[Foundation-l] Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007

[James Hare]

Yes... we have small local meetups, and the international conference.
Something in between would be good.

On 9/28/06, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> On 9/29/06, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We can do a better job with this procedurally, but honestly, there is
> > only one winner in such a situation.  It is ultimately a
> > winner-take-all competition.  To the extent this runs counter to the
> > community culture of wikilove, I don't there is an alternative.
>
> I don't think it runs counter to wikilove, but perhaps we need to make
> it clearer to people that, yes, they may spend weeks on preparing a
> bid that will not be accepted. And as has been pointed out time and
> again, Wikimania cannot, should not and will not be the only Wikimedia
> event happening in a single year.
>
> Organizing events is very much within the domain of chapters, and we
> have a UK chapter. Is there a reason some of the lessons from
> preparing the bid could not be used to prepare a more focused wiki
> event in the UK? (*draws wiki youth camp idea  from hat*)
> --
> Peace & Love,
> Erik
>
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