Eek, I didn't notice this was the Wikimania list.. Agreed! This is a totally inappropriate venue.
Tom On 25 August 2012 20:48, Joseph Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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