On 6 October 2015 at 15:15, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi, > Theoretically you are right, you COULD restart the process for a next year. > That is quite a professional attitude. Ask yourself, is that the kind of > effort you can ask of volunteers.. Be reasonable. It is too much effort for > what benefit ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > > Its not something you ask volunteers to do as such, its something that the volunteers choose to do. You go into it being optimistic of your chances otherwise you wouldnt even be there knowing that its a fair transparent selection process negates much of disappointment in missing out. Yes you can take what you've learnt and try again later, since 2008 Perth & 2009 Brisbane bids it was very apparent that costs were an issue this further compounded by the A$ being worth more than the US$, in the last 6 months that changed dramatically some of the underlying factors that added to costs have also shifted. Accommodation is readily available, airfares are down because the boom that triggered all of that is over supply is high and demand is falling which means Australia has a window of opportunity a fix 3 year cycle remember that in fairness its doubtful that a region will see two consecutive Wikimanias even at 3 years apart on rotation thats a 15 year cycle between opportunities for each supposed region yet North America and Western Europe have a guaranteed opportunity every three years, you dont build capacity, capabilities or create incentives when the cycle is one opportunity in 15 years. Theres absolutely no ability to factor in once off circumstances without cause more disharmony Ultimately that core of local community volunteers on the ground willingly engaged in the Event planning from the beginning is a critical factor that this shift is over looking, its something that someone sitting in an office in San Francisco can never replicate. -- GN. Vice President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
