Dear everybody,
Wikimedia Sverige is also interested in hosting Wikimania in 2019.
We cannot compete regarding the weather (even though August's weather is as good as it gets here in the North), but in our APG application we have briefly outline our plan to achieve a successful event through long term capacity building.[1]
Best regards,
John
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/ 2016-2017_round1/Wikimedia_Sverige/Proposal_form#3_Community
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:26:25 -0700 From: Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Future Wikimanias Message-ID: <CA+cWZG5VWy0vWrBBZMT0dHFnFTMZ73tszZkDpRC9eOJXuBwr4w@mail.gmail. com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I will be meeting with the WMF management next week to discuss strategy, budget, etc for future Wikimanias. So after that I will be posting more information. In the meantime, as you say, we don't want people to put energy into detailed proposals or looking at the past structure of bids. I am just trying to get expressions of interest at this time, with the hope of making the process of hosting/organizing a much less painful experience for prospective people.
Thanks, Ellie
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:28 AM, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Hey all,
I'm not really sure if it would be the most effective if every city that has some level of interest, displays it by writing an email here. Elly, could you perhaps indicate what kind of information you would like from countries that show interest, to avoid the scenario that they start
putting
together packages of information that are actually of no help to you at this phase of consideration?
Best, Lodewijk
ps: in your email, it seems part of the last paragraph was removed by accident while editing, maybe you could check whether critical
information
was supposed to be put there?
2016-10-17 12:23 GMT+02:00 Gnangarra gnangarra@gmail.com:
Visa arent an issue everyone can get them online, except for those
people
from North Korea and currently those travelling under some UN passports due to a technical issue.
We have public transport system that works its nothing flash though a definate must do experience for the adventurist people. Perth has
lovely
weather despite it being winter here in July/August you might get to experience some rain event then its bound to interrupted by sunshine
with
temperatures between 14-20 degrees Celsius though the warmer days are
when
it'll be raining. Withe sunshine will be clear skys at night so there
will
ample opportnity to view the southern night skys, short trip out side
the
city lights will let see the milkyway in all its majesty.
Western Australia does have its and few other places share of sharks, spirders, snakes(not so many in winter), blue ringed octopus, box jellyfish(in winter its too cold for them as well), crocodiles but they arent normally found close to Perth. Then there are the drop bears which can be a bit sneaky during the cold months as they look for warm places
to
hide, there also the Bulyits a distant relative of the bunyip known for luring children away from the swimming holes and camp fires
Kangaroos are every where even on the backs of our coins, we'll be able to find a few for those want to see them, and Perth is also home to the happiest animal on the planet the Quokka.
History wise if you look at the written books we are only a couple of hundred years old, but in reality WA is home to one of the oldest
continual
cultures in the world
Perth will be more than a destination, it'll be journey of adventure, into the past of a truly ancient land.
so ends this tale of tourism and adventure stay tune for next weeks episode on fresh foods, wines and ales that will delight your senses
even
more
On 17 October 2016 at 17:27, cs cs@edubkk.org wrote:
There are very few countries that need a visa for visiting Thailand
for
up to 15 days and the nationals of most Western countries can stay for
This is a simple stamp in the passport on arrival although if you just
got
off a A380 it might take you 10 minutes queuing at the immigration
desks.
Members of ASEAN countries have even greater benefits (a bit like EU borders - oops! Should I have said that?)
Ultra modern mass rapid transport (overhead and subway trains) make transfer from the airport to the centre of downtown a doddle and
extremely
uncomplicated at not more than 20 minutes and just over a dollar or
two for
a ride; a taxi costs only 10 dollars so 4 sharing is even cheaper than
the
railway or the bus. Signage everywhere in Thailand is in English, even in the tiniest rural villages. Plenty of facilities everywhere for people of reduced
mobility
(ramps everywhere for wheelchairs, special toilets, etc.). Most people under 30 can speak enough English to point you in the wrong direction.
Despite the silly reports in the Lonely Planet, BKK is an extraordinarily safe city, no mugging, and hardly any pickpocketing. Most petty crime is done by the foreign tourists themselves.
Transport in town by proper air conditioned taxis or the touristy tuk-tuks (motorcycle rickshaws for the more adventurous) costs only 2
- 4
dollars for a ride that in a black cab in London would cost over 20
quid.
Road traffic in the city is dense, but not as bad as central Berlin, London, Manhattan, Paris, or Marseille. In fact I don’t mind driving
around
it at all. Helps to know where you are going though (but I do, and I
know
the shortcuts through the back alleys).
Unlike DC, Hong Kong, or Esino, a compact venue with a very short walking distance to/from accommodation and reasonable eating places is absolutely no problem. Everything is flat and there are no hills (no collapsing in the street from asthma attacks like on the steep
slopes
in the rare air of Esino Lario) Something like the government Chulalongkorn University (Thailand’s Oxbridge) campus is right in the middle of town and there are budget hotels up every alley.
For those who feel they must exploit the conference for some sight seeing, BKK is a hugely fascinating city. Even has what I believe is
the
world’s largest shopping mall (Panthip Plaza) dedicated entirely to
IT.
Fast river and canal boat-busses also provide a dense transportation network in and around the city and suburbs (only 20 mins from the backpacker ghetto (rooms from 4 quid a night) in Banglamphu district to Siam Square, the downtown epicentre.
Tourism speech over.
Kudpung
On 17Oct, 2016, at 15:15, WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequers@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Chris,
That sounds like a really good option for 2018 or later, especially
when
you consider how open Thailand is for visitors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Thailand
Also it would be the first Wikimania in the far East for five years.
If Bangkok traffic is as bad as its reputation, would it be possible
to
get a compact venue with food accommodation and conference all in
walking
distance?
WSC
On 17 October 2016 at 07:33, cs cs@edubkk.org wrote:
I am seriously interested in organising a Wikimania in Bangkok. The Thai Wiki does not have a functional chapter, but there is a user group chaired by a professor at Thailand’s major Medical College, and
we
have collaborated on various projects. With our combined knowledge we could get a team together fofr 2018 0r 2019 probably 2019 would be best. . I have experience in event management. Taweetham has lived and studiedfor his PhD in Australia and has attended several Wikimanias.
I have
lived in Thailand for nearly 20 years and was a professor at a
government
university in Bangkok for several years.
Bangkok has an ideal geo location, it’s a very modern city with excellent transport and communications infrastructures. (two large interation airports only 20 mins from the city centre; highly
developed
urban rapid mass transport systems; first class Internet).
Food, accommodation, and other facilities for visitors cost roughly
one
sixth of those in Western (USA, Canada, Australia, Europe,) or
Westernised
economies (HK, Singapore, etc).
Chris (Kudpung)
On 17Oct, 2016, at 07:24, Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org wrote:
This is a follow-up to a posting to this list by the Wikimania Committee in July soliciting proposals for people who might be
interested
in hosting a future Wikimania (especially 2018 and 2019), as follows:
" We are now looking for proposals of teams and locations. This is not a bidding process; we are keen for this to be a light-weight, simple request for suggestions. You don’t need to have a venue locked down, contracts drafted or sponsors lined up. You can have a quick look at
the
“judging criteria” which were used for 2016,[2] but the key part is commitment. In deciding where to hold conferences, we have to take
into
account additional factors about potential sites such as cost, accessibility, and security. "
I will be following up with various people who have expressed interest in the coming week. If anyone else is interested in discussing the possibilities (the team/prospective host need not be tied to a
particular
venue), please get in touch with me directly by October 30, 2016.
We
will be working with the WM F in the coming months in finalizing a venue/team for 2018, and we also want to get an early start at identifying potentials for the following year.
Thank you,
Ellie Young
WMF Events Manager
eyoung@wikimedia.org
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