Dear Wikimedians,
Thanks to those of you who have already registered for the Wikimedia Conference 2017 – we are already very excited to host the conference from March 31 to April 2, 2017 in Berlin!
== Registration information ==
You have not registered for the conference yet? Your affiliation is eligible [1] to attend the conference and you have been selected to represent your affiliation in Berlin? Then please be kindly reminded to register until Sunday, January 8, 2017. To register for the conference, please find the link to the registration form below.[2]
== Holiday break of the organizing team ==
In view of the upcoming holidays, we would like to inform you that the WMCON17 organizing team will be out of the office from December 23, 2016 until January 3, 2017. If you need assistance or have any questions, we recommend you to contact us before. Otherwise, we will respond to your emails as soon as possible upon our return.
== Visa information==
We strongly advise all those of you who need a visa to register until Monday, December 19, 2016. When registering afterwards, there is a serious risk that you may not clear the visa process in time. From our experience, the visa process takes always longer than expected and we want to avoid any last minute actions and cancellations.
We will do our best to send the documents (letter of invitation, foreign travel health insurance, copy of identity card from WMDE’s Executive Director) by December 22, 2016, which are needed for the visa application process, to everyone, who registers until Monday, December 19, 2016. Should you register after this date, we will prepare and send the documents to you beginning of January.
Further information on the visa process and assistance can be found on Meta.[3]
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Wenke & Daniela on behalf of the organizing team
Wikimedia Deutschland
wmcon@wikimedia.de
[1] http://wmde.org/WMCON17_Eligibility_Criteria
[2] http://wmde.org/wmcon17registration link