I'm not sure what you mean by "knocked back," Gnangarra, but the WMF response to that grant proposal looks thoughtful and aimed at finding a viable solution at some point in the future.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/WM_AU/Wikiconference_Australia_2015#WMF_comments Andy Mabbett, your perspective is a valuable one. I agree that Wikimania in its existing form may not be of central importance to the movement, and I do think that treating it as such has the potential to unnecessarily elevate the emotional pitch of some of these discussions. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Why not organise WikiOz, or WikiOceana? > > > > > > > > We tried that > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_AU/Wikiconference_Australia_2015 > and > was knocked back for the funding needed to make it happen. > > > > > > -- > > be fon > > > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > > > > > -- > GN. > Vice President Wikimedia Australia > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > _______________________________________________ > 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>
