[Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!

[Jon Davies]

I think there is an assumption that it is needed and indeed welcomed. From
my two experiences it has been very valuable and,I would argue, in an
organisation like ours essential for developing good working relationships
and practices.


On 20 September 2013 05:53, Balázs Viczián <balazs.viczian at wikimedia.hu>wrote:

> I think you miss my point: I see an event that is being pushed despite no
> sufficient visible interest in it from those whom you are targeting with
> it...
>
> Sure you'll have more applications than vacant slots, it is pretty easy to
> find people to travel for free virtually from an to anywhere in the world.
> Also, everybody loves to talk. If you measure success that way, it will be
> a 100% success.
>
> Balázs
> 2013/9/18 Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org>
>
> > Balasz, you miss the point: certainly, conferences _can_ be organized in
> > any major city.  That's not what this conversation is trying to
> establish.
> >  We are trying to get the deafeningly-silent majority of chapter/ThOrg
> > board members on this list to _participate_ in determining the location,
> > and later the program, of next year's WMCON.
> >
> > If the level of interest expressed so far is a fair reflection of the
> > actual level of interest, and given WMDE has expressed interest in
> hosting,
> > we could default to that and forego this whole bid process.  The point of
> > the bid was to accommodate a perceived interest in sharing the burden
> (and
> > joys) of hosting; if that perception is incorrect, we don't need this
> > process.
> >
> > So which is it, dear colleagues?  Is everyone else just happy for
> > Someone<tm> to handle this?  Is everyone else just waiting for the
> > invitation to the actual event, and the program put together by others?
> >
> >    A.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Nicole Ebber <
> nicole.ebber at wikimedia.de
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Marc,
> > >
> > > you can find all requirements on Meta.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Logistical_needs_for_the_annual_Wikimedia_Conference_2
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Nicole
> > >
> > > On 18 September 2013 19:19, Marc A. Pelletier <marc at uberbox.org>
> wrote:
> > > > On 09/18/2013 06:58 AM, Jon Davies wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Can we have it in that place that hosts Groundhog day?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I fully intend to prepare a bid for Montreal to host this, once the
> > > > requirements are made slightly clearer.  I already have all the
> > contacts
> > > > with venues and government levels from my organization of the 2011
> > > Wikimania
> > > > bid and plan to use the success story of that conference to shore up
> > > > Montreal's bid to host a Wikimania.  :-)
> > > >
> > > > -- Marc
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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