Hi Anthere,

-----Original Message----- From: wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Florence Devouard Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:46 AM To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania issues

Right now, I am sure that for some of you, it appears tiring and difficult. I am sure that you sometimes lack courage, because it is a lot of work, few people see you doing it, sometimes trying to find a sponsor does not succeed. But if you look at it, the conference is getting a little bit more real everyday.

So, keep faith (you are welcome to tell me the same when I am lacking courage myself).

The Foundation will help as much as possible on its part.

Thanks for your kindly encouragement. I believe with helps from the foundation and many other Wikimedians this Wikimania event will be more successful.

Registration seems to be the hot topic of the moment. I suggest that once registration system is open, we could not only mention it on lists, but also on the Foundation website, and possibly inform the sign post and Walter from wikizine to reach a larger audience. I am willing to help you here if necessary. We need visitors from everywhere :-)

Yes, I agree.

According to the website, it seems that venue is having hard time. Would it help to ask for more volunteers ?

Yes, I think that would be great.

At the present time Daucter will be the venue manager. And yes we are looking for more volunteers to help him.

I intend to give you more information probably within 2 weeks for when the board meeting will take place (probably before Wikimania). But this is a detail.

I'll try to stick around so as to see how I can help. But essentially, thank you for the great work.

Thanks. It will be a really great help to us.

Due to the coming Chinese New Year, we here in Taiwan are having a vacation for 9 days (from today). I want to say sorry in advance if we cannot response to you (or others) but we will reply ASAP. You can also reach some of us by Skype or MSN.

If any of you want to reach me for Wikimania issues via Skype or MSN, you can reach me at:

My Skype account: ulead_hsiangtai (would be online if I turn on my computer). MSN: hsiang-taichien@ulead.com.tw (it CANNOT be used for e-mail purpose).

Thanks, and best regards, H.T. International Contact Wikimania Taipei team

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