Not... quite. I've been advising on both, as a volunteer, but I can't
bring myself to openly support either (as a volunteer or a staff
member). It's simply too tricky. Steve Virgin (Bristol) is a fantastic
person and a board member with a great bid, and Ed Saperia (London) is a
fantastic person and a personal friend with a great bid. It's further
complicated by the fact that my wife was involved in the London bid
before she was hospitalised, and that Steve is a board member. I
honestly believe that Wikimania is best served by coming to the UK, but
whether it hits the south-east or south-west is not something I can make
a decision on.
I have been doing small 'wikifying' edits on each bid, and explained the
process to each side (when they've asked) but nothing more.
To cut a long story short, I - and the chapter - will throw our support
behind whichever UK bid gets the support of the judges or the wider
community. I don't see it as rivalry - I don't think any of the four
office employees do - but as an open process that gives us /two/ chances
to win the bid for our nation, rather than just one.
Richard Symonds
Office& Development Manager
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0)207 065 0991
On 01/04/2012 01:11, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 1 April 2012 00:42, Anthony
(AGK)<wikiagk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 1 April 2012 00:38, James
Farrar<james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
You make the assumption that the people who had
worked on the rejected bid
would have shaken that rejection off to give their wholehearted support to
the chosen bid.
If the deadline for bids has passed then the practical issue is
moot,
but so far as paid employees of WMUK are concerned I would hope they
are above such rivalry.
Paid employees of WMUK haven't been involved in either
bid, that's
part of what I'm complaining about. (Richard has been working on the
London one in his spare time, but not as a WMUK employee).
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