For Turin, IMHO, could be interesting also to have a defined rule to
choose the bids.
I have followed three years of candidatures and each year different
rules.
My question is... in this choice what is the role of the
communities?
Last year the final bidders (Toronto e Boston) have been choosed
after a poll (IMHO unnecessary because the two towns are in the same
continent with a little bit difference of proposal)... and this
year?
Who has a limited knowledge of marketing knows that a poll is
important to investigate the crowd of wikipedians. It's not a must,
but it's important because the board of examiners could take a choice
with impartial data without taking in charge the weight of an
important choice.
Without a poll *seems* that the choice has been already taken
previously.
I ask for more importance of Wikipedians.
Regards
Ilario
----Messaggio originale----
Da: jwales(a)wikia.com
Data: 28.09.06 10.57
A: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"<foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org>
Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007
Not that it is up to me, nor should it be, but I intend to be a
strong
personal supporter of Turin for 2008, and encourage the concept
that we
should settle this fairly soon.
Gianluigi Gamba wrote:
I congratulate with Taipei team and I'm sure
they'll organize a
memorable
event.
As a member of the Turin bidding team, let me voice a choral "too
bad".
We had a sort of incredible "astral
conjunction" of sponsors
*really eager*
to have the Wikimania event, the enthusiasm of the
whole
community, the
honeymoon with the media and the commitment of many
people from
national
(and not only) institutions.
I wonder if such combination will return in a future. I hope so.