Dear all, a few things:

The Wikimania program is really coming together. The program team worked through some marathon reviewing sessions over the past week (review teams, you'll be getting your own updates), and we now have a good part of the program worked out; including panel and session matchings, a number of promising posters, and a collection of lightning presentations.

Registration is now open in 5 (magical) languages; if you think you might need an invitation letter to be able to come, for funding or visa reasons, please register asap. Some visa information is available here : http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visas

Spread the word: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/Wikimania/Announcements http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_press_releases/Registration_opens_f...

Finally, if you are making travel plans and want to coordinate with others, remember to make a note on the website : http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel

Greatly looking forward to the summer, --SJ