[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2010 bidding process

[Cary Bass]

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Whether it's those of you who are preparing to go to Alexandria and
those of you who are going to get tired of hearing the stories from
those of you that did, you probably didn't expect to see that as a
subject line quite yet.

However, I'm writing this email now, to allow an ample amount of time in
advance of the bidding process to begin to set the dates.  This is done
for several reasons; not the least of which to allow those interested in
bidding ample time for getting their bid ideas into place.

I believe that bringing up the dates for Wikimania 2009 was advantageous
for several reasons; the first being that it allows a specific 2009 team
to learn from the 2008 conference.  The question now is whether bidding
for 2010 should take place in the fall, shortly after Wikimania 2008, to
take advantage of the momentum generated by the current conference,
while the event is still fresh in people's heads; or should we wait
until the beginning of 2009, like we did this year with Wikimania 2009.

I'm sure this will be somewhat of a discussion during this year's event.
~ I'd also like to involve as wide a representation of the community at
large in the process; this is why I'm sending this email out now, while
Wikimania is on people's minds.

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Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator

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E-Mail: cary at wikimedia.org
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