During the bid, the organising team have considered a very ace youth hostel in Shek Kip Mei (about half an hour total ride from the venue) called Mei Ho House [1] [2] to be our hosteling option, unfortunately due to significant work delays it is yet to be opened. Indeed, it is not accepting reservations as of today yet.
Due to this uncertainty, we have decided against using this hostel as our accommodation option, but instead have sought other university dormitories nearby with good transport connections as mentioned by Jerry. Best regards, Alan [1] As mentioned in our bid, http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2013_bids/Hong_Kong#Local_vicinity [2] Details and updates of this youth hostel can be found at http://www.meihohouse.hk/eng/ 2013/3/26 Joseph Fox <[email protected]>: > They really were! Genuinely great, 10/10. If their HK colleagues are of > equal aceness they'd be well worth a shout. > -- > Joseph Fox > English Wikipedia > > http://enwp.org/user:foxj > > On 26 Mar 2013, at 0:50, James Hare <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hostelling International was fantastic during Wikimania 2012 ;-) > > > On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Rehman Wikimedia wrote: > > What about Hostelling International? > > HI-Hong Kong: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/country-Hong-Kong-HK.en.htm > > I think that's close, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right stuff... > > User:Rehman > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:45:44 +0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Your Local Team update for Wikimania 2013: March 2013 > > Dear Wikimaniacs & Non-Wikimaniacs > > This is your local team lead for this years conference in Hong Kong. > > As the local team pretty understands everyone's anticipation to the > conference > so we will try to keep you informed about the latest update of the > conference > whenever they can be release to the public > > Here are a few piece of info I think you will be interested to know > > a. Hostel accommodation > One thing I am sorry to tell you that, the dorm of PolyU is not available > due to renovation in this summer. > So we have arrange the dorm of another university in Kowloon, Baptist > University for scholarship recipients (whether WMF or Chapter scholarship) > > However, the BU dorm is not in the walking distance to PolyU, > but it is still in a very convenient location, just two MTR stations away > from PolyU > and we will also arrange shuttle in the morning, to getting most people to > the venue. > > We estimate there are still a number of beds that can be available as hostel > options, > so the local team will start accepting reservation for these extra beds > when the scholarship recipients start getting letter of notifications. > > We will only accept those reservation request from those who are not > supported by any scholarship or any Wikimedia entities, > and also we may consider reserving some beds for Wikipedians/wikimedians > only > > For the location of the new dorm, you may visit this website: > http://sa.hkbu.edu.hk/ugh/hallmap.html > More information will be available in the official wiki > > b. Parties > We are basically settled on the choice of venue for both welcoming parties > and closing parties > however we cannot reveal too much, either we are still negotiation, or > revealing may lead to some extra cost. > > For the opening party, please pray for a good weather, as you can enjoy the > famous harbour view from the venue. > > and for the closing party, considering some feedbacks we will switch to a > Beach party, rather than Beach barbecue > the location is also different from the one we stated in the bid > however, you can still experience the different landscape of Hong Kong > (suppose you never see or even expect) > > > > If you have any questions, please feel free to keep asking in the current > available means > like here, or the wiki page, we may try to be active on IRC, but due to the > time difference.... we cannot be always online while you're online > > lOOking forward to seeing you here in August > > -- > Jeromy-Yu "Jerry" Chan, ARAD > User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia > Advisor, Wikimedia Hong Kong > ChapCom/ComCom, Wikimedia Foundation > Coordinator-in-Chief, Wikimania 2013 > also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places > http://plasticnews.wf| http://about.me/jeromyu > > Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 > Lend us a simple edit, you're a Wikipedian! > > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- Alan C Y Lai [email protected] Tel: +852 6168 7708 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
