Of course it is the committee to have its say about Wikimania. If I understand it well, the main problem was that the bid period was from August to November 2015, and some groups were working on their bids. They feel that they could have saved a lot of work if they had known before.
Kind regards Ziko 2015-10-04 22:38 GMT+02:00 Fæ <fae...@gmail.com>: > The ends should be used as the justification of the means. > > Never. > > Fae > On 4 Oct 2015 21:31, "Pavel Richter" <m...@pavelrichter.de> wrote: > >> 2015-10-04 21:55 GMT+02:00 Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com>: >> >> > >> > Those are some pretty broad leaps Pavel. They were never tasked to take >> > that decision. They came to a conclusion that the process is broken, they >> > thought to do away with the process, they picked a winner, and set about >> > corresponding with them, without telling anyone. Then, developed an >> entire >> > roadmap of where they want to see Wikimania next for the near foreseeable >> > future. All of this was never tasked to them in the first place. >> > >> > This committee isn't "community approved", their mandate isn't community >> > approved. Its members weren't elected, in fact, I don't know why and how >> > these people got on this committee, or how long they will be in-charge - >> > because someone certainly seems to think they are in-charge. Maybe I >> missed >> > a call or notification asking to join or approve or comment as to who >> > should be on this committee. >> > >> > Regards >> > Theo >> > >> >> Theo, you argue process, I argue outcome. >> They faced a problem, they tackled it, they made a decission. And their >> mandate? They *showed up and volunteered*. That is enough mandate in my >> book. >> >> The revolution will not be community-approved. >> >> Pavel >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards, >> >> Pavel Richter >> Mobile: +49-151-19645755 >> Mail: m...@pavelrichter.de >> Twitter: @pavel <https://twitter.com/pavel> >> Blog: blog.pavelrichter.de >> _______________________________________________ >> 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>
