Hi Wikimaniacs,
We'd like to invite folks to submit presentation for WikiConference North
America, which is part of the preconference in Montreal:
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2017/Submissions
Presentations do not have to be North America focused, though it would be
good to express themes in a way that is relevant to the audience.
And we'd like to invite you to join the discounted Wiki-train from New York
City to Montreal (and back):
http://bit.ly/wiki-train
And we're also asking for those who'd like to volunteer to help with
WikiConference North America:
https://goo.gl/forms/KJiWsy15SdNUbgmo2
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Hello Wikimaniacs,
Some past Wikimanias have negotiated with local transport companies for
discounts. I wonder if any has been negotiated with Via Rail for travel to
Montreal from other parts of Canada?
Deryck
Hi all,
Librarians and open access advocates in our community might be interested
in the Public Knowledge Project conference, which is happening right before
Wikimania in Montreal! (along with Debconf, Digital Humanities 2017, and
many more). (For those unfamiliar, the PKP is a project to build an open
platform for publishing scholarly journals and conferences.
https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2017/index).
Phoebe
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Dear colleagues,
The Sixth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
<https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2017/index> is in just under one month, and we
couldn't be more excited!
If you've already registered, we're looking forward to seeing you soon. If
you haven't yet registered, it's not too late! We still have a few
available spaces: click to register now
<https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2017/schedConf/registration>.
Still undecided? There are so many great reasons to join us August 2 - 4,
2017 in beautiful Montréal:
- Check out our newly updated conference program
<https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2017/schedConf/program> to see the complete list
of dynamic lightning talks and awesome speakers;
- Meet new people: We've organized a number of informal and fun social
events so you can reconnect with colleagues, chat with potential
collaborators, or make new friends;
- There are still a few rooms left at the special conference rate
<https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2017/schedConf/accommodation>, including the
especially affordable $45/night;
- Summertime is festival season
<http://montrealgazette.com/tag/montreal-festivals> - need we say more?
If you have any questions, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.
Hope to see you soon!
-Ali, on behalf of the PKP 2017 organizing team
--
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I was not asking wmf or anyone other than the applicant to publish the
details. If the applicant is ok then they can publish. Again things that
you guys consider privicy sensitive may not be privacy sensitive to others.
It maybe a cultural difference or unawareness. For example Third question a
stranger asks you in my country would be what's your salary ;). So it's
upto the applicant.
On 04-Jul-2017 6:17 PM, "Levon Azizian" <levonazizian(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I support what Lodewijk told. This information may be collected only by WMF
staff who signed a contest that this info will not be shared with anyone,
otherwise than just statistics without personification. Personal data
protection is a very important issue.
Levon
2017-07-04 15:41 GMT+03:00 Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>:
> Please don't. This is privacy sensitive information that might actually
> hurt people in future visa applications (for example, in another country).
>
> If you want to collect such info, I suggest you get someone with the
> proper privacy clearance with the WMF to collect it, and analyze it.
>
> Lodewijk
>
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Shanmugam Pachamuthu <
> shanmugamp7(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If it's ok with everyone, can we update this
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2017_WMF_Wiki…> table with
>> visa status (Approved, Rejected, In progress)?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Béria Lima <berialima(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Out of how many people who tried for a visa from those countries?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 3, 2017 14:09, "Jayanta Nath" <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> As per latest update: from India 4 Indian, 3 Armenian and 3/2 African
>>> rejected.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jayanta Nath
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can we please not keep this thread dedicated to the discussion that the
>>>> subject suggests? What European medias has shown and what any individual's
>>>> belief for any country of the world could be fun to discuss on social media
>>>> where more people can join. These kind of personal views can hurt feelings
>>>> of citizens/residents of those countries.
>>>>
>>>> This thread started with the issues faced in getting visa to this
>>>> year's Wikimania, let us stick to that please.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dhaval
>>>>
>>>> On 3 Jul 2017 17:18, "DaB." <wp(a)dabpunkt.eu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> Am 03.07.2017 um 04:41 schrieb Asaf Bartov:
>>>> > DaB.: Wikimania has already been held in a military dictatorship
>>>> (Egypt,
>>>> > 2008), without particular problems.
>>>>
>>>> that’s not a reason to repeat the mistake. If you held an event
>>>> (especially such a big one as the Wikimania) in a dictatorship, you
>>>> support this dictatorship. You support the suppression of free speech
>>>> and other human rights.
>>>>
>>>> And cs, just to quote enwp:
>>>>
>>>> “Since May 2014 Thailand has been ruled by a military junta, the
>>>> National Council for Peace and Order, which has partially repealed the
>>>> 2007 constitution, declared martial law and nationwide curfew, banned
>>>> political gatherings, arrested and detained politicians and anti-coup
>>>> activists, imposed internet censorship and taken control of the media.”
>>>>
>>>> The conflicts of the yellow- and the red-shirt-people were so bad you
>>>> even got reports in European news-programs on TV, and so was the
>>>> conflict of the Preah Vihear Temple. So please try not to fool me.
>>>>
>>>> Thailand is surely a great country, but it has many problems
>>>> (dictatorship, civil uprisings, corruption, police-corruption, high
>>>> number of deaths on road traffic, and so on) that makes it unsuitable
>>>> for a conference.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> DaB.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
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>> Shanmugam Pachamuthu.
>>
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I am hearing news about visa rejections from Armenia and Africa.
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> 1. Re: Visa rejections (Mardetanha)
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> From: Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com>
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> Cc: Daniela Gentner <daniela.gentner(a)wikimedia.de>
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> today I found out another wikimedian from Iraq was also rejected because of
> "purpose of trip", I highly believe this stem from our invitation letter
> which is from WFM not a local entity. why should an American foundation
> invite someone to Canada ?
> it would be great if others could update us about their visa situation
>
> Mardetanha
>
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Cornelius Kibelka <
> cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > While preparing the report for the last Wikimedia Conference (which we
> > will publish on Friday), Daniela Gentner, our logistics coordinator, has
> > written a detailed learning pattern about how to support participants in
> > getting a (German) Schengen visa for the Wikimedia Conference. While it
> is
> > certainly focused on German processes, many steps and tips are applicable
> > by any organizer in any country.
> >
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns/Timing,
> > _Communication,_Preparation:_How_to_support_your_event_
> > participants_in_the_best_way_to_get_a_Schengen_Visa
> >
> > Maybe this is could be a good start to collect resources and material
> > around this topic for future events.
> >
> > Happy reading & sharing,
> > Cornelius
> >
> >
> > On 27 June 2017 at 02:49, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The creation of one or more learning patterns could be good here. Please
> >> see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Learning_patterns.
> >>
> >> Pine
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think the centralized place on meta is a great idea so we could put
> >>> tips, samples, and maybe even an 'advice line' for people who might be
> able
> >>> to help someone in a particular region. If someone wants to start
> this
> >>> I'd be happy to add, edit, etc.
> >>>
> >>> Ellie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> As a person who missed three events because of rejection of visa (one
> >>>> Wikimania, one Wikimedia Hackathon, one WikiArabia) and missed two
> other
> >>>> because couldn't event get an appointment with the embassy
> (DevSummits) I
> >>>> want to share my experience here. There is three parties involved in
> this
> >>>> case:
> >>>>
> >>>> - Participants:
> >>>> -- If you are going to another country that has strict visa rules,
> you
> >>>> should be prepared and know what can go wrong. Usually make a group of
> >>>> people who are more experienced in Wikimedia events and ask them for
> help.
> >>>> This helped me in some events to get visa without trouble. One case I
> >>>> remember was when the invitation letter was from WMF and not the local
> >>>> chapter. It caused rejection of visa before me and once I knew it, I
> fixed
> >>>> it.
> >>>> -- Be prepared for other options. For example, for Esino Lario one of
> >>>> my friends missed the event because he couldn't get appointment with
> the
> >>>> embassy, when I knew this is a problem, I tried the German embassy
> and got
> >>>> the visa ready in time. (Per Schengen laws, you need to make requests
> to
> >>>> the country you will stay the most, so I stayed in Germany for 11
> days and
> >>>> Italy for 8 days to make things legal)
> >>>> -- If you have an interview to justify your visa, definitely mention
> >>>> Wikipedia. People don't know what WMF is but all know Wikipedia and
> have
> >>>> positive feelings.
> >>>> -- I know it's hard but let go sometimes: I decided not to go at this
> >>>> year's Wikimania just because the visa process is horrible and I need
> to
> >>>> travel to Turkey at least twice. Even though I know I miss a great
> event
> >>>> but let's hope to meet them soon.
> >>>>
> >>>> -WMF:
> >>>> -- I know WMF is busy but I mentioned this several times to legal,
> >>>> support and safety and some other teams. People like me have problem
> going
> >>>> to events and there should be support for them. Two things were
> always said
> >>>> and I don't know why it's not being done, 1- Prepare a centralized
> place
> >>>> (probably in meta) so people share experience to help newbies to get
> visa
> >>>> documents right. I have seen lots of problems in the documents my
> friends
> >>>> need to prepare for the visa and helped them to get it right before
> it gets
> >>>> rejected but I had to meet them in person and it's an exclusive club
> of
> >>>> people I know. I want to open this knowledge to others.
> >>>> -- The other option I always mentioning is support for getting one
> >>>> multiple entries visa instead of getting one visa for each event,
> This is
> >>>> very true for European events. This would make life of lots of people
> way
> >>>> easier.
> >>>>
> >>>> Local chapters:
> >>>> -- When there is a Wikimania, a local chapter will be handling
> process
> >>>> of visa for lots of countries with different issues. Sometimes they
> handle
> >>>> it perfectly and other problems might be the reason for rejection but
> >>>> sometimes I need to come back to them and ask for more documents which
> >>>> increases the chance of rejection or visa not being issued in time.
> They
> >>>> usually consult with an immigration lawyer before the process, this
> needs
> >>>> to be increased and WMF needs to make sure these consults happen.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry for the long email. I hope this would be helpful for you.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 1:51 PM Ilario valdelli <
> >>>> ilario.valdelli(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 24/06/2017 02:00, Ellie Young wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Gabriel Thullen <
> gabriel(a)thullen.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I have a few comments:
> >>>>>> 1)
> >>>>>> We do not know how the Montreal venue was selected for Wikimania.
> >>>>>> Jean-Philippe said:
> >>>>>> "A "Wikimania Montreal Committee", now defunct, was behind the
> >>>>>> request to WMF to have Wikimania in Montreal and they did not
> coordinate
> >>>>>> with the chapter in doing this."
> >>>>>> The situation there is obviously more complicated than what is being
> >>>>>> said so I will not dwell on that. What disturbs me is that the
> Montreal bid
> >>>>>> was accepted in absence of the local chapter support. That is not
> >>>>>> acceptable. Looking back on the success of the Esino Lario event, I
> believe
> >>>>>> that strong local chapter and volunteer support is vital for a
> Wikimania
> >>>>>> event.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Let us just say that there was confusion and communication issues
> >>>>> with the original proposers to host. The Steering Committee
> (including
> >>>>> yours truly) thought that Wikimedia Canada was involved. I think
> >>>>> everyone can agree how important it is for having the local chapters
> >>>>> involved--- most recently Esino Lario and Mexico City and of course
> South
> >>>>> Africa coming up.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Ellie,
> >>>>> This is an interesting point. I know that recently there has been a
> >>>>> decision to have Wikimania's organization notified two years in
> advance,
> >>>>> but this model can only work if there is a "local group" with a
> mature
> >>>>> organization. Two years are too many for a local "extemporary"
> >>>>> committee.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A chapter (with at least a small staff) is something that can assure
> a
> >>>>> commitment for two years and can support efficiently a local group
> (and
> >>>>> perhaps to save the organization in case of withdrawal).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Basically the two year model cannot be disconnected from a *mature*
> >>>>> local organization as a chapter, otherwise the model will not work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But at this point is also interesting to know how big may be the
> >>>>> impact on a chapter. The organization of an event like Wikimania is
> >>>>> something fascinating, but at the same time it's more than a "stress
> test"
> >>>>> for a chapter.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kind regards
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Ilario Valdelli
> >>>>> Wikimedia CH
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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> >>> --
> >>> Ellie Young
> >>> Events Manager
> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
> >>> eyoung(a)wikimedia.org
> >>> c. 510 701 8649 <(510)%20701-8649>
> >>>
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> > Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)
> > for the Wikimedia Conference
> >
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