Hi.
1. Not taking away from the sense of urgency expressed by Lodewijk and
already communicated by many others, I'd like to remind everyone that Juliana
da Costa José has assured us that accommodation has already been booked.
2. At this point, we all understand that something has gone wrong with the
preparations, but since the event is still AHEAD of us -- let's avoid mere
venting of anxiety and focus on helping the Gdansk team in any way we can.
That said, the Gdansk team would make helping them a lot easier if they
would *communicate* about whatever difficulties they have encountered.
Quite a few people have already offered to help, including WMF staff, and
including people with plenty of Wikimania and other event-organization
experience.
So PLEASE, everyone, let's keep the conversation constructive and refrain
from adding to the already existing pressure and anxiety.
Asaf
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Asaf Bartov <asaf.bartov(a)gmail.com>