(Just a quick followup on the important GLAM and FOSS events that were risking being cancelled here in Portugal due to complete lack of WMF support: While looking to all our options, I remember we had already planned a meeting with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lisbon about the Wikipedia Asia Month and the divulgation of the Russian culture here in Portugal, including Madeira Island, where we have a strong relation since the times of the czars until today, mainly covering arts and tourism. I've contacted the Embassy, which showed interest on this project, so I've just added those two events to the project we already add, to try to save them adjusting them to the scope of the Russian culture, and I expect we could meet in the next few days, hopefully still in time to save the events
Paulo, Wikimedia Portugal)
Paulo Santos Perneta paulosperneta@gmail.com escreveu no dia quarta, 7/11/2018 à(s) 17:57:
It is very sad that, despite Wikimedia Portugal currently having everything up to date, being a very active and thriving chapter, being the only remaining Portuguese-speaking Wikimedia organization in the whole Wikimedia movement, also acting as a facilitator to all the Wikimedia communities all over the Portuguese-speaking world on their relation with the rest of the Wikimedia movement, and having fulfilled all its obligations, including all those requested by AffCom, AffCom has decided to unilaterally force an extension of the chapter suspension for more three months, claiming they need more time to look into the case. This not only made it impossible or almost impossible to carry on a lot of activities that were already scheduled for those three months, including our organization, co-organization and participation on two key national scope GLAM and FOSS events, including a GLAM promotion event co-organized with the National Library aimed the divulgation of GLAM partnerships and projects to other similar institutions in the country, and the first Ubuntu Conference in Portugal, with an obvious damage of the name of Wikimedia along those GLAM and FOSS institutions and groups, but effectively blocked us from taking part on the Wikimedia Summit, as the limit ends next 17 December, much before the new limit of the extension AffCom has imposed.
These are sad times for the Wikimedia movement here in Portugal.
Anyway, I wish the best for those of you that will be attending the Wikimedia Summit next year, and sincerely hope it will be a success.
Paulo (DarwIn) Wikimedia Portugal
Cornelius Kibelka cornelius.kibelka@wikimedia.de escreveu no dia sexta, 2/11/2018 à(s) 14:01:
Dear Wikimedians,
We are delighted to announce that the registration for the Wikimedia Summit 2019 [1], which will be held in Berlin at Mercure Hotel Berlin Tempelhof Airport [2] from Friday, March 29, through Sunday, March 31, is now open!
As we have announced previously, the main focus of this redesigned event will be the Movement Strategy Process. We invite affiliates, the Wikimedia Foundation, its committees and Movement Strategy Working Group members to check-in, have a look back and plan the next steps of the process together.
We would like to provide you with important information regarding the eligibility for participation, participant number regulation, registration procedure, specifics in regards to the travel and hotel booking as well as the visa application process.
== Eligibility criteria and participant number regulation ==
The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Summit 2019 are aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation. Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups must have shown signs of recent activity and be up-to-date on their reporting [3] by the eligibility deadline (December 1, 2018). Moreover, affiliations need to have been officially recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation before January 1, 2018. Before registering for the Wikimedia Summit, please check the eligibility and status overview of your affiliate as well as the participant number regulation on meta [4].
==Registration information==
To make the summit a success, it will be essential for the invited affiliates to deliberately choose their delegates. Affiliates are asked to send delegates that are well-informed in goings-on at the affiliate and able to confidently answer questions about it. We have shared specific registration advices and information regarding this [5].
We are looking forward to also welcoming members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and staff, the Funds Dissemination Committee, Simple APG committee as well as the Affiliations Committee in Berlin. We see a huge advantage in having their representatives participate on site.
Also, the Core Team has invited Working Group members from the Movement Strategy Working Groups.
All representatives need to register via the registration form [5]. The registration deadline is Monday at midnight CET, December 17, 2018. Please note that we won’t be able to accept and process registrations after this deadline.
==Hotel and travel booking==
Depending on your group belonging the booking process varies. Therefore, please double-check on meta [4] to which group you belong to and have the group-specific travel and hotel booking information [6] in mind.
==Visa information==
Please visit the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Berlin [7] to find out whether you need a visa for travelling to Germany. In case you are in need of a visa, we advise you to register until November 19, 2018, so that WMDE can assist you with the application process and send you the required visa documents sufficiently in advance. All relevant information and necessary steps to undertake are also described on meta [8].
Wikimedia Deutschland is looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in April!
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via wmsummit@wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments.
Best regards,
Michelle & Cornelius
For the Wikimedia Summit Organizing Team
Wikimedia Deutschland
wmsummit@wikimedia.de
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Venue_and_Hotel
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Eligibility_Criteria
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Registration_Informati...
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Travel_and_Hotel_Booki...
[7] http://wmde.org/germanyvisa [8]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Visa_Process_and_Assis...
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