Is there a good reason why there is still no "Wikimania coordinator" on staff?
I remember bringing this up with James Owen about an year and a half ago. The staff is almost twice as large as that time. Wikimania is by far, the single largest event that happens within this world, and yet there is not a single dedicated staff personnel? I don't think not being able to afford a staff position for this is a credible excuse anymore. An event-organizer from within US/EU, with experience in organizing international conferences, can make this process a lot easier. Organization like WMF, Mozilla for example, have several event organizers, and Visa coordinators on staff or on part-time basis for these issues. I see more wisdom in that thought now, than before. Regards Theo On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > As a response to this thread and a few others, I've created this page on > the WM2012 wiki: > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visa_rejections > ...in the hope that information gathered there will help future Wikimania > organizers assists participants to get visas and clear the immigration > process. > > Deryck > > > On 4 July 2012 18:23, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Stephen Wanjau, 04/07/2012 19:01: >> >> I wonder if there is a record somewhere that lists the prospective >>> attendees who didn’t attend Wikimania since they were denied Visa or on >>> any other grounds. Such a record would help us decide on future >>> Wikimania hosts with regards to easy of Visa acquaintance. >>> >> >> This is not needed. Visa problems were very well known when the decision >> has been made. >> >> Nemo >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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