On 26/08/2012 05:28, Sven wrote:
This has tainted my opinion of WMUK as an organization. Opposed or not, that this even made it into a draft is appalling. Quite simply put, if we get into the habit of expensive, aggressive, Olympics/World Cup style bidding wars, we're going to shut poorer counties and countries without strong fundraising chapters out of the process, and Wikimania and the movement will suffer for it.
Tinted your opinion because we do things in a open transparent way where everyone in the world can see, that different people involved have different ideas of what's right and we don't outright reject every idea because it's different? If that's the Wikimedia movement that exist, I'll rather not be part of it.
KTC