[Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Asian Chapters Meeting 2011

-- Siska Doviana | Pendiri (Co-Founder) | Wikimedia Indonesia Ph. +62 816 484 5052 ~~~~ Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan: http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Siska Doviana siska.doviana@wikimedia.or.id wrote: > Ted, > Thank you for the perspective, I still remember Anirudh saying how the > Wikimania in Taipei is the "cleanest" (meaning the most organized) - > and he was saying that after Argentine (so I was drawing a conclusion > here). > > Morgan, > I have no doubt you can deliver, I kept saying the opposite here that > (may) sound discouraging because I know for a fact that the European > is paying (most of it), and for them, unlike Wikimania, they see > chapter's meeting as "business meeting" instead of "fun/ vacation/ > wikimania" type. Sure WMF people wants to go to Hong Kong, I would > too, I mean my last experience in the German Embassy for schengen visa > is a bit traumatic compare to Hong Kong "walk in" no visa required. > > What I meant to say is this, if you do have energy to spent, focused > on the Asian chapter's meeting. It seem like a mutual agreement > already - not just venue, not just transport, you don't even have to > worry about sponsors - even if you bill the whole thing to WMF and > insist: "We need this, we need a good facilitators too - consultant > for non profit - a three day training identifying what our weakness > is, what our strength - how we can push the movement together - the > Asian way - how we can fill each other's weaknesses" - everyone would > say - YES - let them meet - they need to push forward in synergy. > > I even thought about hiring Indonesian best facilitators for this, > surely they will not bill in Euros. > > -- > Siska Doviana | Pendiri (Co-Founder) | Wikimedia Indonesia > Ph. +62 816 484 5052 > ~~~~ > Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan: > http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi >