I like the idea of distance as measure to choose the next location, but that should also be coupled with a timezone factor +- 6 hours at a minimum as well...
Wikimania still needs a local group to volunteers who understand the local language and customs, it needs their enthusiasm and energy to keep it on the front burner locally On 5 October 2015 at 16:33, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree that we should make rotation explicit, but that doesn't need to be > done by region. We could achieve the same by requiring each bid to be a > long haul flight from the previous one, and a medium haul flight from the > one before. Under the region proposal we could have Amman in Asia, Cairo in > Africa and Athens in Europe all within four years. Or El Paso, Texas one > year and_Juarez, Chihuahua the next. > > I suggest that instead we make the rotation explicit by distance, 4000 > miles from the preceding venue, 3,000 miles from the one before that, 2,000 > from the one three years prior and 1000 from the one four years earlier. We > should also have a rule that prioritises countries that welcome such events > with a more open visa policy. > > Also if the Foundation wants to get better value for money, the venues > could be determined through a commercial evaluation looking for the best > value locations in the world regardless of whether or not there are locally > organised wikimedians. Then get the programme determined by global > volunteers. It wouldn't be too much of a burden on scholarship attendees if > they got an email with their flight details asking them to volunteer to > moderate or video a session. > > Jonathan > > > On 4 Oct 2015, at 21:57, Ralf Roletschek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, thats right. +1 > > 2015-10-04 22:55 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]>: > >> What I like about the explicit rotation: >> * more transparency, the rotation is no longer an unwritten rule; >> * more time (2 years) to make Wikimania great, less volunteer time spent >> on (concurring) bids; >> * more concreteness and (hopefully) cooperation in the selection stage, >> less "let's beat continent X"; >> * more pragmatism, recognising we can't always flight the biggest groups >> of people in the farthest places. >> >> Nemo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > -- > ------ > Ralf Roletschek > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ralf_Roletschek > Fragen zum Fahrrad? - http://www.fahrradmonteur.de > Hinweis wegen immer mehr aufkommendem Werbemüll: Alle Mails, die die > Wörter "Faceb00k" oder "Twi††er" enthalten, landen bei mir ungelesen im > Spam. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- GN. Vice President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com
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