On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel itzik@wikimedia.org.il wrote:
If we want to talk about the cost of Wikimania it will be great if the WMF and the local team will share the costs.
Until now Wikimania London didn't published anything: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Budget
And also Mexico: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015/Budget
Maybe I missed something, but it's strange that such discussion takes place without a real budget breakdown. To summarize 2 huge event to "1$ million USD" does not make sense.
I agree. Without public data, how can there be an informed public consultation.
I've asked for similar data at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Towards_a_New_Wikimania#...