Re:
Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until
the end of this year, if I
am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount of time to put
together a bid for that...? No rush of course, just wondering on the reason
:)
There are a several reasons why I would prefer that we did not bid
for 2013. The first is geography, if you hold to the view that
Wikimania should move around the globe, then whilst the UK is a
longhaul flight from Washington DC it really isn't that far from
either Haifa or Gdansk. I'm a supporter of the view that each
Wikimania should be a longhaul flight from either of the last two, so
I'd feel a tad hypocritical if I argued that the UK should be an
exception. Though I concede that some of the 9 current bids for 2013
are a medium haul flight from Haifa or DC.
Another reason is that holding back and not bidding for 2013 would
give us time to develop a Wikimania team by getting them involved in
helping make 2012 and 2013 successful.
Of course if there were already a team of enthusiastic UK Wikimania
organisers in place then I wouldn't want to discourage them. But I
haven't noticed a huge rush on this list of people wanting to organise
things.
And both
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2013/Bids/United
Kingdom and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Bids/United
Kingdom are currently redlinks. But there are 9 bluelinks for 2013 so
far, and some of those potential bids are quite advanced.
WSC
On 27 July 2011 10:57, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>> My two cents would be that the big events should not be allowed to drive
>> out the more grassrootsy things.
>>
>
> ^^ This. On the other hand - hosting Wikimania might a) raise the profile of
> Wikimania UK in non-Wikimedia circles (i.e. lead to more grass roots
> opportunity) and b) be an opportunity/platform to launch/integrate more
> grass roots projects. In fact it could be an integral part of the pitch -
> and we could incorporate (perhaps) some of the GLAM opportunities (and other
> related ideas) into the full event.
> I think a Wikimania bid is a great idea for WM-UK, and I'd be happy to help
> out with it!
Just one question; why 2014? 2013 isn't bid until
the end of this year, if I
am reading it correctly, so we still have a decent amount of time to put
together a bid for that...? No rush of course, just wondering on the reason
:)
> Tom
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