[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2009 - deadline

[Craig Franklin]

Even though Brisbane has been eliminated now, I too would like to state that 
I find the delay to be dispiriting.  While I appreciate that the Jury are 
undoubtedly busy and that there are surely circumstances of which I am not 
aware, all four bid teams managed to meet the deadlines as requested, so it 
is a bit disappointing that the Jury/Foundation repeatedly were not able to 
meet their own.

I don't want to be the perennial complainer, and this is not directed at any 
particular person involved in the whole process, but perhaps better 
organisation and a clearer sense of direction is needed for the next 
Wikimania bid process that is undertaken?

Best Wishes,
Craig Franklin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "phoebe ayers" <brassratgirl at gmail.com>
To: "Patricio Lorente" <patricio.lorente at gmail.com>
Cc: <wikimania at wikimedia.org.ar>; "Delphine Ménard" <dmenard at wikimedia.org>; 
<wikimania-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; "Lista de la Comision Directiva de 
Wikimedia Argentina" <comdir at wikimedia.org.ar>; 
<wikimania-jury-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; <anthere at anthere.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:04 AM
Subject: [personal] Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2009 - deadline


> Patricio (and the rest of the bid team),
>
> On behalf of the jury and moderators, I am very sorry it has taken so
> long. My apologies also for not sending out a note to the bid teams
> letting you know about the delay. As has been the case the last three
> years, the bids are *very* strong and the jury has had a lot to
> consider and discuss (as anyone who has followed all the various
> Wikimania discussions the last few years can imagine!)
>
> We are working on a decision announcement now, and I hope to post it soon.
>
> -- Phoebe
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Patricio Lorente
> <patricio.lorente at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear friends:
>>
>>                         We are writting this email in behalf of
>>  Wikimedia Argentina, to tell you about our concern because of the lack
>>  of news about the jury decision and even about when this decision may
>>  be taken.
>>
>>                         This is not just a personal concern and is not
>>   only caused by an understandable anxiety: we are being requested from
>>  potential sponsors and media and we are delaying this meetings because
>>  we don't know what to tell them. The worst thing is that we can't tell
>>  them at least when are we going to know the decision. The Director of
>>  our proposed venue is pushing us to define if we are going to use it
>>  or not, because they need to set the 2009 agenda. And so on. We think
>>  the Toronto team may have the same problems.
>>
>>                         The last deadline finished twelve days ago,
>>  and since then we had no news. We don't want to disturb nor to hurry
>>  up the jury discussion, but it would be of great help if the jury
>>  could establish a final date. If this is done, at least part of the
>>  uncertainty will disappear.
>>
>>                         Thanks,
>>
>>                                        Patricio Lorente Presidente
>>                                        Enrique Chaparro (Vicepresidente)
>>                                        Wikimedia Argentina
>>
>
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