[Wikimania-l] Which Wikimania list should I use?

[Lodewijk]

and at the same time... realizes that - how unrealistic that may sound
- not everybody adores soccer.

Lodewijk

2010/5/7 Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com>:
> It must be possible to turn this bug into a feature.
> With such an international gathering in Gdansk, and with the farewell party
> that evening, having the fact of the world cup final at the exact same
> moment should be seen as a good thing. I think it is important that whoever
> is planning the farewell party make sure there is a giant screen...
> -Liam
> wittylama.com/blog
> Peace, love & metadata
>
>
> On 7 May 2010 11:43, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, as for the unfortunate collision, I wonder if it would be an issue.
>>
>> The final is planned to begin in 20:30 of the local time in South
>> Africa (UTC +2): in Poland it sure be the same hour (in summer UTC+2).
>> It isn't likely to happen certain official event except farewell
>> party, if planned. You can safely choose either to attend such a party
>> (or if there is no party, to go downtown w/ other people) or to go
>> somewhere you can watch the TV (at the hotel or at football bar - if
>> Poles have such).
>>
>> The question when and how many such parties we will have would be a
>> topic for planning list I guess.
>>
>> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Marcin Cieślak <marcin at wikimania2010.pl>
>> wrote:
>> >> Here is Everton (or Tom, or user:everton137) from Wikimedia Brasil.
>> >> I'm going to Wikimania this year and I'd like to make some suggestions
>> >> and questions, but before I want know which list is better, the
>> >> general list or the planning list? Since both are very quiet, I'm in
>> >> doubt.
>> >
>> > When in doubt, go for the open list for everyone. We really welcome
>> > discussion regarding Wikimania, including the program.
>> >
>> > All submissions so far are available on a wiki:
>> >
>> > http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_submissions
>> >
>> > Feel free to comment on them, propose changes or even contact the
>> > authors -
>> > - this will be certainly valuable feedback to organizers.
>> >
>> >> My suggestions will be about presentations topics I'd like to see
>> >> (open educational resources and open government)
>> >
>> > I think those subjects are welcome on Wikimania, even if
>> > open government might somewhat outside of the core focus
>> > of the community. It all depends on the speakers and presenters
>> > - if you have some ideas and would like to invite someone -
>> > go ahead; there is still time to put a program proposal (until May
>> > 20th).
>> >
>> >> questions will be about video streaming (Wikimania 2009 had
>> >> an astonishing and efficient
>> >> process of video recording and streaming)
>> >
>> > I agree. We are working on having proper infrastructure in place
>> > to make this happen.
>> >
>> >> who are you thinking about
>> >> invinting to the event
>> >
>> > Do you mean invited talks (i.e. speakers and presentations we think
>> > should be there and we encourage them to come to Wikimania) or
>> > invitations
>> > for the attendees?
>> >
>> >> and if you are thinking about stopping 2 hours
>> >> on 11th July, since it will be the final of FIFA World Cup, and if
>> >> Brazil arrive there, I won't missed it!
>> >
>> > It wasn't clear when we set the date and we have this unfortunate
>> > collision. I am sure that football fans will not regret coming
>> > to Gdańsk for Wikimania!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Marcin Cieslak
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>> >
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