[Wikimania-l] What to do about 2012, and the future

[theo10011]

Exactly, the majority of the successful chapters don't hold regular national
events or maybe limit themselves to a single International event. if we go
by the rule of established chapters, then the onus lies on the most
successful chapters in Europe first before any other. A large majority of
the chapters are still not well organized, having a full time staff member
to deal with event planning might not be a smart decision for everyone.

Also, about what Dalton said above, about hiring a single event
planner/manager in the chapter, I think it's still far from being able to
manage a Wikimania style event professionally. Unless they are experienced
with International event planning, its still going to be a very large task
for any single chapter.

A suggestion that I heard a while ago, was bringing in outside event
Managers for Wikimania, while the chapter provides oversight. I think that
might also be a viable solution to consider.


Theo


On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Asaf Bartov <asaf.bartov at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> effort, but you could get away with a Wikimania that was no bigger
>> than the national events that chapters hold on a regular basis anyway,
>>
>
> Actually, it seems to me that less than a third of the established chapters
> do, in fact, hold "national events [...] on a regular basis".
>
> I'm point this out to remind everyone that it is far from easy to assert
> that all (or even most) chapters can pull of a Wikimania.
>
>    Asaf
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