2006/10/24, Angela beesley@gmail.com:
Are you referring to a precise person or what?
No, I wasn't - just the general ill-feeling around the decision the jury made.
The criteria for bids is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Judging_criteria
The jury for 2008 hasn't even been decided yet, let alone the location.
Angela.
I think it's starting to sound ridicolous to refer to the criteria, Angela. There are no "criteria" that can explain the choose of Taipei instead of another city. 'cause when people talked about "geographical turnation" as the main criteria, all the jury hurried to say "no, it wasn't". I can't - still now - find another concrete reason, and no one has been able to clarify it to me. I think quite noone has been satisfied of the "reasons of the choose" written in the official email. It didn't explain anything.
Gatto Nero