Wikimania-l June 2016

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Thematic Meetups at Wikimania 2016
by Benoit Rochon 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hello everyone, For several years I have asked the organizers of Wikimania to formalize thematic meetups because I think they are essential. This is where we gather by group of interests, we develop relationships, making friends, organize projects together, etc. <great fanfare> For the first time since the beginning of Wikimanias, thematic meetups are included in the official schedule. Isn't that wonderful? So we are done with meetups on the corner of a table, between two sessions and two sandwiches! We can meet without schedule worries, every morning from 9.00 to 10.00 and every evening from 18.00 to 19.00. The thematic meetups are held at the primary school of Esino Lario. If you wish to organize a thematic meetup, there are still some available spots. If you have questions, special needs, or anything else for your meetup, please contact me. For all details, please visit: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups Best regards, Benoit Rochon --- Vice president, Wikimedia Canada, National Chapter supporting Wikipedia. Coordinator, WikiFranca, Francophone Chapters Association of Wikimedia. 535 Viger avenue East, Montreal (Quebec) H2L 2P3

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WMCON Follow-Up Day
by Cornelius Kibelka 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Dear Wikimania participants, Eight weeks ago, around 200 people met in Berlin for the Wikimedia Conference. You can find the documentation of the conference on Meta.[1] Our approach for the Wikimedia Conference is to carry the thematic conversations and conference strands throughout the year instead of organizing one-shot events. This is why we introduced the role of the Program and Engagement Coordinator. Wikimania is a perfect place to follow-up on the process and conversations and we invite all interested participants – no matter if you attended WMCON or not – to join us for the “WMCON Follow-Up Day” on Thursday, June 23. At this event, you will find the opportunity to discuss five different topics. For each topic we will have around 90 min, which should be sufficient to discuss details and lay the ground for further steps. The Follow-Up Day will take place in the “Gym Palace”, the biggest hall/room in the western part of the village. You can find all the information in the Wikimania wiki: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMCON_Follow-Up_Day For an easier planning and to increase the chances for coordination and engagement between participants/speakers during preparation, please sign up there. I’m really looking forward to seeing you! Cornelius [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Documentation_and… -- Cornelius Kibelka Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) for the Wikimedia Conference Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207

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transport
by Iolanda Pensa 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

here it is https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Airport_busses> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Varenna_Esino_busses <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Journey/Varenna_Esino_busses> You can access these pages from https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Journey <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Journey> all the best iolanda

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Accommodation
by Andy Mabbett 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

I have partial scholarship; I registered online for accommodation and event ticket, but don't seem to have received any details of where I'm staying - should I have, at this stage? (I have checked the website, but an see nothing at: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation or its linked pages, which answers my question.) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Information about Wikimania '16 Registration and Accommodation
by Ellie Young 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

I just sent an email to everyone who registered with an accommodation package in Esino Lario. Another email with check-in information for everyone else will be sent soon. The organizers are reviewing the airport manifests for the shuttle service from Linate and Malpensa airports to see if they can open up space on the buses for other attendees who wish to purchase this service. More information about this will be posted soon. -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>

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Milan Pride Parade
by Amir Ladsgroup 15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

Hey all, It seems Milan pride parade will be happening in June 27th [1]. It's exactly the day after Wikimania and due to the recent events, some people might want to show their support. Is it possible to do some coordination and/or guide where should people go, when is better, etc. [1]: http://www.milanopride.it/site/welcome-to-milano-pride/ Best

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Round Table Discussions
by Lodewijk 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi all, Reading the recent posts on this mailing list and elsewhere, I realised we never got around to sending you an update on the roundtable discussions/Discussion Room for the upcoming Wikimania! So let me try to make that up to you. You can find the final schedule here <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions>, and I hope to find many of you involved in at least one of the discussions! This year we have scheduled 18 round table discussions on a wide range of topics. Besides the 18 scheduled 'regular' round table discussions, we will also organise a number of round table discussions with board members on themes, to replace the traditional 'Q&A' with the board. Hopefully we can offer you some more interaction and in-depth conversations this way. After our calls for suggestions, we got an overwhelming number of submissions <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/Submissions> with many good ideas for potential discussions. With a committee of five experienced Wikimedians, we discussed those submissions, and pronged a bit with questions - what could the discussion result in, what kind of outcomes are possible, etc. Based on these proposals, questions and answers we made selections of what would be the most likely fruitful discussions - along with criteria like diversity in the schedule. After much discussing, we ended up with the selection linked above. I realise many people will feel somewhat disappointed that their topic was not selected. I would have liked to give every proposer at least a personal comment on it, but unfortunately due to time constraints we were unable to follow up sufficiently. Sorry for that. We still have some details to work out for the discussions, so please bear with us (facilitators, the details of the session itself). I'm looking forward to a lot (!) of constructive conversations in the 'Primary School' building in Esino Lario. See you there! Best, Lodewijk

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Local buses (was: Re: Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 123, Issue 16)
by Andy Mabbett 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

On 13 June 2016 at 20:13, Marta Pigazzini <mc.pigazzini(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For those of you arriving at the train station in Varenna (please do not > confuse with Ravenna), there will be a volunteer that will welcome you and > will show you to the bus directed to Esino. Note that the bus stop is just > outside the small train station. Buses directed to Esino will be clearly > visible and will be indicating both Wikimania and Esino, so it will be > impossible to miss them. The question - which I asked earlier today, but which remains unanswered - is whether we (full scholarship recipients, partial scholarship recipients, independent travellers) need to book in advance for these buses. If so, how? Likewise for the return journey, on the 27th. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Fwd: Accommodation
by Andy Mabbett 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

[resending this, as it went to Andrew, not the list] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> Date: 13 June 2016 at 15:19 Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation To: Andrew Lih <andrew(a)andrewlih.com> On 13 June 2016 at 14:58, Andrew Lih <andrew(a)andrewlih.com> wrote: > Iolanda, I find this entirely unsatisfactory: > > “If you did not buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the > airport, you do not have direct transport from and to the airport.” > > The link never worked the many times I tried. Andy Mabbett and I have > reported to you the problems with the Eventbrite link being listed as > “unavailable.” I missed the quoted part of Iolanda's comment, as it was prefixed (on a separate line) with "Pleonastic", which I misread as being someone's name. I have never been presented with a working opportunity to "buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the airport", not least for the reasons Andrew cites. I have just been told in private email that I may, at an unspecified time today or tomorrow, "buy a return ticket" for bus transfer, via Eventbrite. I do not want a return ticket. I am travelling - as I was advised to do - from central Milan to Varenna-Esino-Perledo by train. I therefore need a bus from VEP to EL on the 21st. We have conflicting information about the need to book the latter in advance (Where? How?), or on arrival at VEP. There is (as I recently highlighted) conflicting information about regular scheduled service and specially-commissioned buses. No guarantee has been given, that everyone will be able to get a place on the buses On the 27th, I need a bus from EL to Malpensa airport. I still do no know whether I can obtain this; what it will cost, or when I should try to do so: will there be many people competing for few tickets? Will they go one sale at a time when I am in a meeting, or asleep? If I cannot get a bus from EL to Malpensa airport on the 27th, then I must get a bus from EL to VEP, and train to Milan. The issues noted above again come into play. I too, am doing this as a volunteer, and am spending time today, when I should be doing paid work, to make up for not earning any money during Wikimania, trying to sort out these issues. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 123, Issue 16
by Natacha Rault 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Dear Wikimania Team, could it be possible to know the bed assignment before leaving? it would be reassuring to know we have not been “forgotten”. For me it is still not clear how we can come from the bus station. I read there is a bus (which number, in which direction?). As I dont speak italian I would like to be sure it will be easy with the train option. Also is it possible to get an idea of the cost of a taxi to Esino Lario - maybe you could provide a number for the Blablacar mentioned on the web page (I have no clue what a blablacar is) For this we also need a destination address I suppose. Sorry to bother with such questions. Kind regards, Natacha Le 13 juin 2016 à 15:52, wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org a écrit : > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Accommodation (Risker) > 2. Re: Accommodation (Andrew Lih) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:54:06 -0400 > From: Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Accommodation > Message-ID: > <CAPXs8yQxvBNof8v0su6_qTyn7kt_w=4-iY_DKp3QpXmNpFQSiQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Iolanda, for those of us traveling from outside of Europe, we will normally > have to provide a proper destination address as part of our customs and > immigration process. "Esino Lario" won't normally be enough; in fact, it's > my experience that at least half the time when traveling to Europe, I > have had to show my reservation confirmation. We also need our destination > address to include it in our luggage so that if it is misdirected, there is > still some chance that it might find us before the conference is over. > Having had my luggage go missing on more than one transatlantic flight - > knowing that my destination address is well identified in association with > my luggage is a Big Deal. Again, just "Esino Lario" isn't going to cut > it. An actual address is required. > > Risker/Anne > > On 13 June 2016 at 08:24, Iolanda Pensa <iolanda(a)pensa.it> wrote: > >> dear all >> Everyone – who has got a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario and >> received a confirmation from eventbrite – has accommodation in Esino Lario. >> Marta and Patrizia have assigned all the beds. >> You will be given your address and keys in Piazza Italia in Esino Lario at >> your arrival; we expect you to arrive the 21st or the 23rd according to to >> the 5 or 3 days ticket you got. >> Marta will send you today some further information about your travel and >> arrival. >> >> Pleonastic, but >> If you did not buy a ticket with accommodation in Esino Lario, you don’t >> have accommodation in Esino Lario. >> If you did not buy a ticket for your direct transport from and to the >> airport, you do not have direct transport from and to the airport. >> Eventually you can get worried if you don’t have an eventbrite >> confirmation. >> >> I personally consider wikipedians and wikimedians the most intelligent >> people I can spend time with. We certainly pretend you to get to Esino >> Lario, to find the right bus, to take the train in the right direction >> (please note that Tirano is not Torino), to sign up for events and to read >> (and cite) all necessary sources. Certainly… it’s the beginning of a great >> adventure. >> iolanda >> >> >> >> Il giorno 13 giu 2016, alle ore 13:03, Harry Mitchell <hjmwiki(a)gmail.com> >> ha scritto: >> >> Nothing here, and with only a week to go before I start my travels. I >> sympathise with the organisers who are being bombarded with all sorts of >> questions and no doubt have many other things to worry about. I remember >> how that felt in 2014. But these are not minor details for people >> travelling long distances, especially for those of us who have taken time >> off work and spent our own money to get there. >> >> Could we trouble the organisers at least for a date by which we'll have >> some information on where we're staying? >> >> Thanks, >> Harry >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> >> >> On Mon, 13 Jun, 2016 at 11:47, Andy Mabbett >> <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: >> On 6 June 2016 at 15:26, Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> as elllie put on her previous emails, you will receive details separately >>> very soon >> >> A week has passed since the above reply; I'm concerned that I still >> have no information about where I shall be staying, nor indeed whether >> I have somewhere to stay. Does anyone else? >> >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >

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