[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin, 24 November, 2006

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*Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin*

24 November, 2006<http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Team_Bulletin/20061124>

We are starting to recruit volunteers for the preparation work and the
on-site services of Wikimania 2007 Taipei. Anyone who is interested in
contributing to this event, especially those living in Taiwan, is cordially
invited.

   - Service location: over Internet or on-site.
   - Talents needed:
      1. Information pages/packets on Taiwan: help to collect, edit,
      and maintain information pages about Taipei and Taiwan on the
Wikimania 2007
      website.
      2. Secretary: prepare meeting records, distribute notices and
      promotional materials.
      3. Art designer of web pages.
      4. On-site service: reception and other services on site.
      5. Other specialized fields: will be selected from volunteers
      for further training.
   - Please contact: KJ <http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KaurJmeb> Email:
   kaurjmeb [at] gmail.comMSN: cityangelvmp [at] yahoo.com.tw
   - The recruitment is open until June 30th, 2007 (subject to change
   without further notice).
   - Qualifications: No discrimination by age or gender. Applicant should
   be interested in Internet culture, have a passion to volunteer, be familiar
   with typing on computer, be eager to learn new things, enjoy collecting,
   editing, and sharing information, and have spare time every week. Abilities
   in foreign languages are preferred but not required.
   - Computer skills: All levels are welcome, but those who are skilled
   at the following software are especially needed:
      1. graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver
      2. website: HTML, CSS, PHP, MediaWiki
   - Reimbursement:
      1. Service hours can be certified. Hours include those spent in
      training and actual services.
      2. Discounted admissions to Wikimania 2007.
   - Please provide your name, telephone number, email, graduated school
   and current occupation, and available time in your application message.

Besides the volunteer recruiting, the Team in Taipei also discussed the
following matters in its November 16th meeting over Skype:

   - Intelligent Times <http://www.itmag.org.tw/>, a Chinese magazine by
   Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry <http://www.iii.org.tw/>,
   will feature a special report on Wikimedia and Wikimania next year. Some
   articles will be contributed by Wikipedians in Taiwan.
   - The first Wikimania 2007 volunteer training
course<http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_training/20061209>will
be held on December 9th.
   - The website group of the Team is still looking for people who are
   familiar with PayPal, PHP, and API. Please contact
Littlebtc<http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Littlebtc>
   .
   - Ingy <http://search.cpan.org/%7Eingy/> will host the session on
   wikiwyg <http://wikiwyg.net/> during the Hacking days.
   - Wikimania 2007 will continue to use the 2006 logo.
   - A discussion and vote on the Chinese translation of "Wikimania" will
   be held on Chinese Wikipedia. Qweaz is in charge of this matter.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave them at...

   - http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Team_Bulletin/20061124
   - Wikimania-l mailing
list<http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l>

Everyone is welcome to reproduce and distribute this bulletin to their
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Bulletin's original
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the official Wikimania 2007 website in your distribution.