And Deryck coordinated the program and made it work! He definitely played a big role in the conference :)
-- phoebe -- Phoebe Ayers Wikimedia Foundation | UC Davis Libraries http://phoebeayers.info On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Benoit Rochon <[email protected]>wrote: > I'd like to point out the work of Deryck Chan, who was there for us, with > his group of volunteers, from dusk 'til dawn at the dorms. Mr. Chan act as > a facilitator for the foreigners that we are, and I want to thank him > personally for his availability and his patience! We all come from > different cultures, and some things may look not important for some of us, > but for the hosts, it was a big thing. > > "When in Rome, do as the Romans do": few of us broke rules in Hong Kong, > me first, and probably without knowing, but Deryck had the patience to > explain this many times. > > Last night, he mentioned to me "Wikimania is so big, it's hard to manage > all this". Well Deryck, you did great; as we say in French: "Une poigne de > fer dans un gant de velour." > > So, Deryck Chan, please let me give you an high five. You earn it. > > Now rest please! :-) > > Benoit Rochon > -- > Chargé de projet / Project manager > Wikimédia Canada > 3450 rue Saint-Denis, suite 180 > Montréal (Québec) H2X 3L3 > Téléphone : 1-800-249-1216 > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Benoit_Rochon > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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