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
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