Noting that Wikimedia Australia has also expressed its interest in holding Wikimania in 2018 in Perth, it has a number of significant sponsorship offers already on the table all of which had been communicated to Ellie,
the sponsorship offers includes venue fees, travel costs and other assistance amounting to several hundred thousand Australian dollars On 9 July 2016 at 03:50, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the clarification, Florence. If I may ask another: the > 'interest' expressed, does that refer to interest expressed by > South-African Wikimedians, or by the Committee? > > Best, > Lodewijk > > 2016-07-08 21:38 GMT+02:00 Florence Devouard <[email protected]>: > >> Le 08/07/16 à 16:01, Chris Keating a écrit : >> >>> Hoi, >>> >>> I was interested to read the minutes of the most recent Wikimania >>> Committee meeting, which decided that Wikimania will be held annually >>> from now on, and that it will be in sub-Saharan Africa (effectively >>> meaning South Africa) in 2018. >>> >> >> Pointing out that the minutes do not say that it will be in sub-Saharan >> Africa. It says >> >> "The CfP should identify the priority given for that year to Sub-Saharan >> Africa, noting that there is expressed interest in hosting in the Republic >> of South Africa. " >> >> The difference is subtle, but there is a difference. >> The committee actually drafted an official announcement, which was >> supposed to be published quickly after the committee minutes. >> But we have been asked to refrain from publishing our announcement until >> after the WMF has been consulted on the matter. >> >> I am happy to disclose the sentence currently drafted for our (not yet >> published) announcement, which is >> >> "Considering this, the Committee has a mild preference for Sub-Saharan >> Africa for 2018, but is of course willing to look at proposals for hosting >> Wikimania 2018 in other locations. " >> >> >> Florence >> >> >> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Committee/Minutes/2016-06-26 >>> >>> Interestingly, I couldn't see any sign of the Committee's decision being >>> informed by the WMF's consultation on the future of Wikimania, or anyone >>> from the WMF's community engagement department being present. >>> >>> I have to say I'm a bit confused, not least about who actually makes the >>> decision about how frequently Wikimania happens. Is anyone able to shed >>> any more light on this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- GN. President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com
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