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(a)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(a)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
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_…
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