It's the Chapters role to support a successful bid - but the bids themselves should, we feel, be community-driven, not chapter-driven. The chapter has a policy that says we cannot do anything that a volunteer will do - we're here to support a volunteer-run bid with funding, advice and staff.
Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0)207 065 0991
On 01/04/2012 02:20, Anthony (AGK) wrote:
On 1 April 2012 01:11, Thomas Daltonthomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Paid employees of WMUK haven't been involved in either bid, that's part of what I'm complaining about. (Richard has been working on the London one in his spare time, but not as a WMUK employee).
Should WMUK not be involved in developing a Wikimania bid? (I don't follow WM governance very closely, and may misunderstand that aspect of the Chapter's purpose.)