I certainly endorse the idea of making earlier selections of the
Wikimania sites to allow longer-term advance planning. On the other
hand, it may not make a lot of sense for people to start putting much
time into planning 2009 bids until the winner for 2008 is selected.
E.g., if Atlanta is selected for 2008, then probably no U.S. city
should bother putting in a bid for 2009, and so no one is going to
start planning (hypothetical example) New York 2009 until the 2008
location is announced, and so on. Does the schedule take this into
account?
Newyorkbrad
On 9/28/07, Cary Bass <cbass(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
This is a quick notice to remind all interested
parties that the
bidding for Wikimania 2009 (note, *not* next year, but just in under
two years' time) will begin shortly after the conclusion of the
Wikimania 2008 bid process, based on our experiences of the process
this time around.
We expect to finalize the bidding process by the end of the year 2007,
and that the city to host Wikimania 2009 will ideally be chosen by 15
December 2007 at the latest.
Anyone who would be interested in hosting Wikimania in 2009 is
strongly advised to start the process informally now so as to best
prepare.
The exact composition of the Jury will likely change, but the process
will stay the same.
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Sincerely,
-
Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 727.231.0101
Fax: 727.258.0207
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