On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>wrote:
> Maybe the question should first be: what kind of Wikimania do we want.
> Personally, I would be totally happy with down scaling the conference a
> bit. Less visitors (500-600), less events and less professional. Let it be
> more volunteer focused, and yes, perhaps also a bit more chaotic. That also
> means we can change the nature of bids: more back to basic and more focus
> on location, venue and accomodation. If we can bring the budget down, we
> also need to focus less on sponsorships etc, which should make the bidding
> easier and more open to more groups of dedicated volunteers.
>
> I know other people have a different opinion about it, and would rather
> make the conference more professional, less risky, more fancy etc. I prefer
> it to be a lower key community event.
>
> Lodewijk
>
On a general note, I agree with Lodewijk and some of the other sentiment
that it may be wise to take Wikimania back in the direction of a somewhat
more informal, community-centric social experience.
However, I very much disagree that this has to mean a *smaller* Wikimania,
I would rather see Wikimania growing, year by year, as a global social hub
for volunteers and fans in the wide world of the emerging free knowledge
movement.
And look forward to our Wiki-Woodstock bid for NY, coming 2019 or so! ;)
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)