Please, don't reply to this thread! If you think to be in the right way and there is nothing to hide, these answers have no sense. You are replying to an unofficial email. As President of Wikimedia CH I have supported Turin as seat of Wikimania 2007 because in my mind there were some candidatures in previous editions and a different system, but, after the resolution, I am happy that Turin will not host this event because the committee, who has organized this candidature, has found different sponsors who need also an advantage in exchange for support. To have an half victory in the choose as host of Wikimania 2007 would been a bad way to assure to the sponsors these advantages and IMHO it would been a start of an organization "with a lot of risks". It's would be better to have a wide agreement. As I have said in the previous emails, I hope that the organization of following Wikimanias will not ask to have sponsors in advance because to say at sponsors that a town has not been chosen will avoid in the future to ask other support from them. I think that, for these reasons, all Italian Wikipedians agree with me, except some isolated persons. Ilario ----Messaggio originale---- Da: gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com Data: 06.11.06 9.02 A: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"<foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org> Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin, 5 November, 2006 Hoi, Would you really believe that these same people would not be interested in being on the program committee if it were in Turin? PS the way you manifest your displeasure for losing the 2007 Wikimania makes you a poor loser. If anything you provide excellent arguments not to have a Wikimania in Italy in a future. It is sad that you do not understand this and, I hope other Italian Wikimedians will help you appreciate this. Thanks, GerardM Gatto Nero wrote: hosting city.