Angela,
Have you got any official support from the chapter for this bid? Having
been the bid leader for the last time an Australian city took a tilt at
this, I'd say that it's necessary to have committed support from the chapter
to have any hope at all of success. I see that supporting the bid
Have you got any official support from the chapter for this bid?
As far as I'm aware, the chapter board has not said anything yet. My
hope is that making the first step of putting up a bid page will
generate some discussion amongst both the committee and members of
Wikimedia Australia and of the
I wouldn't doubt that other places have managed to get off the ground
without active chapter support, but the fact is that the Australian
Wikimedian community is actually fairly small and the great majority of
those (including the membership of any likely bid team) who would support
such an event
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Angela bees...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you got any official support from the chapter for this bid?
As far as I'm aware, the chapter board has not said anything yet. My
hope is that making the first step of putting up a bid page will
generate some discussion
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Andrew orderinchao...@gmail.com wrote:
Just a note re the above:
The Chapter committee gave me permission/support to meet with and canvas
ideas with BES on an in-principle basis.
Subsequently to the first meeting, I sought committee approval to bring
I hope my previous posts were not seen as a desire to stop developing bids.
My emphasis was more on chapter or national support for a bid, which can
only come through dialogue and working together. As someone who, no matter
where it is held, will have to travel a long way to go there to support
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Virtual Steve
virtual-st...@hotmail.com wrote:
Liam in response to your message below,
I find myself firmly in agreement with Andrew's caution as to what is said
that the Chapter supported, particularly given that a new board is about to
be elected. I am also
