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.
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.
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.
Theo
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Asaf Bartov
<asaf.bartov@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton@gmail.com> wrote:
effort, but you could get away with a Wikimania that was no bigger
than the national events that chapters hold on a regular basis anyway,
Actually, it seems to me that less than a third of the established chapters do, in fact, hold "national events [...] on a regular basis".
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.
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