Exactly, the majority of the successful chapters don't hold regular national events or maybe limit themselves to a single International event. if we go by the rule of established chapters, then the onus lies on the most successful chapters in Europe first before any other. A large majority of the chapters are still not well organized, having a full time staff member to deal with event planning might not be a smart decision for everyone.
Also, about what Dalton said above, about hiring a single event planner/manager in the chapter, I think it's still far from being able to manage a Wikimania style event professionally. Unless they are experienced with International event planning, its still going to be a very large task for any single chapter. A suggestion that I heard a while ago, was bringing in outside event Managers for Wikimania, while the chapter provides oversight. I think that might also be a viable solution to consider. Theo On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> effort, but you could get away with a Wikimania that was no bigger >> than the national events that chapters hold on a regular basis anyway, >> > > Actually, it seems to me that less than a third of the established chapters > do, in fact, hold "national events [...] on a regular basis". > > I'm point this out to remind everyone that it is far from easy to assert > that all (or even most) chapters can pull of a Wikimania. > > Asaf > -- > Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
_______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
