It would, however, significantly increase the work for the Wikimania organisers. They didn't sign up to programme and organise an affiliate org conference, so they shouldn't have to if they don't want to.
Guestlists cause all sorts of politics, but are a necessary evil when dealing with limited resources. Choices must be made, and it's up to the hosts to decide who gets to come. A mission statement for the conference might help alleviate some of the bad feeling, but there will inevitably be some as long as there are fewer places than people. Ed Saperia Conference Coordinator Wikimania London Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Sep 2014, at 01:44, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the idea of having this event be a pre-conference for Wikimania. > That may reduce total travel costs and travel time for the people who > usually attend both events. This may also simplify planning for people and > thorgs. > > Pine >> On Sep 11, 2014 5:25 PM, "Pete Forsyth" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Richard Symonds < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What I'm saying is, let's plan a conference before we argue over the >> name. >> >> >> But, most of the people on this list wouldn't have anything to do with this >> conference -- surely there's a better resource for conference-planning. >> >> The thing most of us have a stake in is the name of the conference, and -- >> perhaps -- nothing more. >> >> Pete >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
