Those who organise the various Wikimanias tend
to ignore the fact
that people in developing or emerging economies only have a fraction of
the spending power of those in Western style countries.
There are 'islands ' of Western level economy in Asia such as Taiwan, S.
Korea, HK, and Singapore, but foreign travel is almost out of the question
for the majority of citizens of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia,
and perhaps Malaysia, and Indonesia and countries of the Indian sub
continent.
Until the Foundation is prepared to rethink its scholarship funding in
order to bring it in line with its Global South policy, with the
paucity of funding available for the travel of volunteer Wikipedians
compared to the massive travel budgets allowed for Foundation employees,
in my opinion the effort should be to concentrate on getting Asian
editors to Wikimania Hong Kong. They were extremely poorly represented
at Wikimania DC.
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On 13 Nov 2012, at 07:59, Charles Gregory wrote:
As an idea - seeing as Wikimania will be in Hong Kong, would it be
preferable to focus on that in 2013 and have an Asian Wikimedia meeting in
2014?
Many people/chapters have limited resources and may have to choose
between an Asian Wikimedia meeting and WM2013.
Another option is to choose a location which has a short, cheap, high
traffic route to Hong Kong (such as Singapore or Kuala Lumpur) and have the
meeting the week before or after WM2013? Similar to what New York did with
Wikimania Takes Manhattan this year.
Regards,
Charles
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree Singapore is also a good option, as it is
readily accessable by
everyone,
Hong Kong would give the organsiors of Wikimania a chance to test on
smaller scale with less pressure to perform, though could also have a
negative affect on local sponsors, causing a drain on local resources.
The malaysia visa concern raise is something that would need to be
checked,
Thailand, Philipines are both options....
Why not just see what each place can organise before the end of the
year 31 Dec, run with the best option decided by mid 15 Jan that give a
clear 4 months to organise.
For those that dont know I'm Australia and its too expensive, we lack
sufficient available accommodation and cheep flights to Perth to even
suggest here
Gnangarra
On 13 November 2012 06:15, Taweetham <taweetham(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, for those who went to Israel (Wikimania 2011) and got any stamps
> or visa labels from there, you probably need to be apprehensive about
> going to Malaysia.
>
> On 13 November 2012 09:08, Taweetham <taweetham(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with Tomo regarding visa policy. In addition to four
> countries
> > mentioned, I'd like to add
> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Singapore
> > to the list as well.
> >
> > As far as I know, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are probably the
> > best locations if you consider availability of low-cost airline
> > connections.
> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_low-cost_airlines#Asia
> >
> > However, I have to admit that we don't have the capacity to organize
> > an international event on our own. We can only help you book a
> > reasonable accommodation and venue. What do you think of this?
> >
> > Taweetham@thwp
> >
> > On 13 November 2012 03:58, Tomoaki Suzuki <tmoszk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I too, think it's a fabulous idea for us to get together in our
> cities.
> >> As Kevin said, selecting a hosting city is one of the most
> important point
> >> for successful convention.
> >>
> >> My recommendation, in addition to Hong Kong, which was mentioned on
> >> Facebook, is the following four countries, as they have generous
> visa policy
> >> and direct flights from most Asian countries.
> >>
> >>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_South_Korean_citizens#As…
> >> - South Korea
> >>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_Philippines -
> Philippines
> >>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Thailand Thailand
> >>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Malaysia - Malaysia
> >>
> >> We also need to consider how well the local hosting group is
> organized. For
> >> me, Hong Kong, Philippines, and South Korea seem to exceed among
> those in
> >> this regard. Anyone from these countries who are willing to welcome
> Asian
> >> Wikimedians?
> >>
> >> Tomo
> >> (Tomo_suzuki@jawp)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2012/11/12 Doraemon <ka360(a)live.hk>
> >>>
> >>> Good idea. But we have to consider about the city, because unlike
> Europe,
> >>> Asian countries are separated.
> >>>
> >>> Kevin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> (2012/11/13 0:16), Josh Lim wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi guys,
> >>>
> >>> There's talk right now on the Facebook group about a proposed Asian
> >>> Wikimedia meeting, similar to the Central and Eastern Europe
> meeting held
> >>> last year in Belgrade. What do you guys think?
> >>>
> >>> For reference, information on the CEE meeting may be found here:
> >>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2012.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Josh
> >>>
> >>> JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM
> >>> Block I1, AB Political Science
> >>> Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies
> >>> Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University
> >>> Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
> >>>
> >>> Trustee (2010-2013), Wikimedia Philippines
> >>> Member, Ateneo Debate Society
> >>> Member, The Assembly
> >>>
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> >>>
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