I have to say I'm quite surprised by this as well. It seems a real departure from the norm and even though I've been told first hand that WMF would never choose Australia as a venue for a Wikimania due to cost (and the shift to a Europe/North America/elsewhere rotating format demonstrates this) but it's still very disheartening for those that have started preparing a bid only to find out it's a complete waste of their time.
Steve Crossin Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Oct 2015, at 2:13 PM, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> wrote: > > You could excuse the Perth and Manila bid teams for being very angry at > having wasted a lot of time and energy when the decision was apparently > made behind closed doors weeks ago. Even if you think the idea of getting > rid of the expensive bid process is a good idea (and I do), the way that > this was not communicated to the community is simply abominable. > > Cheers, > Craig > >> On 4 October 2015 at 08:13, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing that Montreal has >> been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret process that >> completed this past August. [1] >> >> It seems like the community could have been looped into this new method >> before it was a done deal. >> >> ~Nathan >> >> [1] >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_and_notes >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
