[Foundation-l] Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

James Hare wrote:
[fixed top posting]
> 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*)
>>
>
> Yes... we have small local meetups, and the international conference.
> Something in between would be good.
>

Wikimania Europe, Asia, America perhaps?

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