impact isnt what an event costs its what it can achieve... the more we
measure the dollar as a ghod the less we value the communities, and less we
set ourselves up to achieve a real impact. We want to look at what a place
can add not how cheaply the event can be, and regardless of the location
some will be more than others as measure it fails. If the focus is just the
dollar then we open up to corruption, and we will always end up with events
in places that have the best US exchange rates much of that can be
attributed the lack of social cohesion, and individual repressions. An
event US, EU, or Australia opens ups GLAM collections, opens the
opportunity to meet with philanthropic corporates & individuals to promote
our need for long term funding, they also be favorable for disabilities and
other concerns. Other communities need growth the event can bring that,
its also brings status which is something we need to be careful of, we also
need to balance safety somewhere like Bandar Seri Begawan wouldnt be a good
idea at the moment. Tokyo would be expensive but gaining better access to
1000+ years of knowledge would be worth it, likewise Rio or Santiago or Koranic
Sankore University in Timbukto. Every location comes with a set of issues,
we need to balance them for what they can achieve for the movement,
sometime it also means taking the easy options too where everything can be
done with ease....
I understand why Rehman is saying in showing people the physical cost of
them attending to help appreciate what they are getting, but the people
that get the opportunity via scholarship should already know the value of
attending otherwise why are they going, and why are we even holing an
event. I know that for me to attend Sweden it'd cost me approximately 25%
of my yearly income, I really dont need to be told that to appreciate the
opportunity of attending. Hopefully people chosing to apply shouldn't be
doing so just to have "jolly good time".
There are lots of legitimate issues people can raise about Wikimanias, lets
not added unnecessary noise about individuals who have no control over the
decision of a committee.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 19:19, Gabriel Thullen <gabriel(a)thullen.com> wrote:
Maybe we should give priority to countries who do not
have a restrictive
Visa policy. I guess that would rule out Europe, North America &
Australia...
Gabe
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:47 PM Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Gnangarra, 17/04/19 13:23:
What we'll end up with Wikimanias in 3rd
world countries because ts
cheaper
Is it? The budgets I've seen so far suggest otherwise, but we don't have
full data.
Federico
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