Block I1, AB Political Science Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Vice-President (2011-2012), Wikimedia Philippines Member, Ateneo Debate Society Member, The Assembly Member, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura jamesjoshualim(a)yahoo.com | +63 (927) 531-8301 Friendster/Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor http://akira123323.livejournal.com

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Walk to Tiltan College
by Deryck Chan 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

A few of us are trying to walk down to the venue of tonight's party - please join us in Nof Hotel at 19:15 if you want to join us :) To the organisers: please let us in when we arrive :) Deryck

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Welcome & Some press cover
by Itzik Edri 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Good morning everyone! For the people who been here yesterday, we are hoping that everything works fine for you until now - and for the folks who are on their way to the venue - We're waiting for you, come on! We already getting a lot of press attention to the conference here, here is a fresh piece from the jPost this morning (as I'll not spam you with others stories in Hebrew :) Enjoy your stay, and keep updates with the hash-tag #wikimaniam so we could track your comments and your feelings about the conference. And do not hesitate to contact any of the volunteers the conference area at any time! Have a fun! Itzik Edri

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Chapter meeting today
by Harel Cain 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

The chapter meeting today will be held at the Arbel room at Bet Hecht (first floor). All are welcome (even if you're not directly involved with a chapter). We have some very important (and controversial) topics on our agenda, check below. == Schedule == http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_Meeting == Etherpad! == http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/WM2011ChapterMeeting We start at 9:00 with a gathering and self introductions. Harel Cain Wikimania 2011 local team

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Presentation format / software / OS?
by vassia atanassova 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hello, I'm doing the final strokes of my presentation and I have a question. What will be the operation system and the software in use for viewing the presentations? I need to know because I have one custom (handwriting) font in one of my presentations, which I either need to install first, or turn the respective textboxes into images, or convert the whole presentation to PDF (which will be more difficult to me in another aspect)... So, any info available about this? Vassia / Spiritia

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Shipment receiving in Haifa
by KIZU Naoko 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hi, I've got insomnia since this June and use sleeping pills, and unfortunately I forgot to pack them into my luggage at the last minute. Under certain conditions I can have someone in Japan ship them to me, and it takes at least 5 days; so to arrive on August 6 at earlier. Questions related: - Can we receive such emergency needed goods in Haifa, at our own name c/o Conference office whatsoever? If not, do any other possibilities avail? - Can we at dorms make our stay longer than reserved atm? Cheers, -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp

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Etherpad @ wikimedia lag?
by K. Peachey 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

(Yes, I know this will most likley break the list connections for this thread) Re: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2011-August/002851.html I've filed the issue into bugzilla as 30176[1] so that people not actually on this list will see it. [1]. https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30176 -KP

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Antw.: What to do tonight
by Manuel Schneider 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hecht House is right next to the Haifa Auditorium, there is also the Hecht Park. Take any bus to "Carmel Center", the stop is right next to the mall which is underneath the Auditorium. From there just walk follow the big road (Hanassi Ave) around the corner and a big Wikimania banner on the fassade will show you the way. Manuel Schneider Sent via mobile phone (+49 170 7740589). ----- Reply message ----- Von: "WereSpielChequers" <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> An: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Betreff: [Wikimania-l] What to do tonight Datum: Mo., Aug. 1, 2011 16:20 Hi where is the Hecht house, is it near Hecht park? I'm staying on the Jaffa rd tonight near the German hostel WSC On 1 August 2011 13:37, James Forrester <james(a)jdforrester.org> wrote: > On 1 August 2011 14:40, Harel Cain <harel.cain(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> If you are already in town (well, I'll be in a few more hours...) and don't >> have very clear plans for what to do tonight, we can try to arrange >> something quick. >> >> See this page: >> http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Monday_night_hangout > > Great idea - thank you! > > J. > -- > James D. Forrester > jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com > [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Feedback for Wikimania 2012 team
by aude 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Please leave feedback on what's worked well and not at this year's Wikimania, along with any other ideas + suggestions for the Wikimania 2012 team: http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback Cheers, Katie --- President, Wiki Society of DC, Inc. http://wikidc.org @wikidc / @wikimania2012

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Wikimania 2011: Opening Video
by Abbas Mahmood 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Hello, This is nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MAxefJfBY Yay, to Wikimedia Israel for making this video :-) Abbas.

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Etherpad @ wikimedia lag?
by Samuel Klein 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

I've been using Etherpad yesterday and today, and increasingly getting connection errors for a while, and on trying to submit a help req, get this notice: "Oops! A server error occured. It's been logged. Please email <support(a)etherpad.com> if this persists." If this is load related: should we be wary of using that etherpad server during sessions? Wikimania! SJ +1 617 529 4266

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taking a taxi to the Technion
by Amir E. Aharoni 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

If you are taking a taxi to the Technion dorms, demand that the driver take you inside the campus to the dorm itself and not leave you at the gate of the Technion campus. If the driver insists, tell him that the manager of the taxi station, Shlomo, said that the drivers are supposed to take Wikimania participants all the way to the dorms. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com ‪“We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬

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