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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I understand now why I was fobbed off by
multiple members of the jury at the time when I asked what the main issues were
with the Brisbane bid! I'm disappointed, but not too surprised Its
especially disappointing given that it was more or less agreed that we are
"over-represented", because I really think that the AU community punches above
its weight in terms of being strong contributors to the project.
Especially because there seems to be the impression that Egypt and Buenos Aires
(which are fantastic destinations, don't get me wrong) are somehow "more
accessible".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was very enthusiastic about actually making the
bid for 2010, but now I'm not so sure. If we're just going to be dismissed
out-of-hand by a bid committee dominated by North Americans and
Europeans, I guess we should realise that we're not wanted and direct our
energies to something more constructive. If we're going to do a regional
conference though (even with the board), I guess we should really ask ourselves
what the purpose of such a gathering would be before we do anything else - while
a meeting with all of you would be great I'm sure on a social level, I'm not
sure that there's that much that would be achieved from getting us all together
in the one room that we couldn't do through teleconferencing or on-wiki
collaboration.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>-------------------<BR>Craig Franklin<BR>PO Box 1093<BR>Toombul, Q,
4012<BR>Australia<BR><A href="http://www.halo-17.net">http://www.halo-17.net</A>
- Australia's Favourite Source of Indie Music, Art, and Culture.</DIV>
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<A title=liamwyatt@gmail.com href="mailto:liamwyatt@gmail.com">Liam Wyatt</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
href="mailto:wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Wikimedia-au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [personal] Re: [Wikimediaau-l]
Wikimania 2010 bid idea: joint-bid with iSummit?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>well, with phrases like:<BR>- "The Australian problem" <BR>-
Australians being " unusually over-represented on our projects"<BR>-.au people
are disadvantaged.<BR><BR>I can see where a society can start to develop an
inferiority complex!<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR><A
href="http://wikipediaweekly.com">wikipediaweekly.com</A><BR>Skype -
Wittylama<BR>Wikipedia - [[User:Witty lama]]
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