<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Back in May when we announced to this mailing list that registration was open we included the following:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><pre class="">* WMF and WM-MX are grateful to Conaculta and the Biblioteca Vasconcelos for
their kind offer to host the conference at the magnificent Biblioteca.
However, due to logistical issues, we had to change the venue to the Hilton
Hotel La Reforma. We will continue to work with both Conaculta and the
Biblioteca Vasconcelos to leverage the experience and capacity of all
institutions to generate and disseminate content that guarantees free and open
knowledge to the whole of society.</pre><div class="">The biggest logistical issue at the Biblioteca that wasn’t resolved at that time was</div><div class="">being able to guarantee that our connectivity requirements could be met. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ellie Young</div><div class="">WMF Conference Coordinator</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Lane Rasberry <<a href="mailto:lane@bluerasberry.com" class="">lane@bluerasberry.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hello,<br class=""><br class=""></div>In the 2014 Wikimania bidding process the library was advertised as the conference venue.<br class=""><<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Vasconcelos" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Vasconcelos</a>><br class=""><<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City/Biblioteca_Vasconcelos" class="">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids/Mexico_City/Biblioteca_Vasconcelos</a>><br class=""><br class=""></div>At some point the venue changed to the Hilton Hotel.<br class=""><br class=""></div>I had been excited that there would be a conference in a library. We had a nice conference just the same.<br class=""><br class=""></div>Where can I find whatever published explanation and discussion there has been about the venue change?<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also- thanks to all volunteer organizers for presenting a great Mexico conference. Everyone who contributed should be very proud and I hope that no one criticizes anything that any of the volunteers did. The conference was great thanks to the volunteer organizers.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Thanks,<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Lane Rasberry<br class=""></div>user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia<br class=""><div class="">206.801.0814<br class=""><a href="mailto:lane@bluerasberry.com" target="_blank" class="">lane@bluerasberry.com</a></div></div></div>
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