Note for Registrants

Visa on Arrival

I am TzuChiang which is a member of Wikimania 2007 administration office. I'm also working for the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, a governmental institute in Taiwan. We understand that some participants have came across difficulties when appling for Visa to Taiwan. To solve the issues, we at the Academia Sinica, are under negotiating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to grand Wikimania 2007 as a special case, so a special "Visa on Arrival" can be implemented to resolve this. We've send the application letter to MOFA for their final approval.

If it is approved, most of the participants that have visa issues may be legitimate to have one by following the instructions. July 10 is the final deadline, and please read the instruction here.

July 4th, 2007

• CTOYAC accommodation booking for general attendees has been closed. If you missed the timing to book, please contact with CTS-Travel.

• If you are a scholarship awardee or a speaker who forgot to book accommodation and does need accommodation, please send a message to wikimania-registration@wikimedia.org with your name and how many nights you wish to stay at CTOYAC. Important: please indicate if you are a speaker or scholarship awardee in this message.

• Each one who will attend the conference, PLEASE REGISTER NOW. This will help the organizing office provide the best service for all participates during the conference.

• Registration with accommodation PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS . Otherwise, registration and accommodations will be canceled by system automatically. Those who pay by remittance please mail your payment information to wikimania-registration@wikimedia.org .

Thanks for your cooperation.

June 25th, 2007

• Accommodation booking has been re-opened on 7th June, and will be closed again on 30th June. The beds left are limited, the organizing office will try to provide enough beds for attendees during Wikimania 2007. But if you miss the date of booking an accommodation, there won't be any guarantee for accommodations. Please notice the date and new booking policy.

• Attendees registered during 15th May to 7th June who need accommodations, please send a message, mail to wikimania-registration@wikimedia.org with your name and how many nights you wish to stay at CTOYAC. Important: please indicate if you are a speaker or scholarship awardee in this message.

• Each one who will attend the conference no matter you will need accommodation or not, PLEASE REGISTER NOW. (Including the speakers and scholarship awardees.) This will help the organizing office provide the best service for all participates during the conference.

• NEW REGISTRATION and ACCOMMODATION BOOKING POLICY since 7th JUNE: for registration with accommodation, PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS . Otherwise, registration and accommodations will be canceled by system automatically. Accommodations will be arranged according to the order of the time you pay. This is a waiting list, so there's no guarantee. The organizing office will try to do our best for all participates.

• If you miss the timing to book accommodation, please contact with CTS-Travel.

Thanks for your cooperation.

June 2nd, 2007

• Those who have registered with accommodations before 15th May , please PAY BEFORE 5th JUNE (00:00 UTC), or your registration and accommodations will be canceled.
• The organizing office is arranging accommodation for speakers, scholarship awardees now. All SPEAKERS AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES please do as follows:
  1. Register right after you know your paper accepted or scholarship approved.
  2. Mail wikimania-registration@wikimedia.org to tell which nights will you stay (8/1-8/5) by 5th JUNE (00:00 UTC).
  • Awardees please pay before 6th JUNE also, otherwise accommodation and registration fees will be taken out of your scholarship directly.
• Accommodation booking will be re-opened on 7th June. If you made your reservation after 15th May, your accommodation booking is not confirmed. Attendees reserving accommodation after 15th May are on the waitlist for accommodation, even if your registration is active. Please send a message to wikimania-registration@wikimedia.org with your name and the nights that you wish to stay at CTOYAC. Important: please indicate if you are a speaker or scholarship awardee in this message.
• NEW REGISTRATION and ACCOMMODATION BOOKING POLICY since 7th JUNE: for registration with accommodation, PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS. Otherwise, registration and accommodations will be canceled by system automatically. Accommodations will be arranged according to the order of the time you pay. This is a waiting list, so there's no guarantee. The organizing office will try to do our best for all participants. Thanks for your cooperation.