Hi Kerry, >From the announcement on whoseknowledge, it seems that the co-location is just that: being in the same city, without being organized by the same people. The edit <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania&type=revision&diff=14010&oldid=13851> that added the conference as pre-conference has a summary that suggests to me that it is not endorsed/organized by the Wikimania organizing team (and I would based on that not expect them to offer registration for it), but that is something the local organizers can perhaps clarify.
Best, Lodewijk On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:01 PM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 26 May, information was added to the conference website > > > > https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania > > > > about a pre-event (18-19 July) called “Decolonizing the Internet > conference”. The link provided > > > > https://whoseknowledge.org/decolonizing-the-internet-conference/ > > > > talks about being co-located with Wikimania, but provides no clarity to > what this means, saying nothing about a specific venue other than being “in > Cape Town”. Nor does this link provide any information about how to > register, the costs, times of day, what the program is and whether there is > any way you can submit a request for a presentation at the conference. But > being on the Wikimania home page as part of the pre-conference program, I > figured that I needed to go to the Wikimania’s Eventbrite page at least to > register and pay, but when I went there to register for the event, but > found there was no mention of it at all. My first thought is that the > Eventbrite site had not been updated yet to reflect this pre-event, so I > have been checking back every day or so, but still no sign of it. In the > meantime, we have now passed the deadline for Early Bird Registration (4 > June) for these pre-conference events, so if it is to be booked via > Wikimania’s Eventbrite arrangements, the cost to attend just increased by > an extra USD 50 through failure to update the Eventbrite page in a timely > way. And I presume many of us have booked flights and hotel arrangements at > our own expense and may have difficulty (or increased costs) involved in > changing these to accommodate pre-conference events announced in such a > last minute way with so little detail. > > > > Can anyone clarify if this “Decolonizing the Internet conference” is > actually being held as part of the Wikimania pre-conference at the same > hotel as Wikimania? How do we register for it? Can we propose a talk etc? > And if it is a part of the official Wikimania pre-conference, can we still > register at the cheaper Early Bird rate once it is added to the Eventbrite > site? > > > > Thanks > > > > Kerry > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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