Seriously though, I think it is to be expected that a fair proportion of the attendees at the final party will be wanting to watch the game, and also that a fair proportion will NOT want to watch the game. Either the organisers will have to cater for both options at the same time (different rooms in the same building?) or it might be that up to half of the attendees will leave and find a different venue, which would be a shame.

-Liam

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On 7 May 2010 12:49, Lodewijk <lodewijk@effeietsanders.org> wrote:

and at the same time... realizes that - how unrealistic that may sound
- not everybody adores soccer.

Lodewijk

2010/5/7 Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt@gmail.com>:

> It must be possible to turn this bug into a feature.
> With such an international gathering in Gdansk, and with the farewell party
> that evening, having the fact of the world cup final at the exact same
> moment should be seen as a good thing. I think it is important that whoever
> is planning the farewell party make sure there is a giant screen...
> -Liam
> wittylama.com/blog
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>
>
> On 7 May 2010 11:43, Aphaia <aphaia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, as for the unfortunate collision, I wonder if it would be an issue.
>>
>> The final is planned to begin in 20:30 of the local time in South
>> Africa (UTC +2): in Poland it sure be the same hour (in summer UTC+2).
>> It isn't likely to happen certain official event except farewell
>> party, if planned. You can safely choose either to attend such a party
>> (or if there is no party, to go downtown w/ other people) or to go
>> somewhere you can watch the TV (at the hotel or at football bar - if
>> Poles have such).
>>
>> The question when and how many such parties we will have would be a
>> topic for planning list I guess.
>>
>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Marcin Cieślak <marcin@wikimania2010.pl>
>> wrote:
>> >> Here is Everton (or Tom, or user:everton137) from Wikimedia Brasil.
>> >> I'm going to Wikimania this year and I'd like to make some suggestions
>> >> and questions, but before I want know which list is better, the
>> >> general list or the planning list? Since both are very quiet, I'm in
>> >> doubt.
>> >
>> > When in doubt, go for the open list for everyone. We really welcome
>> > discussion regarding Wikimania, including the program.
>> >
>> > All submissions so far are available on a wiki:
>> >
>> > http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_submissions
>> >
>> > Feel free to comment on them, propose changes or even contact the
>> > authors -
>> > - this will be certainly valuable feedback to organizers.
>> >
>> >> My suggestions will be about presentations topics I'd like to see
>> >> (open educational resources and open government)
>> >
>> > I think those subjects are welcome on Wikimania, even if
>> > open government might somewhat outside of the core focus
>> > of the community. It all depends on the speakers and presenters
>> > - if you have some ideas and would like to invite someone -
>> > go ahead; there is still time to put a program proposal (until May
>> > 20th).
>> >
>> >> questions will be about video streaming (Wikimania 2009 had
>> >> an astonishing and efficient
>> >> process of video recording and streaming)
>> >
>> > I agree. We are working on having proper infrastructure in place
>> > to make this happen.
>> >
>> >> who are you thinking about
>> >> invinting to the event
>> >
>> > Do you mean invited talks (i.e. speakers and presentations we think
>> > should be there and we encourage them to come to Wikimania) or
>> > invitations
>> > for the attendees?
>> >
>> >> and if you are thinking about stopping 2 hours
>> >> on 11th July, since it will be the final of FIFA World Cup, and if
>> >> Brazil arrive there, I won't missed it!
>> >
>> > It wasn't clear when we set the date and we have this unfortunate
>> > collision. I am sure that football fans will not regret coming
>> > to Gdańsk for Wikimania!
>> >
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