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day early, day late - extra nights
by Lodewijk 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

hi, I will arrive too early and leave too late for the registration form :) Is it possible to book extra nights through the organization, or should I count on it to book it myself? (ideally, I should then know where I'm staying, so I can try that first) Thanks! Lodewijk

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Re: [Wikimania-l] online registration.....2010
by Joe Corneli 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Hi there -- I think this is a good question for the wikimania-l list: where can we obtain the bank details to effect a bank transfer? Thanks, Joe Corneli Knowledge Media Institute The Open University, UK On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:43 PM, M.J.Horne <m.j.horne(a)open.ac.uk> wrote: > I have (hopefully) registered our Josephy Corneli to attend your 2010 > Conference 6th – 11th July, 2010 (Poland) > > > > However after completing the registration and receiving the acknowledgement > to say our delegate would be emailed in a couple of days. > > > > Because I I was making the booking on behalf of the delegate and raising our > official purchase order PO992720 I did expect to go forward on your site to > obtain all the necessary information to make payment of 160 euro by Bank > Transfer – please can you send me all the necessary payment details > > > > regards Mairi > > Senior Purchasing Assistant > Purchasing Department > OPEN UNIVERSITY > 01908 652096 (phone) > 01908 652990 (fax) > > > > -- > The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt > charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). >

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Technical resources?
by Kurt Bollacker 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I thought I'd ask about the technical resources available for presentations and the conference in general: 1. Will WiFi be available throughout the venue? 2. I assume that projectors/screens will exist to which presenters can connect laptops. Or is there another arrangement? 3. Are there any specific IRC channels or other "backchannel" forums suggested for informal communications? Thanks... Kurt :-)

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Request for room for a meeting
by Jankowski, Jacek 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 [[:es:Usuario:Galio]] _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Time for each talk
by Beatriz Busaniche 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

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

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Program Schedule - Update 2
by Jankowski, Jacek 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

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

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Request for room for a meeting
by Galileo Vidoni 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

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]]

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Program Schedule
by Jankowski, Jacek 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

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...;)

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Gathering for chapters and potential chapters at Wikimania
by Thomas Dalton 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

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!

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Please: at least any schedule information is needed now
by Jakob 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

*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

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