I highly doubt the IP editor who added the Wikimania 2016 proposal redlink was being malicious; likely it's just a momentarily enthusiastic Seattleite who stumbled across the page on meta, and probably has never heard of the Cascadia usergroup or even local meetups before.
I watch these Wikimania bidding pages regularly, and good-faith but ill-informed additions are common and harmless, and can help spark positive discussion by the regular editors/organizers. Thanks, Pharos On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the IP editor is a vandal, but I think this question is good for > us to discuss anyway. > > We are discussing two points about the affiliation agreement with Affcom > and WMF Legal that I hope will be resolved favorably early next week. I am > also waiting for more information from two potential board members. > Hopefully we can set up our first board meeting in the next few weeks. > > For our next regular Seattle meetup we can plan on the second Tuesday in > October at Allegro. > > Pine > On Sep 20, 2014 11:03 PM, "Raymond Leonard" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> While I think that the effort to host WikiConference USA would help >> Cascadia Wikimedians itself scale up regardless of the year, I also believe >> that an anonymous edit adding Seattle to the list of Wikimania 2016 bidders >> is unconscionable without first getting a consensus within the user group. >> Even with a consensus, there should be no IP posts "volunteering" Seattle, >> anyway. That's just avoiding taking responsibility. >> >> BTW, does anybody have any thoughts about when & where to have the first >> Cascadia Wikimedians user group meeting? >> >> Peaceray >> >> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We've discussed hosting WikiConference USA in 2016, but someone using an >>> IP went a step further and added Seattle to the list of potential bidders >>> for Wikimania 2016. I understand how scaling up makes sense, especially if >>> we have strong U.W. support and are able to hire an event planner, but the >>> main reason I have not suggested scaling up the event is that we are a >>> young group and we need to grow in a sustainable way; Wikimania is a very >>> large event that may distract us from the kinds of work we have already >>> planned to pursue like forming local partnerships, so I feel that Wikimania >>> would be a more appropriate event for us to host in 2017 or 2018 when we >>> have a firmer foundation and perhaps more numerous local Wikimedians and >>> partners who will assist with coordinating the event. Thoughts? >>> >>> Pine >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >
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