[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin, 5 November, 2006

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Please, don't reply to this thread! If you think to be in the right 
way and there is nothing to hide, these answers have no sense.

You are replying to an unofficial email.

As President of Wikimedia CH I have supported Turin as seat of 
Wikimania 2007 because in my mind there were some candidatures in 
previous editions and a different system, but, after the resolution, 
I am happy that Turin will not host this event because the committee, 
who has organized this candidature, has found different sponsors who 
need also an advantage in exchange for support.

To have an half victory in the choose as host of Wikimania 2007 
would been a bad way to assure to the sponsors these advantages and 
IMHO it would been a start of an organization "with a lot of risks". 
It's would be better to have a wide agreement.

As I have said in the previous emails, I hope that the organization 
of following Wikimanias will not ask to have sponsors in advance 
because to say at sponsors that a town has not been chosen will avoid 
in the future to ask other support from them.

I think that, for these reasons, all Italian Wikipedians agree with 
me, except some isolated persons.

Ilario

----Messaggio originale----
Da: gerard.meijssen at gmail.com
Data: 06.11.06 9.02
A: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"<foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimania 2007 Team Bulletin, 5 
November, 2006

Hoi,
Would you really believe that these same people would not be 
interested 
in being on the program committee if it were in Turin?

PS the way you manifest your displeasure for losing the 2007 
Wikimania 
makes you a poor loser. If anything you provide excellent arguments 
not 
to have a Wikimania in Italy in a future. It is sad that you do 
not 
understand this and, I hope other Italian Wikimedians will help 
you 
appreciate this.

Thanks,
    GerardM

Gatto Nero wrote:
> 2006/11/6, Angela <beesley at gmail.com>:
>
>   
>>> Cute, quite the same members who made the decision of the 
hosting city.
>>>       
>> No, it isn't. Please stop making accusations.