We had booked GWU by early November 2011. The cost of the space was far from free, let me tell you. (That said, it was still heavily discounted.)
On Aug 25, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Joseph Fox wrote: > Would would money even buy at the bidding stage? Absolutely nothing, unless > you count the venue? > > When did the DC team book their venue? How much was it? (Guessing they got it > for nothing, but probably wrong) > > Joe > > On 25 August 2012 21:10, Theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > I am surprised at the reaction here. Is it so necessary for UK to have a bid > or a winning bid at that, that you are willing to break convention, and spend > this huge amount on a paid bid. > > This is unfair. I don't know the history about the bidding process, but bids > that I saw were written by volunteers, some with or without a chapters > support, or even knowledge in some cases. What about competing bids, since > they can't afford to hire a team to just make a bid that won't be on equal > footing, should they just not bother? or ask for the same grant? > > What if the UK still loses the bid? that would be donor money down the drain. > If WMUK members personally finance this, it is one thing, but using this much > money raised in the name of Wikipedia, to finance a bid for a single chapter > to host the annual volunteer-run conference, seems very irresponsible, and > antithetical to the entire spirit of a volunteer-run event. > > Regards > Theo > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > wrote: > On 25 August 2012 20:28, Itzik Edri <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, it's undiplomatic to interfere with others budget plans - but I just > > can't ignore how the future of Wikimania will look like if others will > > follow UK plans to invest £40,000 only for the bid process (about 62,000$). > > To be clear, that plan is still in draft, and that particular item has > received plenty of opposition. > > I am in favour of spending money on bids - it is necessary if we want > to get professional quality bids. I am not in favour of spending that > kind of money on bids, though. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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