Never say never ;) There is nothing barring Am-wiki. ----- Original Message ---- From: Jason Safoutin <jason.safoutin(a)wikinewsie.org> To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:57:02 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] A question for the Wikimania jury foundation-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: Well that would be nice but would WMF pay for all these conferences? Who would organize them other than one person? This isn't a task for one or two people much less someone with no experience in doing so. Last I heard the "Conference of The America's" is not happening. Why? Not too sure why but if I cannot afford a trip to Buenos Aires or Egypt I certainly cannot afford to make my own conference. Jason Safoutin (DragonFire1024) _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ____________________________________________________________________________________ Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total Access for one month at no cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text4.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

One question that I haven't seen answered relating to the jury process (and I might have missed it) is why was there such a long delay between the scheduled time for announcement of the winner, and the actual announcement?

I have no problem with the decision of the jury to award Wikimania to Buenos Ares. I just hope that people don't make the ridiculous assumption that South America is close to Australia and NZ, when in fact they are pretty much on opposite sides of the globe.