Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Summit 2020: Registration now open!

-- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op do 7 nov. 2019 om 16:48 schreef Cornelius Kibelka < cornelius.kibelka@wikimedia.de>: > Dear Wikimedians, > > We are delighted to announce that the registration for the Wikimedia Summit > 2020 [1], which will be held in Berlin from Friday, April 3, through > Sunday, April 5, is now open! > > Following Katherine’s and Abraham’s invitation, we would like to provide > you with important information regarding the eligibility for participation, > participant number regulation, registration procedure, specifics in regards > to the travel and hotel booking as well as the visa application process. > > == Eligibility criteria and participant number regulation == > > The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Summit 2020 are > aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation. > Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups must have shown signs of > recent activity (within the past six months as of September 30, 2019) and > be > up-to-date on their reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 1, > 2019). > [2] Moreover, affiliations need to have been officially recognized by the > Wikimedia Foundation before January 1, 2019. Before registering for the > conference, please check the eligibility and status overview of your > affiliate as well as the participant number regulation on meta [3]. > > == Registration information == > > We invite all eligible Wikimedia Affiliates to take part in the Wikimedia > Summit. To ensure that we use the in-person time as best as possible, we > ask Affiliates to only send delegates who will come with a good > understanding of the movement strategy process and the draft > recommendations, and are ready to take agency and responsibility to design > and implement the recommendations in collaboration with every part of the > Movement and our partners. > > People, who are selected by their organization to represent them at the > conference, need to register via the registration form.[4] The registration > deadline is Monday at midnight CET, December 16, 2019. Please note that we > won’t be able to accept and process registrations > > after this deadline. > > We are looking forward to welcoming members of the Wikimedia Foundation > Board of Trustees and staff as well as the Affiliations Committee in > Berlin. We see a huge advantage in having their representatives participate > on site. Please also register via the registration link [4]. > > In addition to the core-conference, a post-conference “Train the trainers” > is organized by the WMF Community Development team. Should you be > interested in participating in this event, you can indicate your interest > in the registration form. > > Further information on the registration process can be retrieved from meta > [5]. > > == Hotel and travel booking == > > The Wikimedia Summit will take place at the Seminar Campus Hotel in > Berlin’s green neighbourhood Dahlem.[6] A high number of hotel rooms > directly located in the same building have been reserved for the > conference participants. Based on WMDE’s great experiences at WikidataCon > and following our aim to reduce the environmental impact of this event, we > will provide vegetarian catering only during this event. > > Representatives of affiliates with an annual plan grant (group 1) will need > to book and pay for their hotel rooms as well as travel individually. Our > hotel group code and price information can be found on meta [7]. > > Affiliates, which don’t receive funding via an annual plan grant (group 2), > will be supported by WMDE for their hotel needs and travel booking. > > Members of the WMF Board, AffCom or WMF staff (group 3) receive travel and > hotel booking support by the WMF travel department. > > As for additional participants specifically invited by the Program Curator, > Cornelius, to complement the conference program (group 4), WMDE will assist > you with your hotel and travel booking. > > We advise you to check meta [3] to which group you belong to. > > == Visa information == > > Please visit the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Berlin [8] > to find out whether you need a visa for travelling to Germany. In case you > are in need of a visa, we advise you to register until December 1, 2019, so > that WMDE can assist you with the application process and send you the > required visa documents sufficiently in advance. All relevant information > and necessary steps to undertake are also described on meta [9]. > > Wikimedia Deutschland is looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin in > April! > > Please do not hesitate to reach out to us any time via > > wmsummit@wikimedia.de should you have any questions or comments. > > Best regards, > > Jana, Florian, and Cornelius > > Wikimedia Summit Organizing Team > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020 > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Eligibility_Criteria > > [4] https://forms.wikimedia.de/apps/wmsummit2020/form.html > > [5] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Registration_Informati... > > > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Venue_and_Hotel > > [7] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Travel_and_Hotel_Booki... > > > [8] http://wmde.org/germanyvisa > [9] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Visa_Process_and_Assis... > > -- > Cornelius Kibelka > Internationale Beziehungen | International Relations > Vorstandsteam | Office of the ED > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. 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