I think Wikimania 2012 is before Ramadan.
On Aug 22, 2011 3:59 PM, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
Having Wikimania during Ramadan will prevent people from attending. The
dates for Wikimania next year are also likely during Ramadan.
One way of looking at the absence of the Muslim world is that in
Alexandria
there was a sizable group from Israel. In the end it
is about taking the
opportunity. The opportunity for most was there with the exception from
for
instance our Iranian friends who are expressly
forbidden to come.
Thanks,
Gerard
2011/8/21 WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com>
> I flew home on Friday. Unfortunately I had been unable to find anyone
> capable of printing a Tshirt with "Do I look like the sort of person who
> packs my own luggage?", or at least not on a Tshirt in my size (walrus).
And
> as promised I hadn't made a Wikimania CD.
>
> It took me 40 minutes to get through security, check in and passport
> control, and unlike in Heathrow I didn't have to remove my shoes or belt,
or
> even discard my water. After I said that I had
received a gift while I
was
> in Israel they were a little interested in my
Wikimania bag, and I had to
> dig it out of my backpack and let it be cursorily inspected. Maybe next
year
> we can make the bag from Hemp and include in it
some sparklers or small
> fireworks for the closing party with perhaps a blade or some scissors for
> people wanting to customise their badges.
>
> As one of those who argued against holding Wikimania in Israel, I must
say
> that I was very impressed at how well the whole
thing was done. I think
> that the organisers did a brilliant job, I liked the food, and they even
had
> sufficient WiFi. The music at two of the parties
was a bit loud for
> socialising, but that's probably me showing my age. However I don't think
> this was really a completely Global Wikimania. As some of us feared it
would
> be, this was a Wikimania that largely missed the
Muslim world. I don't
think
> that this is the fault of the organisers, but
clearly holding our annual
> conference in Israel during Ramadan was not the best way to encourage
people
> from Islamic countries to attend. I hope that in
future we can make sure
> that Wikimania is more inclusive than that.
>
> WSC
>
>
>
>
> 2011/8/18 Harel Cain <harel.cain(a)gmail.com>
>
>> I don't suggest taking the train from Jerusalem to the airport - it
takes
>> a very long time - the train to Jerusalem is
very slow and is more of a
>> tourist attraction than anything else.
>>
>> It's much, much easier to call a sherut taxi called Nesher which will
pick
>> you up from home/hotel and take you to the
airport for NIS 58. No
security
>> process involved....
>>
>>
>> Harel
>>
>> 2011/8/17 KIZU Naoko <aphaia(a)gmail.com>
>>
>>> @ TLV T3 Departure floor
>>>
>>> In addition to the previous mails, I'd recommend who plans railway
>>> trip to arrive your departure station enough earlier than your train,
>>> specially if you are in Jerusalem or perhaps a place easy-to-reach
>>> from the West Bank.
>>>
>>> Security check at Malha Jerusalem Station would be as serious as at
>>> the airport. Though they keep being polite but the check on me took
>>> over 10 minutes. I was asked by two officers respectively to show them
>>> my passport, open every bag, what I bought in the Old City, and then
>>> again explain what almost each item in the bags was, and which places
>>> I had visited during my ongoing trip, specially in the West Bank,
>>> which Arab countries I had visited both in this particular trip and in
>>> the past and finally if I carried weapons. Finally they had me go
>>> through with smiles and best wishes on trip, so generally there was no
>>> problem at all, but if my schedule had been tight, it might have
>>> caused problems.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
>>> <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Federico Leva (Nemo), 17/08/2011 08:59:
>>> >>> PS: I didn't find them very good-looking either, like
someone
>>> claimed.
>>> >>
>>> >> Uh? :-? By the way I agree, but looking at some of the lots of the
>>> >> trainees the situation might improve in the future. :-p
>>> >
>>> > Oh, and I forgot to say that one of them was also even drawing
(smilies
>>> > etc.) together with a traveler on her
to-be-embarked laptop box.
>>> Perhaps
>>> > she had enough books for her next layover.
>>> >
>>> > Nemo
>>> >
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