7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration

WikiSym 2011

Mountain View, California
October 3-5, 2011


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Travel Coordination

Airport coordination

Post here if you would like to coordinate with fellow travelers. Please note whether you are flying via San Francisco (SFO) or San Jose (SJC).

  • Phoebe is local and will have a car; may be able to pick people up at the airport Sunday afternoon/evening. Can also give rides from sac/east bay on Sunday afternoon to mtn view. Email payersATwikimediaDOTorg
  • Andrea (Forte) may also be able to pick up or share a ride (arriving sat evening SFO ~9:50pm and renting a car) - aforteATdrexelDOTedu
  • Reid is arriving at SFO about 1pm on Sunday and has a 1:50pm flight home on Thursday, also from SFO. He has a rental car and can provide rides to the airport on Thu but not rides from the airport on Sun. reid@reidster.net
  • Kentaro is arriving at SJC about 18:30 on Saturday, am looking for shared riding to Ramada Limited hotel, Mountain View. He can be contacted at odaken DOT mobile AT gmail DOT com
  • Robert (Vogel) is arriving at SFO on Friday, 30. Sept, at about 11:45. I'm going to rent a car so I can offer a ride to Mountainview. Contact me at vogel AT hallowelt DOT biz
  • Randall will be arriving at SFO on Sunday around 6pm and will be renting a car. Let me know if you need a ride that evening from the airport to Mountain View. livingst AT uoregon DOT edu
  • Gorka Puente arrives to SFO on Sunday at 7pm. I've got a rental car so If anyone needs a ride to Mountain View just contact me at gorka D O T puente A T ehu D O T es

Shared hotel rooms

  • Phoebe has an extra bed available in a suite room, email if you'd like to split the room. (Females preferred :) ) all taken, sorry!
  • Alain Désilets would like to share a room and a car rental with interested folks. Contact me at alain.desilets@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca. PS: I don't snore ;-).
  • Régis Barondeau would like to share a room. Contact me at regis.barondeau[at]mac[dot]com. PS: I don't snore either :)

Housing coordination

Post here if you would like to coordinate staying somewhere other than the hotel, including WikiHouse coordination.

  • Are there any other hotels you can recommend?
  • Yes, there are some alternative hotels. For example, the Best Western Plus Mountain View Inn is very close to the conference hotel (5 mins. drive) and Castro Street (downtown and main area for hanging out after the conference). Very good price/value rating, parking, breakfast and Internet connection. — Felipe Ortega 2011/09/26 13:37

Car Sharing coordination

The conference hotel is about an hour from the conference venue (on foot) and there seems to be no public transport available between these two locations. It would be great if people who arrive with their own (rental-)car, stay at the Holiday Inn Express and who are willing to offer a ride for those less fortunate could add a message here. — Andreas Gohr 2011/10/01 14:18

Hey Andreas, I think there will be shuttles from the hotel as well. Not sure of the details. Anyway, yes, I am sure there will be carsharing; if people want to meet up at the hotel breakfast that could be a good idea. – phoebe

Yeah, just learned about the shuttle service. It's one way though. — Andreas Gohr 2011/10/03 01:17