Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Flights for Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong

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On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan <yuyu@wikimedia.hk > wrote: > yes, of course we will try in later stage > > however, I am not sure if you can asks for support for local > (as we did this year, and some ppl in the opensource industry willing to > support a few of us go to DC this year :) > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Butch Bustria butch@wikimedia.org.phwrote: > >> Jeromy, >> >> I hope you can extend asking similar support to budget carriers for those >> travelling short distance like us. >> >> >> -- >> Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr. >> Wikimedia Philippines Inc. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only >> for the recipients named. If the reader is not a representative of the >> intended recipient, any review, dissemination or copying of this message or >> the information it contains is prohibited. If you have received this >> message in error, please immediately notify the sender, and delete the >> original message and attachments. >> >> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:07 PM, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> The DC organisers havent done a good job of providing useful >>> information or services to other chapters. >>> >>> When scholarships are announced close to the event, e.g. like WM 2012, >>> the flights are very expensive. Donor money is wasted. When do you >>> expect registration will open? >>> >>> Also if WMAU chapter is providing scholarships, it would be good to >>> know how much discount Cathy Pacific provide, so we can check the >>> discounted price means they are the cheapest carrier, e.g. compared >>> with Qantas. If we can get cheaper rates, it means we can send more >>> people. >>> >>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan >>> yuyu@wikimedia.hk wrote: >>> > Well, the mechanism will work similarly as DC this year >>> > >>> > that when you registered the conference, you will receive a discount >>> code >>> > then you can buy from the Cathay Pacific website with discount >>> > >>> > that's generally how the thing work >>> > >>> > actual procedure may be a little bit difference >>> > so we will keep you posted >>> > >>> > (as actually I talked about the bid and the offer we got with DC team >>> in >>> > Berlin >>> > and they pick up and do it) >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:17 AM, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> is there someone who will be looking at/organising bulk flight >>> >> discounts with carriers who service many countries in this region? >>> >> >>> >> we should try to estimate numbers of attendees from each country. >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> John Vandenberg >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list >>> >> Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD >>> > User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia >>> > Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong >>> > ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation >>> > Communications Co-Head, Wikimania HK Bidding Team >>> > also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places >>> > http://yuyu.be/txt | http://about.me/jeromyu >>> > >>> > Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 >>> > Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian! >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list >>> > Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> John Vandenberg >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-asia-chapters mailing list >>> Wikimedia-asia-chapters@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-asia-chapters >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr. >> Wikimedia Philippines Inc. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> The information contained in this message is privileged and intended only >> for the recipients named. 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