Hi All,
Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion, and in no way represents any
sentiments of the board.
That being said
In the past years I have seen a lot of people spend a lot of time on different
bids which never made it (even though they were pretty good). Could this be the
year that we
On 23 November 2011 19:07, Jan-Bart de Vreede janb...@wikimedia.org wrote:
In the past years I have seen a lot of people spend a lot of time on
different bids which never
made it (even though they were pretty good). Could this be the year that we
change this
procedure and try to do things
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede
janb...@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi All,
Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion, and in no way represents any
sentiments of the board.
That being said
In the past years I have seen a lot of people spend a lot of time on
different bids
true,
And if I am the only one having these concerns then no worries, but taking a
couple of days to share concerns might be a good idea :)
Jan-Bart
On 23 nov. 2011, at 20:17, James Forrester wrote:
On 23 November 2011 19:07, Jan-Bart de Vreede janb...@wikimedia.org wrote:
In the past
On 23 November 2011 19:31, Jan-Bart de Vreede janb...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 23 nov. 2011, at 20:17, James Forrester wrote:
On 23 November 2011 19:07, Jan-Bart de Vreede janb...@wikimedia.org wrote:
In the past years I have seen a lot of people spend a lot of time on
different bids which
It could be possible that a Wikimedia chapter is chosen to organize a
Wikimania, and they can then decide where to go (within their
country). Of course, the local chapter is always involved in
organizing it, anyway. So instead of a city bid one would have a
responsible chapter bid. This of course
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 14:47, Thomas Goldammer tho...@googlemail.comwrote:
It could be possible that a Wikimedia chapter is chosen to organize a
Wikimania, and they can then decide where to go (within their
country). Of course, the local chapter is always involved in
organizing it, anyway.
It's too late for this year, since a lot of bids have already started, but
in future I would suggest formalising the currently unofficial rotation
policy.
If everyone knew in advance what continent it was going to be in, you won't
have bids that are disadvantaged from the outset because they're
Yes, that's why I just gave this as a possible alternative saying that
there would need to be a lot of trust in the chapter to do exactly
this sort of comparison (within their respective country). In case it
wasn't clear, I do support sticking to the method we used so far,
amendments and
