I hope my previous posts were not seen as a desire to stop developing bids.
My emphasis was more on chapter or national support for a bid, which can only come through dialogue and working together. As someone who, no matter where it is held, will have to travel a long way to go there to support it, I'd actually like the opportunity to measure up well-crafted bids and see how they compare and ask questions of the bid teams before offering my support, and I'm sure a fair number of Wikimedians are in the same situation. Favouring a potential bid from one city from the outset without considering the wider picture (i.e. where is the best place to host it? what resources do we have? etc) risks alienating key stakeholders and also risks the chance of success of the bid / event, and our reputation with it if we tie our colours to the mast. Furthermore it shouldn't be forgotten that the chapter's foundational goal - its raison d'etre - is to promote and facilitate free cultural works. GLAM-WIKI was an excellent start to this. Other stuff - NLA, ABS etc - is happening around us as well, those are all positive developments. The Powerhouse Museum and Queensland Museum, which our chapter's members directly facilitated, are two more great examples. We have many in the GLAM sector and even some key senators and members of the Gov 2.0 taskforce on side. That progress needs to be consolidated. 2009/11/26 Gnangarra <[email protected]> > The BES people were actively canvassing us for the possabillity of a bid > from Sydney. Australia will only get one opportunity in the next 5 > years(more likely 10) to host a Wikimania we need to maximise the opporunity > for locals to attend . I see nothing wrong with starting a sydney bid page > especially given that there is specific interest from the convention > industry and we are gathering much needed information/experience/knowledge > anyway. One thing that Canberra/GLAM-Wiki did show was that without outside > assistance(AWM, Dictionary of Sydney, WMF) we didnt have the resources to > host a small scale national event. Another experience which the committee > was also able to learn is that the WM-au committee can only do so much but > without a highly dedicated local organiser(or group) the outcome is going to > much different. From what I'm seeing we have Liam, Angela with BES support > working towards Sydney 2011/2012, there is no reason for them to stop > developing a bid from Sydney nor is there any barrier for another location > to also submit a bid. WM-au should be supportive of all bids even if there > is more than one Australian city bidding because which ever is successful > the members are the ones that will benefit, also because WM-au members arent > just from Sydney nor Melbourne but right across the country the committee > should be working to get the best possible outcomes for all members that > outcome is a Wikimania in Australia. > > 2009/11/26 Stephen Bain <[email protected]> > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I think some discussion would need to be entered as to which city would >> be >> > best. The city with our greatest number of volunteers - and certainly >> the >> > most accessible city from a national/international point of view - is >> > Melbourne. I don't know what venues are available in that city, though. >> >> In some preliminary investigations a couple of years ago I checked out >> the University of Melbourne (my university). It has a wide selection >> of lecture theatres etc for hosting the sessions (most being wired for >> audio recording already, and some for video), and between semesters >> rooms in the colleges are available for rent at pretty reasonable >> prices - this would suit a bulk order of accommodation. The campus is >> also close to the city and other accommodation. >> >> -- >> Stephen Bain >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> > > > > -- > GN. > http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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