We're talking about bid selection here. I think this is the most suitable list and moment to discuss that - before anyone starts investing time and money in the 2014 bids. For 2013 we already made the choice for the Hong Kong bid, and they should continue organizing it as they presented in their bid. That doesn't discharge us from thinking about the future.
Lodewijk 2012/8/25 Joseph Fox <[email protected]> > 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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