Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
*a. Hostel accommodation* One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
*b. Parties* We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
Thank you for this update, Jerry! Good to know that the organisation is well on track.
Best regards, Bence
On Friday, March 22, 2013, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan yuyu@wikimedia.hk wrote:
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong. As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the
conference
so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the
conference
whenever they can be release to the public Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know a. Hostel accommodation One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available
due to renovation in this summer.
So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist
University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away
from PolyU
and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people
to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as
hostel options,
so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications. We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not
supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities,
and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians
only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website:
http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html
More information will be available in the official wiki b. Parties We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming
parties and closing parties
however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or
revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy
the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a
Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue
the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong
(suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current
available means
like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to
the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!
What's the style of rooms in BU dorm? Single/double rooms or multiple occupancy rooms?
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan < yuyu@wikimedia.hk> wrote:
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
*a. Hostel accommodation* One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
*b. Parties* We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 *Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!*
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Details of the dormitory room facilities can be found in http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/accommodation.html
They are twin rooms with well-appointed washroom in every two adjoining rooms, ie four people will share a bathroom.
Alan
2013/3/26 Shujen Chang i@blue.cat:
What's the style of rooms in BU dorm? Single/double rooms or multiple occupancy rooms?
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan yuyu@wikimedia.hk wrote:
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
a. Hostel accommodation One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
b. Parties We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!
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-- Sincerely, Shujen Chang
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What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong. As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference
so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conferencewhenever they can be release to the public Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
a. Hostel accommodationOne thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer.So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU,but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyUand we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options,so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra bedswhen the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities,and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.htmlMore information will be available in the official wiki
b. PartiesWe are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing partieshowever we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue. and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue
the location is also different from the one we stated in the bidhowever, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available meanslike here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-)
On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
a. Hostel accommodation One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
b. Parties We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!
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They really were! Genuinely great, 10/10. If their HK colleagues are of equal aceness they'd be well worth a shout. -- Joseph Fox English Wikipedia
On 26 Mar 2013, at 0:50, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-)
On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
a. Hostel accommodation One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
b. Parties We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!
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During the bid, the organising team have considered a very ace youth hostel in Shek Kip Mei (about half an hour total ride from the venue) called Mei Ho House [1] [2] to be our hosteling option, unfortunately due to significant work delays it is yet to be opened. Indeed, it is not accepting reservations as of today yet.
Due to this uncertainty, we have decided against using this hostel as our accommodation option, but instead have sought other university dormitories nearby with good transport connections as mentioned by Jerry.
Best regards, Alan
[1] As mentioned in our bid, http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2013_bids/Hong_Kong#Local_vici... [2] Details and updates of this youth hostel can be found at http://www.meihohouse.hk/eng/
2013/3/26 Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com:
They really were! Genuinely great, 10/10. If their HK colleagues are of equal aceness they'd be well worth a shout. -- Joseph Fox English Wikipedia
On 26 Mar 2013, at 0:50, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-)
On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
a. Hostel accommodation One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
b. Parties We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!
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Yes, but I've lived in HI in Hong Kong, and I think it's not in a convenient location.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:50 AM, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-)
On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
*a. Hostel accommodation* One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
*b. Parties* We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 *Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!*
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The location of HI hostel in HK is not convenient and number of beds are tiny
There is a bigger one in a rather convenient location is still in construction. I was last told it will open in June, which I have serious doubt with.
The team is working on the info of HKBU dorms, which will be soon available on the wiki, plz be patient
Sent from my iPhone
On 26 Mar, 2013, at 8:50, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-)
On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
a. Hostel accommodation One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
b. Parties We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
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Thanks for the updates...
2013/3/26 Jeromy Chan yuyu@wikimedia.hk
The location of HI hostel in HK is not convenient and number of beds are tiny
There is a bigger one in a rather convenient location is still in construction. I was last told it will open in June, which I have serious doubt with.
The team is working on the info of HKBU dorms, which will be soon available on the wiki, plz be patient
Sent from my iPhone
On 26 Mar, 2013, at 8:50, James Hare messedrocker@gmail.com wrote:
Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-)
On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
*a. Hostel accommodation* One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
*b. Parties* We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 *Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!*
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All the HI hostels in Hong Kong are in the remote countryside, more than an hour's commute from the venue.
The pin for Mong Tung Wan is misplaced - the correct location is about 20km southwest of where it appears to be on HI's Google Map :(
We were originally planning to block-book the Mei Ho House HI hostel (which would be next to a railway station and therefore only half an hour's commute from the venue) which was scheduled to open in late 2012. But the latest news we have is that their opening has been postponed to after Wikimania 2013.
I apologise on behalf of nobody for the inconvenient truth, Deryck
On 26 March 2013 00:45, Rehman Wikimedia rehman.wikimedia@live.com wrote:
What about Hostelling International?
HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm
I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff...
User:Rehman
From: yuyu@wikimedia.hk Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013
Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs
This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong.
As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the conference so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the conference whenever they can be release to the public
Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know
*a. Hostel accommodation* One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available due to renovation in this summer. So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship)
However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away from PolyU and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to the venue.
We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel options, so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications.
We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians only
For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html More information will be available in the official wiki
*b. Parties* We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties and closing parties however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or revealing may lead to some extra cost.
For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the famous harbour view from the venue.
and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong (suppose you never see or even expect)
If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current available means like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online
lOOking forward to seeing you here in August
-- Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places http://plasticnews.wf%7C http://about.me/jeromyu
Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 *Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian!*
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