Rob Church wrote:
I don't see why you don't expect to see a "bad" attitude, given the fact that those involved in judging the entries like to hype things up to fever pitch. Quite honestly, during the Wikimania bidding period, a good chunk of the Wikimedia community adopt a nasty, regionalist attitude, which is completely counter to the spirit of the conference.
Not sure who is hyping things to a fever pitch, but basically, yeah, this kind of regionalism and competitive anger is just a little unjoyful for me.
As for me personally, I am happy to work with all the different bids to try to reach out to my contacts to help get us stuff.
I recommend that someone in charge of the UK bid (who would that be?) get in touch with me privately (and to expedite things I will send an email randomly to people I have noticed in this thread) about a possible venue in London.
--Jimbo