Dear all,

The second global IRC chat about Wikimania '06 will be this Saturday, at 1600 UTC, lasting around an hour. We will have an update on conference dates and deadlines, and further discussion of goals. Please add to the agenda, and add your name if you plan to attend, here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Planning#Meetings

You may also see on that page that a program meeting is planned for next Tues or Wed; date pending a bit more feedback from last year's planners (this will be an open meeting, but scheduled to make it easy for programme planners from last year to attend, as programmes and programs have much in common).

-- Sj

Other ways to get involved :

1. Volunteer your time, language skills, and enthusiasm: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Teams

2. Sign up for yet another mailing list (wikimania-l). It is currently low-traffic and primarily English-language; two things you can help change. http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

3. Sign up to attend, plan carpools or offer crash space for the event. (harder to do before the date is fixed, of course) http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006/Attendees