Hi Abraham & Katherine, We understand the decision and it is for the general safety of not just the participants of that meeting, but the communities they represent as well.
To Everyone, There is a wiki page that was shared to us in one forum and we wish this page be collaboratively expanded for any events that may require remote access. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_remote_event_participation Kind regards, Butch Bustria On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 6:31 AM Bobby Shabangu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for letting us know. > > Regards, > Bobby Shabangu > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 21:49 Bodhisattwa Mandal < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Thank you for letting us know. > > > > Your message has been conveyed to our representative who was going to be > > participating in the "physical" Summit from our side. We will wait for > your > > instruction on the process of the upcoming virtual meetings. > > > > Thank you for thinking about the health of the participants. > > > > Regards, > > Bodhisattwa > > West Bengal Wikimedians User Group > > > > On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 01:10, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for informing the global community of this. More > importantly, > > > thank you for recognizing that the safety and well-being of the global > > > community should take precedence over a meeting. This is the way to > > "walk > > > the talk" about community safety. > > > > > > Risker/Anne > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 14:06, Abraham Taherivand < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > It’s with regret that we have to inform you that due to the global > > health > > > > situation (COVID-19), the physical meeting of the Wikimedia Summit > 2020 > > > and > > > > related side events in Berlin have been cancelled. > > > > > > > > Since we currently look into hosting the Summit in a series of > virtual > > > > meetings, starting at the dates of the Summit, please keep the dates > > > > blocked in your calendar. > > > > > > > > We are aware that this announcement will cause many questions (not > only > > > in > > > > relation to the Summit). Please be patient, more information will > > follow > > > > from our teams in the next few days. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director Wikimedia Deutschland > > > > > > > > Katherine Maher, Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > > > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > > > > http://wikimedia.de > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
