On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM, GoEthe.wiki goethe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
I think the point is: maybe it would also have advantages for other countries to do the contest in different times, duration, etc., but we decided as a group to have it simultaneously for logistic, promotional and fairness reasons.
And we have decided to have it in summer for the same reason.
It's not a question of advantage, it's a question for a better logistic, a better promotion and a better fairness reason.
The question is simple, If we had received a negative answer to Nico's question, surely we would sit down and discuss with the partners whether there was possible to participate. I can anticipate that the question was probably negative.
The decision of the Swiss contest has been a shared decision not with the chapters, but with the partners, which are directly involved in this national organization.
I agree that the European contest must be a decision taken by the chapters, but the National contest is a decision taken by the local chapter and the partners and they must decide the best solution to have a successful event.
Now Switzerland in a middle of a dispute: to comply with the decision of the chapters or to comply with the decision of the partners.
It seems to me honest to say that we would respect the decision of the partners for the Swiss contest because it is a local organization and the partners participate with their internal resources, we would respect the decision of the chapters for the European contest because it is a shared decision and there is no sense to have an independent decision.
Ilario