I have to say I'm quite surprised by this as well. It seems a real departure from the norm and even though I've been told first hand that WMF would never choose Australia as a venue for a Wikimania due to cost (and the shift to a Europe/North America/elsewhere rotating format demonstrates this) but it's still very disheartening for those that have started preparing a bid only to find out it's a complete waste of their time.
Steve Crossin Sent from my iPhone
On 4 Oct 2015, at 2:13 PM, Craig Franklin cfranklin@halonetwork.net wrote:
You could excuse the Perth and Manila bid teams for being very angry at having wasted a lot of time and energy when the decision was apparently made behind closed doors weeks ago. Even if you think the idea of getting rid of the expensive bid process is a good idea (and I do), the way that this was not communicated to the community is simply abominable.
Cheers, Craig
On 4 October 2015 at 08:13, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing that Montreal has been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret process that completed this past August. [1]
It seems like the community could have been looped into this new method before it was a done deal.
~Nathan
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