As far as organising a meet up here in Thailand is concerned, some of us have already tried. The last meeting comprised a Thai who actually lives in Australia, and a Brit who lives 750 km away in the Northeast who was prepared (and probably could afford) to travel down to the capital.
Excellent accommodation is available in BKK from as little as $10 a night for an individual room, food from a few cents, busses are around 30c a ride, and a 20 min taxi ride in the city less than $3.
I'd be happy to come down to BKK to meet any organisational Wikipedians on their way through.
Kudpung
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On 13 Nov 2012, at 09:19, Taweetham wrote:
I think there are two separate points:
A. Cost of travel, accommodation, venue, visa, etc. It really depends on how long we are going to stay and how many people from each country are attending. However, I believe that Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok are competitive for in this respect.
B. Benefit/Burden to local people You can think of the meeting as a benefit or a burden to the host if there is an interaction with the local. For Bangkok, I can't guarantee that my colleagues or I will present there physically. However, we can help you to find reasonable ticket/accommodation and offer some tips to avoid troubles (getting ripped off or food poisoning).
I agree with John in general that we should move around if possible. If a chapter or local group exists, we can and should definitely interact with them. However, if it doesn't exist yet, we perhaps need to demonstrate to them how it looks like. But bear in mind the language and cultural differences! Many local contributors do not speak English and have various opinions that you may find them strange.
Whether Australia should be part of Asia is always a hotly debate subject. I don't know the answer but I'd like to draw your attention to (1) the Australian government recent white paper: http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/australia-asian-century-white-paper-austra... "All students will have continuous access to a priority Asian language—Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian and Japanese." (2) the contribution statistics: http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageEditsPerLanguageB... http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerLanguageB... Australia is listed under Chinese, Cantonese, Korean, and Tamil Wikipedias.
Taweetham
On 13 November 2012 12:27, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
Siska and I are going to be in Bangkok before and after Wikimania.
User:JJ_Harrison is going to be in Thailand next year.
I think we could organise a meeting in Bangkok for local people who cant attend Wikimania.
It would be good to organise an event each year in an Asian country that doesnt have a chapter, where international attendees are helped by the locals but not like a conference where everything is taken care of - the international attendees take care of their own bookings etc. This will help those countries develop a core group who can start a chapter.
John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note
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On 12 Nov 2012, at 22:16, 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
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