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anthere at anthere

Jul 22, 2011, 7:18 AM

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Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
Very helpful"

Flo

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liamwyatt at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 7:21 AM

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Yeah, I just got that email too - fantastically organised, helpful, detailed
and prepared.
I always look forward to Wikimania and this year is shaping up to be the
benchmark conference that everyone compares subsequent Wikimanias to for
years to come :-)

See you soon!

-Liam

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Peace, love & metadata

On 22 July 2011 14:18, Florence Devouard <anthere [at] anthere> wrote:

> Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
> Very helpful"
>
> Flo
>
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harel.cain at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 7:23 AM

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Thanks!

If the links on your end don't work (they bring you to a MailChimp login
screen), you can always copy paste them to your browser URL window.

Sorry about that - some people have problems.

Harel

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 17:21, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt [at] gmail> wrote:

> Yeah, I just got that email too - fantastically organised, helpful,
> detailed and prepared.
> I always look forward to Wikimania and this year is shaping up to be the
> benchmark conference that everyone compares subsequent Wikimanias to for
> years to come :-)
>
> See you soon!
>
> -Liam
>
> wittylama.com/blog
> Peace, love & metadata
>
>
>
> On 22 July 2011 14:18, Florence Devouard <anthere [at] anthere> wrote:
>
>> Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
>> Very helpful"
>>
>> Flo
>>
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>>
>
>
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manuel.schneider at wikimedia

Jul 22, 2011, 7:26 AM

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you are making me really curious - didn't get the mail yet, awaiting it
eagerly ;-)

Congrats to the organisers for the smooth organising! It's fund working
with you.

/Manuel

On 22.07.2011 16:21, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> Yeah, I just got that email too - fantastically organised, helpful,
> detailed and prepared.
> I always look forward to Wikimania and this year is shaping up to be the
> benchmark conference that everyone compares subsequent Wikimanias to for
> years to come :-)

--
Regards
Manuel Schneider

Wikimedia CH - Verein zur F�rderung Freien Wissens
Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
www.wikimedia.ch

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harel.cain at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 8:10 AM

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I'm also sorry to say that we had a stupid typo both in the Sender field and
in the text itself with the OTRS address: it's supposed to read
wikimania-registration [at] wikimedia At least the embedded mailto: URL was
fine! :)

Sorry about that (we're working like crazy here and these things happen :-)

Harel Cain
Wikimania 2011 local team

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 17:26, Manuel Schneider <
manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia> wrote:

> you are making me really curious - didn't get the mail yet, awaiting it
> eagerly ;-)
>
> Congrats to the organisers for the smooth organising! It's fund working
> with you.
>
>
> /Manuel
>
> On 22.07.2011 16:21, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> > Yeah, I just got that email too - fantastically organised, helpful,
> > detailed and prepared.
> > I always look forward to Wikimania and this year is shaping up to be the
> > benchmark conference that everyone compares subsequent Wikimanias to for
> > years to come :-)
>
> --
> Regards
> Manuel Schneider
>
> Wikimedia CH - Verein zur F�rderung Freien Wissens
> Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
> www.wikimedia.ch
>
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> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
>

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fluffernutter.wiki at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 8:47 AM

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This reminds me of something I wanted to ask - I see in the email that the
organizers are recommending the shuttle-taxi thing for transit from the
airport. Is there any effort being made to coordinate arriving Wikimanians,
so that we can share a shuttle all going to the same place after we arrive
at the airport, or is each of us pretty much on our own?

-Fluffernutter

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Harel Cain <harel.cain [at] gmail> wrote:

> I'm also sorry to say that we had a stupid typo both in the Sender field
> and in the text itself with the OTRS address: it's supposed to read
> wikimania-registration [at] wikimedia At least the embedded mailto: URL
> was fine! :)
>
> Sorry about that (we're working like crazy here and these things happen :-)
>
>
> Harel Cain
> Wikimania 2011 local team
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 17:26, Manuel Schneider <
> manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia> wrote:
>
>> you are making me really curious - didn't get the mail yet, awaiting it
>> eagerly ;-)
>>
>> Congrats to the organisers for the smooth organising! It's fund working
>> with you.
>>
>>
>> /Manuel
>>
>> On 22.07.2011 16:21, Liam Wyatt wrote:
>> > Yeah, I just got that email too - fantastically organised, helpful,
>> > detailed and prepared.
>> > I always look forward to Wikimania and this year is shaping up to be the
>> > benchmark conference that everyone compares subsequent Wikimanias to for
>> > years to come :-)
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Manuel Schneider
>>
>> Wikimedia CH - Verein zur F�rderung Freien Wissens
>> Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
>> www.wikimedia.ch
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Wikimania-l mailing list
>> Wikimania-l [at] lists
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
>>
>
>
>
> --
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>
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>

nemowiki at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 8:50 AM

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Florence Devouard, 22/07/2011 16:18:
> Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
> Very helpful"

+1

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manuel.schneider at wikimedia

Jul 22, 2011, 9:01 AM

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Hi,

On 22.07.2011 17:47, KC wrote:
> This reminds me of something I wanted to ask - I see in the email that
> the organizers are recommending the shuttle-taxi thing for transit from
> the airport. Is there any effort being made to coordinate arriving
> Wikimanians, so that we can share a shuttle all going to the same place
> after we arrive at the airport, or is each of us pretty much on our own?

I wonder why it should be better to take a taxi than the train?

Maybe it's only me, but for me the train is the first and best option.
Especially in this case as the train station is directly in front of the
airport exit, trains run frequently and directly into Haifa and the cost
is less than 10 EUR... from Haifa Merkaz HaShmonha (central station) it
is only a few hundred meters to the Carmelit which brings you just in
front of the venue...

/Manuel
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tinucherian at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 9:09 AM

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Beautifully done ! Great job, organizers !

See you all at Haifa soon!

-Tinu Cherian

On 7/22/11, Florence Devouard <anthere [at] anthere> wrote:
> Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
> Very helpful"
>
> Flo
>
> _______________________________________________
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>

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jamesjoshualim at yahoo

Jul 22, 2011, 9:16 AM

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Agreed. :)

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From: Florence Devouard <anthere [at] anthere>
To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) <wikimania-l [at] lists>
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Subject: [Wikimania-l] About the "Wikimania 2011: Important Information for your Upcoming Participation"

Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
Very helpful"

Flo

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manuel.schneider at wikimedia

Jul 22, 2011, 9:44 AM

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Oi, I got the message, but with three(!!) different warnings that all
prevented me to see it:

* Spamassassin has declared it as spam
* Clam-AV has declared it as a virus
* Thunderbird declared it as scam

Here is the reason why:
X-Virus-Report: Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain FOUND
X-Virus-Checker-Version: clamassassin 1.2.4 with clamdscan / ClamAV
0.97/13350/Fri Jul 22 14:00:42 2011

X-Spam-Report:
* 3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100%
* [score: 1.0000]
* 1.1 DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS RBL: Envelope sender listed in bl.open-whois.org.
* -0.0 RCVD_IN_IADB_LISTED RBL: Participates in the IADB system
* [94.229.173.68 listed in iadb.isipp.com]
* -0.1 RCVD_IN_IADB_SPF RBL: IADB: Sender publishes SPF record
* -0.0 RCVD_IN_IADB_SENDERID RBL: IADB: Sender publishes Sender ID record
* -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record
* 0.0 DK_POLICY_TESTING Domain Keys: policy says domain is testing DK
* -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record
* 0.0 DK_SIGNED Domain Keys: message has a signature
* 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
* 1.4 MIME_QP_LONG_LINE RAW: Quoted-printable line longer than 76 chars

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deryckchan at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 9:49 AM

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[begin joke]
BDS et al. have really gone very far to discourage us from attending
Wikimania Haifa :)
[/end joke]

On 23 July 2011 00:44, Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia>wrote:

> Oi, I got the message, but with three(!!) different warnings that all
> prevented me to see it:
>
> * Spamassassin has declared it as spam
> * Clam-AV has declared it as a virus
> * Thunderbird declared it as scam
>
> Here is the reason why:
> X-Virus-Report: Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain FOUND
> X-Virus-Checker-Version: clamassassin 1.2.4 with clamdscan / ClamAV
> 0.97/13350/Fri Jul 22 14:00:42 2011
>
> X-Spam-Report:
> * 3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100%
> * [score: 1.0000]
> * 1.1 DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS RBL: Envelope sender listed in
> bl.open-whois.org.
> * -0.0 RCVD_IN_IADB_LISTED RBL: Participates in the IADB system
> * [94.229.173.68 listed in iadb.isipp.com]
> * -0.1 RCVD_IN_IADB_SPF RBL: IADB: Sender publishes SPF record
> * -0.0 RCVD_IN_IADB_SENDERID RBL: IADB: Sender publishes Sender ID
> record
> * -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record
> * 0.0 DK_POLICY_TESTING Domain Keys: policy says domain is testing
> DK
> * -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record
> * 0.0 DK_SIGNED Domain Keys: message has a signature
> * 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
> * 1.4 MIME_QP_LONG_LINE RAW: Quoted-printable line longer than 76
> chars
>
> --
> Regards
> Manuel Schneider
>
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>
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amir.aharoni at mail

Jul 22, 2011, 9:54 AM

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2011/7/22 Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia>:
> I wonder why it should be better to take a taxi than the train?

In general, the train service from the airport to Haifa is very good
and the Carmelit subway is cool, too.

A shared taxi may be a little more expensive, but it may be useful in
these cases:
* For people who arrive when the train doesn't work (Friday evening,
Saturday morning).
* For people who stay in the hotels, but who arrive when the Carmelit
subway doesn't work (night, Friday evening, Saturday morning).
* For people who stay in the dorms. The dorms can be reached by buses,
but not by the Carmelit subway.
* Some dorms can be reached by a bus during the night and on Friday
and Saturday, but some cannot.

Finally, some people may want to go directly from airport to the hotel
or dorm and not change means of transportation on the way after a long
flight and with heavy bags. I love public transportation and i explore
buses and subways in all the cities that i visit, but i know that not
everybody is like me :)

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manuel.schneider at wikimedia

Jul 22, 2011, 9:55 AM

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On 22.07.2011 18:49, Deryck Chan wrote:
> [begin joke]
> BDS et al. have really gone very far to discourage us from attending
> Wikimania Haifa :)
> [/end joke]

luckily it happened to me - there is no way of discouraging me from
attending Wikimania ;-)

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harel.cain at gmail

Jul 22, 2011, 10:26 PM

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I can only second what Amir wrote below: with the shared shuttle taxi, it
might mean waiting for the taxi van to fill up, and for other passengers to
be dropped off at their homes/destinations before you do (both can be
somewhat annoying), but at least you know you're brought to your final
destination, without needing to ever change between a train and a bus,
without looking for any platform, and mainly without carrying your luggage.
I think most people will find this more comfortable after a long flight.

Harel Cain
Wikimania 2011 local team

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 19:54, Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni [at] mail
> wrote:

> 2011/7/22 Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia>:
> > I wonder why it should be better to take a taxi than the train?
>
> In general, the train service from the airport to Haifa is very good
> and the Carmelit subway is cool, too.
>
> A shared taxi may be a little more expensive, but it may be useful in
> these cases:
> * For people who arrive when the train doesn't work (Friday evening,
> Saturday morning).
> * For people who stay in the hotels, but who arrive when the Carmelit
> subway doesn't work (night, Friday evening, Saturday morning).
> * For people who stay in the dorms. The dorms can be reached by buses,
> but not by the Carmelit subway.
> * Some dorms can be reached by a bus during the night and on Friday
> and Saturday, but some cannot.
>
> Finally, some people may want to go directly from airport to the hotel
> or dorm and not change means of transportation on the way after a long
> flight and with heavy bags. I love public transportation and i explore
> buses and subways in all the cities that i visit, but i know that not
> everybody is like me :)
>
> --
> Amir
>
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saintonge at telus

Jul 23, 2011, 2:41 AM

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On 07/22/11 10:26 PM, Harel Cain wrote:
> I can only second what Amir wrote below: with the shared shuttle taxi,
> it might mean waiting for the taxi van to fill up, and for other
> passengers to be dropped off at their homes/destinations before you do
> (both can be somewhat annoying), but at least you know you're brought
> to your final destination, without needing to ever change between a
> train and a bus, without looking for any platform, and mainly without
> carrying your luggage. I think most people will find this more
> comfortable after a long flight.
>

My flight with British Airways is scheduled to arrive at TLV at 5:20
a.m. on Tuesday.

- Do the shuttle taxis wait for some number of unconnected people who
are all going to Haifa?

- Is the senior citizen discount on the trains available for visitors?

- Since I would probably arrive in Haifa at about 7:00 a.m., well before
check-in time at the hotel, what is my best strategy for that time?

Ray

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harel.cain at gmail

Jul 23, 2011, 2:47 AM

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This type of questions is better answered on the Information Desk on the
wiki or on the OTRS queues, but what the heck.

Yes, the shuttle taxis wait to fill up. They have some kind of time from the
arrival of the first passenger after which they must to depart even if
they're not full, but that time can be rather longish and it'll be difficult
to argue about this with the driver. Bring some patience, and you can always
take a nap in the van while it's waiting :) Or you can always take the train
if you don't like waiting like this.

I doubt the senior citizen discount is applicable for visitors.

I think you'll arrive in Haifa between 7 and 8 am. Apart from asking for an
early check-in at the hotel (not sure how easy it'll be to arrange, but one
can try), my best recommendation is for you to come hang out at the
conference venue, meet people (we have a few meetings taking place already
on Tuesday), chill out, then go to your hotel at about 1 or 2 pm to check in
and rest. If you're early at the venue before people start showing up, you
can always spend an hour at one of the many coffee houses along HaNassi
avenue (next to the venue), some of them surely open at about 8 am or even
before.

Harel Cain
Wikimania 2011 local team

My flight with British Airways is scheduled to arrive at TLV at 5:20
> a.m. on Tuesday.
>
> - Do the shuttle taxis wait for some number of unconnected people who
> are all going to Haifa?
>
> - Is the senior citizen discount on the trains available for visitors?
>
> - Since I would probably arrive in Haifa at about 7:00 a.m., well before
> check-in time at the hotel, what is my best strategy for that time?
>
> Ray
>
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harel.cain at gmail

Jul 23, 2011, 2:55 AM

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It's a good idea, but rather difficult to implement. Our plans are to have
local volunteers at the arrival hall during those period of times when most
people are landing. By the attendees grouping up around the volunteers
(who'll have some kind of signs) they can then spontaneously group together
and board the shuttle taxis together. But it's difficult to coordinate it in
advance any more than that.

Harel Cain
Wikimania 2011 local team

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 18:47, KC <fluffernutter.wiki [at] gmail> wrote:

> This reminds me of something I wanted to ask - I see in the email that the
> organizers are recommending the shuttle-taxi thing for transit from the
> airport. Is there any effort being made to coordinate arriving Wikimanians,
> so that we can share a shuttle all going to the same place after we arrive
> at the airport, or is each of us pretty much on our own?
>
> -Fluffernutter
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Harel Cain <harel.cain [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>> I'm also sorry to say that we had a stupid typo both in the Sender field
>> and in the text itself with the OTRS address: it's supposed to read
>> wikimania-registration [at] wikimedia At least the embedded mailto: URL
>> was fine! :)
>>
>> Sorry about that (we're working like crazy here and these things happen
>> :-)
>>
>>
>> Harel Cain
>> Wikimania 2011 local team
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 17:26, Manuel Schneider <
>> manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia> wrote:
>>
>>> you are making me really curious - didn't get the mail yet, awaiting it
>>> eagerly ;-)
>>>
>>> Congrats to the organisers for the smooth organising! It's fund working
>>> with you.
>>>
>>>
>>> /Manuel
>>>
>>> On 22.07.2011 16:21, Liam Wyatt wrote:
>>> > Yeah, I just got that email too - fantastically organised, helpful,
>>> > detailed and prepared.
>>> > I always look forward to Wikimania and this year is shaping up to be
>>> the
>>> > benchmark conference that everyone compares subsequent Wikimanias to
>>> for
>>> > years to come :-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>> Manuel Schneider
>>>
>>> Wikimedia CH - Verein zur F�rderung Freien Wissens
>>> Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
>>> www.wikimedia.ch
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Wikimania-l mailing list
>>> Wikimania-l [at] lists
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
>>
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>>
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Jul 23, 2011, 9:30 AM

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Dear Ray,

Am 23.07.2011 11:41, schrieb Ray Saintonge:
> My flight with British Airways is scheduled to arrive at TLV at 5:20
> a.m. on Tuesday.

> - Is the senior citizen discount on the trains available for visitors?

well, the regular fare is 38,50 NIS. That's about 8 EUR / 10 CAD.

http://rail.co.il/EN/Tickets/Pages/Calculator.aspx

The senior discount is only available to Israeli citizens holding a
Senior Citizen's Card or Israeli ID Card according to what I can find on
the government websites, the tourist office doesn't adress that topic at
all.

There is only one train line at the airport, take the one in direction
of Nahariyya (נהרייה).

The train runs every 30 minutes at minutes 20 and 59, between 10pm and 5
am only hourly but the whole night through. The journey takes 80 - 91
minutes.

http://rail.co.il/EN/DrivePlan/Pages/DrivePlan.aspx?DrivePlanPage=true&OriginStationId=8600&DestStationId=2100&OriginStationName=Ben%20Gurion%20Airport&DestStationName=Haifa%20Center%20HaShmona&HoursDeparture=6&MinutesDeparture=0&HoursReturn=6&MinutesReturn=0&GoingHourDeparture=true&ArrivalHourDeparture=false&GoingHourReturn=true&ArrivalHourReturn=false&IsReturn=false&GoingTrainCln=2011-08-02&ReturnningTrainCln=2011-07-23&IsFullURL=true

If you are looking at the timetables be aware that you can't find the
airport under Tel Aviv (תל אביב) there - they call it just "Ben Gurion
Airport" and abbreviate the name Ben Gurion into B"G: נתב״ג
The Tel Aviv stations are also abbreviated (T"A): ת״א

Regards,

Manuel

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Jul 23, 2011, 4:06 PM

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Hi all,

Am 23.07.2011 11:55, schrieb Harel Cain:
> It's a good idea, but rather difficult to implement. Our plans are to have
> local volunteers at the arrival hall during those period of times when most
> people are landing. By the attendees grouping up around the volunteers
> (who'll have some kind of signs) they can then spontaneously group together
> and board the shuttle taxis together. But it's difficult to coordinate it in
> advance any more than that.

right.

I am trying anyway, I just added this announcement into the Attendees page:
***
'''[[Attendees/Travel Coordination|Travel Coordination]]''' - check when
your friends arrive and leave, organise joint trips from / to the airport.
***

If you like to organise in groups list yourself here:

http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees/Travel_Coordination

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lodewijk at effeietsanders

Jul 23, 2011, 4:14 PM

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is there any specific reason why your time tables only start at 8? (since a
looooot of flights arrive way before that - I'm for example arriving around
3am)

Lodewijk

2011/7/24 Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia>

> Hi all,
>
> Am 23.07.2011 11:55, schrieb Harel Cain:
> > It's a good idea, but rather difficult to implement. Our plans are to
> have
> > local volunteers at the arrival hall during those period of times when
> most
> > people are landing. By the attendees grouping up around the volunteers
> > (who'll have some kind of signs) they can then spontaneously group
> together
> > and board the shuttle taxis together. But it's difficult to coordinate it
> in
> > advance any more than that.
>
> right.
>
> I am trying anyway, I just added this announcement into the Attendees page:
> ***
> '''[[Attendees/Travel Coordination|Travel Coordination]]''' - check when
> your friends arrive and leave, organise joint trips from / to the airport.
> ***
>
> If you like to organise in groups list yourself here:
>
> http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees/Travel_Coordination
>
>
> /Manuel
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> Manuel Schneider
>
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Jul 23, 2011, 4:17 PM

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Hoi,

Am 24.07.2011 01:14, schrieb Lodewijk:
> is there any specific reason why your time tables only start at 8? (since a
> looooot of flights arrive way before that - I'm for example arriving around
> 3am)

of course not - just add it, sorry for that.

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jamesjoshualim at yahoo

Jul 23, 2011, 6:13 PM

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I also presume there are people leaving before 8:00 am too (like me, whose departing flight is at midnight)! :P

Josh

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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] About the "Wikimania 2011: Important Information for your Upcoming Participation"

is there any specific reason why your time tables only start at 8? (since a looooot of flights arrive way before that - I'm for example arriving around 3am)

Lodewijk

2011/7/24 Manuel Schneider <manuel.schneider [at] wikimedia>

Hi all,
>
>Am 23.07.2011 11:55, schrieb Harel Cain:
>
>> It's a good idea, but rather difficult to implement. Our plans are to have
>> local volunteers at the arrival hall during those period of times when most
>> people are landing. By the attendees grouping up around the volunteers
>> (who'll have some kind of signs) they can then spontaneously group together
>> and board the shuttle taxis together. But it's difficult to coordinate it in
>> advance any more than that.
>
>right.
>
>I am trying anyway, I just added this announcement into the Attendees page:
>***
>'''[[Attendees/Travel Coordination|Travel Coordination]]''' - check when
>your friends arrive and leave, organise joint trips from / to the airport.
>***
>
>If you like to organise in groups list yourself here:
>
>http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees/Travel_Coordination
>
>
>/Manuel
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>
>Regards
>Manuel Schneider
>
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Jul 24, 2011, 12:12 AM

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+1

Still uncertain if I can attend, I'd love to say, thank you very much
guys, looking forward seeing you all and hugging.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Florence Devouard <anthere [at] anthere> wrote:
> Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
> Very helpful"
>
> Flo
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andrew.gray at dunelm

Jul 29, 2011, 4:07 AM

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On 22 July 2011 16:50, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki [at] gmail> wrote:
> Florence Devouard, 22/07/2011 16:18:
>> Just got it and wanted to say "great stuff. Thank you very much guys.
>> Very helpful"
>
> +1

Just clearing through some emails from last week and noticed this
thread - I've got an email about meeting people at the airport from a
couple of days ago, but not a copy of the "important information" from
the 22nd. Is there a copy of this floating around on the wiki
somewhere?

(...or is it all superceded by later details anyway...)

See you all in a few days!

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