<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All aboard!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Pharos</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharosofalexandria@gmail.com">pharosofalexandria@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:13 AM<br>Subject: [Wikimedia NYC] Wiki-train to Montreal! (departing Aug 8)<br>To: New York City Wikimedians <<a href="mailto:wikimedia_nyc@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimedia_nyc@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Wiki-Yorkers,<div><br></div><div><div>You are invited to join a specially discounted train trip from New York City to Montreal for the international Wikimania conference, departing on Tuesday August 8. There will be a return trip on Monday August 14.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">https://wikimania2017.<wbr>wikimedia.org</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The cost for travel is $30 each way, which does not include accommodation or conference registration costs. (Conference registration is ~$164 USD, and accommodation ~$40 per night for cheaper options - if you want to book at the Sheraton, do so by June 30.)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bit.ly/wiki-train" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/wiki-train</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Wiki-train gets you to Montreal in time to participate in the two days of pre-conference, as part of WikiConference North America, which is still accepting submissions for presentations.<br></div><div><br></div><div>==Wiki-train trip==</div><div><br></div><div>It is a day-long train trip mostly through the beautiful Upstate New York countryside (8:15 am - 7:11pm), and we can probably get exclusive car seating for Wikimedians (this involves a US-Canada border crossing).</div><div><br></div><div>We are primarily coordinating the New York City → Montreal leg of the trip on Tuesday August 8 as a group activity. We are planning discounted tickets for the one-way trip, $30 instead of approximately $60. Other travel (and accommodation) is on your own.</div><div><br></div><div>There is also an option to purchase tickets for a return trip from Montreal → New York City directly after Wikimania, on Monday August 14, for the same price.</div><div><br></div><div>==Join and present at the pre-con WikiConference North America==</div><div><br></div><div>The Wiki-train gets you to Montreal in time to participate in the two days of pre-conference, as part of WikiConference North America.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wikiconference.org" target="_blank">https://wikiconference.org</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>We highly encourage you to submit a presentation for WikiConference North America, sharing your Wikipedia/Wikimedia or related project:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2017/Submissions" target="_blank">https://wikiconference.org/<wbr>wiki/2017/Submissions</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you'd like to volunteer for WikiConference North America, fill out this form:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/MNnIw4ZsP1RV0Y6C3" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/<wbr>MNnIw4ZsP1RV0Y6C3</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>==Conference registration and accommodations==</div><div><br></div><div>You will still have to register for Wikimania itself, which will cost $215 Canadian Dollars, which is currently ~$164 American Dollars.</div><div><br></div><div>The Wiki-train train gets you to Montreal in time to participate in the two days of pre-conference, as part of WikiConference North America.</div><div><br></div><div>To have coverage for the two days of pre-conference included in your ticket, follow these instructions:</div><div><div><br></div><div><ol style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Go to <a href="http://wikimania2017.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">wikimania2017.eventbrite.co<wbr>m</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Click on the green button that says REGISTER</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Click on ENTER PROMOTIONAL CODE in the top righthand corner of the box that pops up</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Enter in <b>wmcon2017 </b>and hit Apply Code. The price of Pre-Conference Day 1 will then be discounted 100%</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Select your conference tickets and hit CHECKOUT</li><li style="margin-left:15px">In the registration questions under PRE-CONFERENCE DAY 1 MEETING SELECTION (<span class="m_5272538927823559044gmail-aBn">AUGUST 9</span>), select <b>Wikicon North America</b></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Under PRE-CONFERENCE DAY 2 MEETING SELECTION (<span class="m_5272538927823559044gmail-aBn">AUGUST 10</span>), select <b>WMCON Followup Day at Wikimania</b></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Complete the remaining registration questions.</li></ol></div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Additionally, accommodation will be available in Montreal as part of the regular Wikimania event the night of August 8 and after, for as low as ~$40/night.</div><div><br></div><div>Inexpensive options include Concordia University dorms, or splitting a room at the conference venue for up to four people, at the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal (if you book at the Sheraton, do so by June 30):</div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accommodation" target="_blank">https://wikimania2017.<wbr>wikimedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Accommodation</a><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>==Important note for visitors==<br></div><div><br></div><div>The train trip involves a crossing of the US-Canada border (including a passport check), and you will need permission to enter both countries.</div></div><div><div><br></div><div>==Questions==</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you have any questions about the train trip, Wikimania, or presentations at WikiConference North America in the precon..</div><div><br></div><div>You can also write back to me **before Friday** if you are interested in joint rooms at the Sheraton, and I will try to group people together.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Richard</div><div>(User:Pharos)</div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a> </span><span><span id="gc-number-181" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span></span></div></div></div>
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