I don't think this is a suitable topic for such a public mailing list at this time, regardless. Hong Kong comes before a bid that hasn't actually been finalised.
Joe On 25 August 2012 20:46, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe the question should first be: what kind of Wikimania do we want. > Personally, I would be totally happy with down scaling the conference a > bit. Less visitors (500-600), less events and less professional. Let it be > more volunteer focused, and yes, perhaps also a bit more chaotic. That also > means we can change the nature of bids: more back to basic and more focus > on location, venue and accomodation. If we can bring the budget down, we > also need to focus less on sponsorships etc, which should make the bidding > easier and more open to more groups of dedicated volunteers. > > I know other people have a different opinion about it, and would rather > make the conference more professional, less risky, more fancy etc. I prefer > it to be a lower key community event. > > Lodewijk > > 2012/8/25 Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > >> On 25 August 2012 20:28, Itzik Edri <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Sorry, it's undiplomatic to interfere with others budget plans - but I >> just >> > can't ignore how the future of Wikimania will look like if others will >> > follow UK plans to invest £40,000 only for the bid process (about >> 62,000$). >> >> To be clear, that plan is still in draft, and that particular item has >> received plenty of opposition. >> >> I am in favour of spending money on bids - it is necessary if we want >> to get professional quality bids. I am not in favour of spending that >> kind of money on bids, though. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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