Exactly, the majority of the successful chapters don't hold regular national events or maybe limit themselves to a single International event. if we go by the rule of established chapters, then the onus lies on the most successful chapters in Europe first before any other. A large majority of the chapters are still not well organized, having a full time staff member to deal with event planning might not be a smart decision for everyone. <div>
<br></div><div>Also, about what Dalton said above, about hiring a single event planner/manager in the chapter, I think it's still far from being able to manage a Wikimania style event professionally. Unless they are experienced with International event planning, its still going to be a very large task for any single chapter.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A suggestion that I heard a while ago, was bringing in outside event Managers for Wikimania, while the chapter provides oversight. I think that might also be a viable solution to consider.</div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Theo</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Asaf Bartov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asaf.bartov@gmail.com">asaf.bartov@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="im"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Thomas Dalton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.dalton@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.dalton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
effort, but you could get away with a Wikimania that was no bigger<br>
than the national events that chapters hold on a regular basis anyway,<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div>Actually, it seems to me that less than a third of the established chapters do, in fact, hold "national events [...] on a regular basis".<div>
<br></div><div>I'm point this out to remind everyone that it is far from easy to assert that all (or even most) chapters can pull of a Wikimania.</div><div><br></div><div> Asaf<br>-- <br>Asaf Bartov <<a href="mailto:asaf.bartov@gmail.com" target="_blank">asaf.bartov@gmail.com</a>><br>
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