2008/7/11, Cary Bass <cbass@wikimedia.org>:

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.

Just some comments. I think it is better to avoid terms like "fall" as the world has a Northern and a Southern hemisphere. Instead it is better to propose month ranges. Our experience as WM2009 bidding team was not always pleasant because the bidding period went from December (Christmas) to the end of February (Summer vacations in the Southern hemisphere). So I advice to set a bidding period when both Northern and Southern hemispheres are not on vacations. In my opinion, proper periods of the year could be: September-November and March-June. I vote for September-November 2008 (three months) if the timeline is announced by the beginning of August.

Barcex